Final Draft Child Prodigies
ZHU, ZHIWEN( Jovin)
AEIS 111
Final Draft
6/06/14
Child Prodigies Do you know a child prodigy can be created through nurture? Prodigy is a child who has extraordinary talent or ability. Does it come from nature or nurture? When babies are brought into the world, their brains are empty. That means they have no idea of anything in the new world. By training, education and environment, most babies are most likely to become child prodigies, which call nurture. In fact, nurture is more important than nature for creating a child prodigy and people have to focus on living in the perfect environments and getting an excellent education. More and more people are curious about child prodigies and try to find the recipe for success and developing geniuses. The article “Child Prodigies” by an author, describes child prodigies as highly intelligent and attracting a lot of attention, but their growth also has big challenges from the society, life and education. Nicholas Weinstock, in his article, “How to Raise a Genius” illustrates that in raising a genius, people should follow five steps, do not over-regulate child’s life, provide as many learning opportunities as possible, avoid calling your child a genius, do not expect your child to be popular and do not sacrifice educational advancement to give your child a "normal" upbringing. In his article “Small Wonders” Andrew Marshall explains why child prodigies have extraordinary talent and ability by several stories. In his article “Child Prodigies” Joanna Schaffhausen illustrates how genetic components make a child prodigy and confirm that parents are important to some of the early studies on child prodigies. As geniuses, they have extraordinary ability and plenty knowledge by getting a good education. Most kids are highly curious about everything around them and they also have strong learning ability in the process of education, such as language, math, music and so forth. Parents are responsible to explore their
AEIS 111
Final Draft
6/06/14
Child Prodigies Do you know a child prodigy can be created through nurture? Prodigy is a child who has extraordinary talent or ability. Does it come from nature or nurture? When babies are brought into the world, their brains are empty. That means they have no idea of anything in the new world. By training, education and environment, most babies are most likely to become child prodigies, which call nurture. In fact, nurture is more important than nature for creating a child prodigy and people have to focus on living in the perfect environments and getting an excellent education. More and more people are curious about child prodigies and try to find the recipe for success and developing geniuses. The article “Child Prodigies” by an author, describes child prodigies as highly intelligent and attracting a lot of attention, but their growth also has big challenges from the society, life and education. Nicholas Weinstock, in his article, “How to Raise a Genius” illustrates that in raising a genius, people should follow five steps, do not over-regulate child’s life, provide as many learning opportunities as possible, avoid calling your child a genius, do not expect your child to be popular and do not sacrifice educational advancement to give your child a "normal" upbringing. In his article “Small Wonders” Andrew Marshall explains why child prodigies have extraordinary talent and ability by several stories. In his article “Child Prodigies” Joanna Schaffhausen illustrates how genetic components make a child prodigy and confirm that parents are important to some of the early studies on child prodigies. As geniuses, they have extraordinary ability and plenty knowledge by getting a good education. Most kids are highly curious about everything around them and they also have strong learning ability in the process of education, such as language, math, music and so forth. Parents are responsible to explore their
References: Child Prodigies (2012), Inside Reading 3; Marshall, A. (2003). Small Wonders; Time Magazine; Monday, Feb. 17, 2003; http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2047846,00.html. Weinstock, N. (2001). How to Raise a Genius, Archives, The New York Times; April 8, 2001; http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/magazine/08GENIUS.html. Schaffhausen, J. (2000). Child Prodigies; Brain Connection; July 20, 2000; http://brainconnection.brainhq.com/child-prodigies/