The Prodigy Puzzle

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Ann Hulbert: The Prodigy Puzzle, New York Times November 24, 2005

This is an interesting article, but I'm not sure quite what to make of it. Given that we can identify child geniuses (and it's not clear than we can), what then? Do we nurture and foster them? A look at actual geniuses shows that many have had to overcome barriers. Do we normalize their achievement so they feel less like outcasts? Again, it seems that geniuses have a high tolerance for solitary (and even anti-social?) environments. More...