Mozart
Johann
Maria
Anna
Andreas
Josef
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Life of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Otto Jahn
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
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My 14-year-old daughter is gifted. IQ tests off the charts. She learned to read at 3, was doing algebra at 8, won a national writing competition at 11. Everything came easily. Now nothing comes at all. She's failing classes she could ace without trying. She quits every activity as soon as it gets hard. She says she's "not interested" in anything, but I think she's terrified of struggling. Her therapist says she has a "fixed mindset"—she's internalized that she's supposed to be effortlessly good, so any difficulty means she's failing. We need to teach her that effort is how people grow. But my husband—himself a successful musician—disagrees. "You can't force passion," he says. "If she's not interested, pushing her will just create resentment. Let her find her own path." I'm watching her waste potential. But I also remember being pushed as a child and hating it. Do gifted kids need extra pushing or extra space? Is talent wasted if it's not developed, or does forcing it destroy the joy? — The Talented Kid Who Stopped Trying in Minneapolis
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