"Can Genius Really Be Cultivated?"

<p>Today's (Sunday 20 November 2005) New York Times Magazine has an interesting cover story </p>

<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/magazine/20prodigies.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/magazine/20prodigies.html&lt;/a> </p>

<p>about some rather prodigious young people, with a historical overview of how Americans have looked at talent development of gifted young people over the last century. It's a very interesting and I think well-researched article, marred by some of the worst-chosen illustrations I have ever seen.</p>

<p>a duplicate thread is on parents cafe
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=116404%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=116404&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>