I read your paper and the first thought i had was, oh wel, this belongs in the classroom, right? When you identify who gets into special gifted and talentof programs, or when you decide who just isn't smart. You've got to be making the same mistake, right? Yes, i think so. If we've developed a better way of identifying talent, why wouldn't we want to use it everywhere? I put the question to a vote, yes or no, a seto chopians, who likes the idea? There was a great stirring and rustling. My heart leapt into my throat. And nothing. No roar of support, only a long, cold silence.
Did Malcolm Gladwell blow it in his bestselling book Outliers? What if all he did was write a primer for neurotic helicopter parents? To find out, Revisionist History descends on the University of Pennsylvania to run a roomful of eager students through a mysterious experiment, complete with Sharpies, huge white stickers, and a calculator. It does not end well.
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