US $12.50

About this Item: Public Affairs Press, Washington, D.C., 1963. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Will close its own text block; "Good-plus" with noticeable rub to all corners, many small ink marks to the "Foreword" only, and a small pattern of indented dots to top corners of the first three sheets. No dust jacket.

"During my teaching career, I have known many . . . men and women with fabulously high IQs who just could not buckle down and do schoolwork," the author expounds. "They would up in mediocre jobs . . . The danger signal appear early. Donald, 6, has an IQ of 150. . . . Donald taught himself to read and write at home. He learned to read maps; he learned geography; he explored compasses and clocks. He hates to leave these interests and go to school. He never completes projects in school. He does not conform to the basic routines of school life. . . . He prefers creation to routine. Donald is headed for disaster. He lacks self discipline. He has not learned to do things because they have to be done. If he is left to his own devices, he will not reach high school or college."