Some of these gifted people may have done poorly in school because their gif were not scholastic. Maybe we can account for Picasso in this way. But most fared poorly in school not because they lacked abil ity but because they found school unchalleng ing and consequently lost interest. Yeats described the lack of fit between his mind and school: "Because I had found it difficult to attend to anything less interesting than my own thoughts, I was difficult to teach. As noted earlier, gifted children of all kinds tend to be strong-willed nonconformists. nonconformity and stubbornness(and Yeats level of arrogance and self-absorption) are likely to lead to Conflicts with teachers When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. A writing prodigy studied by David Feldman and Lynn Goldsmith was taught far more about writing by his journalist father than his English teacher. High-IQ children, in Australia studied by Miraca Gross had much more positive feelings about their families than their schools. About half of the mathematicians studied by benjamin Bloom had little good to say about school. the all did well in school and took honors classes when available, and some skipped grades 16. The main point the author is making about schools is that A. they should enroll as many gifted students as possible B. they should organize their classes according to the students'ability C. they are often incapable of catering to the needs of talented students D. they should satisfy the needs of students from different family backgrounds 17. The author quotes the remarks of one of oliver Goldsmith's teachers A)to show how po as at school B)to illustrate the strong will of some gifted children C)to explain how dull students can also be successful D)to provide support for his argument 18. Pablo Picasso is listed among the many gifted children whe A)could not cope with their stud ies at school successfully B) paid no attention to their teachers in class C)contradicted their teachers much too often D) behaved arrogantly and stubbornly in the presence of their teachers 19. Many gifted people attributed their success A)less to their systematic education than to their talent B)mainly to parental help and their education at home C) both to school instruction and to their parents' coaching D)more to their parents' encouragement than to school training 20. The root cause of many gifted students having bad memories of their school years is that A)they were seldom praised by their teachers B)school courses failed to inspire or motivate them C)their nonconformity brought them a lot of trouble D)teachers were usually far stricter than their parentsSome of these gifted people may have done poorly in school because their gifts were not scholastic. Maybe we can account for Picasso in this way. But most fared poorly in school not because they lacked ability but because they found school unchallenging and consequently lost interest. Yeats described the lack of fit between his mind and school: "Because I had found it difficult to attend to anything less interesting than my own thoughts, I was difficult to teach." As noted earlier, gifted children of all kinds tend to be strong-willed nonconformists. Nonconformity and stubbornness (and Yeats' level of arrogance and self-absorption) are likely to lead to Conflicts with teachers. When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. A writing prodigy studied by David Feldman and Lynn Goldsmith was taught far more about writing by his journalist father than his English teacher. High-IQ children, in Australia studied by Miraca Gross had much more positive feelings about their families than their schools. About half of the mathematicians studied by Benjamin Bloom had little good to say about school. They all did well in school and took honors classes when available, and some skipped grades. 16. The main point the author is making about schools is that______ . A. they should enroll as many gifted students as possible B. they should organize their classes according to the students' ability C. they are often incapable of catering to the needs of talented students D. they should satisfy the needs of students from different family backgrounds 17. The author quotes the remarks of one of Oliver Goldsmith's teachers ________. A) to show how poor Oliver's performance was at school B) to illustrate the strong will of some gifted children C) to explain how dull students can also be successful D) to provide support for his argument 18. Pablo Picasso is listed among the many gifted children who_____ . A) could not cope with their studies at school successfully B) paid no attention to their teachers in class C) contradicted their teachers much too often D) behaved arrogantly and stubbornly in the presence of their teachers 19. Many gifted people attributed their success______ . A) less to their systematic education than to their talent B) mainly to parental help and their education at home C) both to school instruction and to their parents' coaching D) more to their parents' encouragement than to school training 20. The root cause of many gifted students having bad memories of their school years is that_____ . A) they were seldom praised by their teachers B) school courses failed to inspire or motivate them C) their nonconformity brought them a lot of trouble D) teachers were usually far stricter than their parents