Sentences with phrase «of child prodigies»

Furthermore, a sizable number of child prodigies, children with extremely high IQs, and those with extraordinary special talents in the arts end up homeschooling for part of their academic career, because traditional schools (public and private) do not meet their needs (Feldman, 1986; Hollingworth, 1942; ABC News, 1995).

The lesson involves looking as cases of child prodigies, deja vu and a television documentary about reincarnation.

Their themes are arrested development and the curse of the child prodigy.

Not exact matches

The 22 - year - old former child prodigy had a few big - ish wins, and a lot more tough losses, before she entered the Rio Olympics an unseeded representative of Puerto Rico this past August.

«This, after all, was not about holding Hakweye out as some kind of prodigy, but about embracing the creativity and vision of all children.»

But the story of Mary Lou Williams, from child prodigy to world - class artist, is not just about jazz.Born in Atlanta in 1910, Mary Lou's family suffered from....

Stock imagines musical parents turning their children into prodigies, and a parent who «feels so good about his optimism and energy that he may want more of it for his child.»

It's in Gnostic writings like the Infancy Gospel of Thomas where the child Jesus is a supernatural prodigy, incapable of error though prone to fits of vengeance against adults and other children.

From 1914 until 1920, bullfighting's Golden Age was fueled by a haunting duel between Belmonte and Joselito, the child prodigy, at 17 the youngest to receive the title of matador de toros.

The first child prodigy of U.S. snowboarding competed in his first competition, the U.S. Open, in 1989, at age nine.

The eldest Agassi child, Rita, has not spoken to her father for years because of the trauma she says she suffered as the original focus of his obsession with creating a tennis prodigy.

One of Arsene's long - time targets, if the rumours are to be believed, is the German youngster Julian Draxler, who was considered to be a child prodigy during his time at Schalke.

Although a child prodigy and an early England international, Wilshere seems to have been on the treatment table for most of his Arsenal career.

A child prodigy, he made his professional debut at just 15 years of age for Independiente in the Argentina top flight, breaking the record of future father in law Diego Maradona, and made a big money move to Spain in 2006.

Kimberly Stephens, co-author of The Prodigy's Cousin: The Family Between Autism and Extraordinary Talent, shares tips on understanding child prodigies and autism.

You were thought of as a math prodigy as a child, but math wasn't your only passion, was it?

Her brother was a musical child prodigy and, having started playing the violin at the age of four, she received a scholarship to attend a music school.

60 Minutes Sports, Season 2014, Episode 11: On the next edition of 60 MINUTES SPORTS: the overuse of child athletes, a college student's search for justice amidst sexual assault, and golf prodigy Mariah Stackhouse's elite journey.

You'll see how a child prodigy has blossomed into one of the most accomplished young performers of our time.

Dan Fogler (Good Luck Chuck, Hyper) stars as former child prodigy Randy Daytona, who was once considered one of the world's elite table tennis champions before tragedy would strike (his father expiring) and he'd be humiliated in front of the entire world.

Telling the story in flashback we see David as he grows up and into a child prodigy while his father abuses him and his siblings with the memory of his childhood in Europe and the loss of his family in the concentration camps.

Toni Collette has a field day as Donna, who, together with apparent child prodigy Pete (Rory Culkin) will draw Gabriel out of his comfortable abode and into a dark and somewhat menacing mystery.

All three Tenenbaum children are prodigies of some field in which they've made an esteemed name for themselves, and the father, the Mr. Royal Tenenbaum (a flawless Gene Hackman), is an ill - tempered ex-lawyer and overall downtrodden dad who has less - than - great news to deliver: he has been forcibly evicted from his hotel - home and claims he has been diagnosed with stomach cancer.

The real Florence Foster Jenkins, born in 1868, toured her home state of Pennsylvania as a child piano prodigy, then taught piano lessons until an arm injury left her with no means of support.

She brings a genuine amount of heart to the film while also proving to the audience that she is, in fact, a child prodigy.

Clark Gregg will direct from his screenplay the noir fable about a loser agent for young actors - and washed - up child star himself - who stumbles upon a brilliant 13 - year - old prodigy (played by newcomer Saxon Sharbino) and then tries to close the mega-deal that will make her a star while managing her drunk volatile father, the poaching attempts of a more successful nemesis and a growing awareness that his innocent young starlet may not be at all what she seems.

Child prodigies have been explored through other fine movies such as Little Man Tate, Searching for Bobby Fischer, and Shine, and while this one may run a bit heavier on melodrama, but it's worthy of that group.

Writer / director Noah Buschel then cuts to a credit sequence — handwritten text over a wallpaper of flowers, while Piano Sonata No. 11, by child prodigy Mozart, plays.

Who: Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung, Genesis Rodriguez and T.J. Miller What: Child prodigy Hiro Hamada and his plus - sized inflatable robot Baymax team up with a group of friends to form a band of high - tech heroes.

The influential forces of the HGSE student community, faculty, and academic courses have led these projects to take new directions under the umbrella of Wunderkind Life, an organization that seeks to bring out the child prodigy (wunderkind) in every individual, guiding each person in discovering and cultivating a passion that drives meaningful learning and social change in communities.

None of them identified themselves as being a child prodigy or even as being successful in their early school years.

My hoped for date said, «um, I'm not sure how best to ask this, but are you one of those, you know, child prodigies?»

Over the course of the book, you'll meet the Navy's Top Gun pilots, a violinist so skilled that when a string breaks during a performance he simply completes the piece on the remaining strings, and the eccentric Hungarian psychologist who was so confident in his theory of genius that he sought a wife who would collaborate with him in raising a child to be a chess prodigy (it worked).

They need to be child prodigies in administration, keeping track of their own and their pupils evolution.

The Velveteen Daughter reveals for the first time the true story of two remarkable women: Margery Williams Bianco, the author of one of the most beloved children's books of all time - The Velveteen Rabbit - and her daughter Pamela, a world - renowned child prodigy artist whose fame at one time greatly eclipses her mother's.

Along the way, Isabel ponders or discusses: the nature of genius; child prodigies and pushy parents; our responsibility to future generations; the art of judging social cues; insincere compliments and heart - sink friends; dress codes and personal hygiene obligations; arguments about nothing; projectile vomiting; answering the telephone; the criminality of illegal parking; the morals of unearned money; the expiry date of sympathy; when does a reward become a ransom; loyalty to government, country and family; the ownership of leftovers; email expectations; and, of course, clouds.

Child prodigy Ludo searches for his father, guided by the lessons he's learned from his obsessive viewing of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.

I may fairly claim to have been a child prodigy in the fine art of thieving.

Especially as he works on his second book, An Abundance of Katherines, to be published in 2006, about a washed - up child prodigy who keeps falling in love with girls who have the same name.

He told the story from the point of view of Jonah, an inner - city African American child and piano prodigy.

Child prodigies are most common in the realms of athletics, mathematics, music and chess, and parenting such a child is far from Child prodigies are most common in the realms of athletics, mathematics, music and chess, and parenting such a child is far from child is far from easy.

Suzze Tervantino, a former tennis prodigy and one of Bolitar's first clients, visits his New York office and shows him a Facebook posting that suggests that her husband, rock star Lex Ryder, isn't the father of the child she's carrying.

Negiho is a spin - off of the Negima series where the lead character is an adult teaching a class of kindergartners, as opposed to being a child prodigy teaching a class of teenage girls.

Our newest team members include: Suh Min - Jeong, a child prodigy at the age of twelve, who is an expert in the fields of diplomacy and archaeology.

A selection of 90 the child prodigy's paintings will be on display at Ocean Galleries starting tonight, August 3rd.

Touted as a «child prodigy,» Cesarine's first solo exhibition was at the age of sixteen at the Paul Mellon Arts Center.

ARTISTS BIO: Touted as a «photographic child prodigy,» Indira Cesarine's first solo exhibition was at the age of 16 at the Paul Mellon Arts Center.

Touted as a «photographic child prodigy,» Indira Cesarine's first solo exhibition was at the age of 16 at the Paul Mellon Arts Center.

A child prodigy beginning his instruction at the Reeds Art Club at the age of eleven, Head later attended Aberystwyth University.

As a child prodigy Cooper - Moore played piano in churches near his birthplace in the Piedmont region of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.