Wisenheimer : A Childhood Subject to Debate Paperback / softback
by Mark Oppenheimer
Paperback / softback
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HAVE YOU EVER MET A CHILD WHO TALKED LIKE AN ADULT?
Who knew big words and knew how to use them? Was he a charmer or an insufferable smart aleck-or maybe both?
Mark Oppenheimer was just such a boy, his talent for language a curse as much as a blessing.
Unlike math or music prodigies, he had no way to showcase his unique skill, except to speak like a miniature adult-a trick some found impressive but others found irritating.
Frustrated and isolated, Oppenheimer used his powers for ill-he became a wisenheimer-pushing his peers and teachers away, acting out with prank phone calls, and worse.
But when he got to high school, Oppenheimer discovered an outlet for his loquaciousness: the debate team.
This smart, funny memoir not only reveals a strange, compelling subculture, it offers a broader discussion of the splendor and power (including the healing power) of language and of the social and developmental hazards of being a gifted child.
Oppenheimer's journey from loneliness to fulfillment affords a fascinating inside look at the extraordinary subculture of world-class high-school debate and at the power of language to change one's life.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Simon & Schuster
- Publication Date:26/04/2011
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- ISBN:9781451611915
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Simon & Schuster
- Publication Date:26/04/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781451611915
