The Smart Teens' Guide to Living with Intensity

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ISBN: 9781935067009 | 1935067001
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 4/1/2010

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This book is written for pre-teens and teens who love to learn, even if they don't necessarily love school. Discover yourself as an intense and excitable learner, a creative learner, and a self-directed learner. Read about how to manage perfectionism and self-talk, how to understand your parents better, and how to take charge of your education, whether you go to public school, private school, or homeschool.

Introduction	p. 1
You as a Learner: Interested and Intense	p. 9
Smart, Talented, Intense, Gifted?	p. 11
Who are You, Anyway?	p. 15
Understanding Your Intensities	p. 19
Intellectual Intensity	p. 23
Intellectual Intensity Affects Learning	p. 24
Intellectual Intensity Affects Relationships	p. 26
Psychomotor Intensity	p. 29
Psychomotor Intensity Affects Learning	p. 29
Psychomotor Intensity Affects Relationships	p. 31
Sensual Intensity	p. 33
Sensual Intensity Affects Learning	p. 34
Sensual Intensity Affects Relationships	p. 35
Imaginational Intensity	p. 37
Imaginational Intensity Affects Learning	p. 38
Imaginational Intensity Affects Relationships	p. 38
Emotional Intensity	p. 41
Emotional Intensity Affects Learning	p. 42
Emotional Intensity Affects Relationships	p. 43
The Care and Feeding of Intense Parents	p. 45
Choose to Be a Creative Learner: Divergence and Discipline	p. 47
What Is Creativity?	p. 49
Creativity as Divergent Thinking: All Those Uses for a Paper Clip	p. 49
Challenges for Divergent Thinkers	p. 51
A Closer Look at Creativity	p. 52
Creativity: Personality, Process, or Product?	p. 52
Creativity as Personality	p. 53
Creativity as Process	p. 53
Creativity as Product	p. 53
Complexity, Flow, and Creativity	p. 55
The Complexity of Creativity	p. 55
Flow in Creativity	p. 58
Overcoming Inertia: Redefine Laziness	p. 60
Sleep Your Way to Creativity	p. 63
Creative Discipline: Habits of Mind and Body	p. 65
Waiting until the Last Minute: Procrastination, Perfectionism, and Creativity	p. 75
Why We Procrastinate	p. 76
Perfectionism	p. 76
Lack of Goals or Planning	p. 77
Lack of Interest or Investment	p. 79
Too Much (Or Too Little) to Do	p. 79
Managing Procrastination	p. 80
Embrace Your Urge to Perfect	p. 81
Remember that Imperfection Is Necessary for Creativity	p. 81
Do Anything Rather than Nothing	p. 82
Learn to Say No	p. 82
Think about How You Want to Feel in the Future	p. 83
Plan to Procrastinate	p. 83
Becoming a Self-Directed Learner: Teaching Yourself and Learning from Others	p. 87
What Is Self-Directed Learning?	p. 89
How Self-Directed Learners Handle Classroom Learning	p. 92
What Do You Want to Know or Do?	p. 94
Online Schooling	p. 97
Know Your Parents' Non-Negotiables	p. 98
Homeschooling	p. 101
Why Homeschool?	p. 102
Homeschooling Allows for Specialized Study	p. 102
Homeschooling Accommodates Intensities	p. 103
Different Ways to Homeschool	p. 104
Unschooling	p. 105
Patchwork Homeschooling	p. 106
Part-Time Homeschooling	p. 106
Homeschooling while in School	p. 107
But What about College?	p. 107
When You (or Your Parents) Don't Want to Homeschool	p. 107
You Say Yes, They Say No	p. 108
They Say Yes, You Say No	p. 108
College and Beyond: Non-Traditional Paths	p. 111
Starting College in High School	p. 112
Early College	p. 112
Two-Year Colleges, Technical Schools, and Associate Degrees	p. 113
Taking a Year (or More) Off	p. 114
A Conclusion in which Nothing Is Concluded: Weaving Your Own Education Tapestry	p. 117
Habits of Mind for Intense Learners	p. 118
References	p. 121
Index	p. 125
About the Author	p. 131
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The Smart Teens' Guide to Living with Intensity

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