If I'm So Smart, Why Aren't the Answers Easy?: Advice from Teens on Growing Up Gifted

Delisle, James/ Schultz, Robert

ISBN 10: 1593639600 / ISBN 13: 9781593639600

Published by Prufrock Pr, 2012

About this Item

original edition. 175 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # zk1593639600

Bibliographic Details

• Title: If I'm So Smart, Why Aren't the Answers Easy?: Advice from Teens on Growing Up Gifted
• Publisher: Prufrock Pr
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1593639600
• ISBN 13: 9781593639600
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.37 kilograms

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Synopsis

Based on surveys with more than 5,000 gifted young adults, If I m So Smart, Why Aren t the Answers Easy? sheds light on the day-to-day experiences of those growing up gifted. In their own enlightening words, teens share their experiences with giftedness, including friendships and fitting in with peers, school struggles and successes, and worries about the future. By allowing teens to share their real-life stories, the book gives readers a self-study guide to the successes and pitfalls of being gifted in a world not always open to their unique and diverse needs. Teens will be able to reflect on their own experiences through the engaging journal prompts included in the book, and their parents and teachers will enjoy hearing directly from other students about the topics gifted teens face daily.

About the Author

Dr. James R. Delisle is a professor of education at Kent State University, where he coordinates the undergraduate and graduate programs in gifted child education. Jim is the author of 11 books, including the best-selling Gifted Kids Survival Guide: A Teen Handbook (with Judy Galbraith) and Once Upon a Mind: The Stories and Scholars of Gifted Child Education. In addition, Jim directs a program for gifted students in grades 7-8 in Twinsburg, Ohio. Jim is married to Deb Delisle, and they have a son, Matt, who lives and works in northern California.