Smarty
Even though I couldn't get past the title, I read the review with an open mind. Then I read it again; a close reading just to make sure I understood the premise and the process. With a title like The Smartest Kids in the World And How They Got That Way , I knew I was in for a treat. At the outset, let me confess that I detest the word smart. There is something aloof about it. It's nose in the air snooty. It seems to imply that I know something you don't know. I much prefer intelligent. In face I strongly prefer intelligences. There are at least 8 kinds, you know. But it doesn't matter what I think, what matters here is that this new book with this publisher's dream title by Amanda Ripley, will spark a good deal of conversation. "Smartest Kids" will take its place with all those comparison studies between the education offered and the education systems of the U.S. and, in this case, South Korea, Finland, and Poland. If you want to find the ed