Thus, we assume that children gifted in the arts are every bit as intellectually endowed as those with academic gifts. The relationships among giftedness, talent development, and creativity are challenging areas of research. Because researchers lack consensus about what constitutes creativity itself, progress in developing operational definitions of "creativity" has been slow (Clark & Zimmerman, 1992-page 344; Csikzentmihalyi, 1996; Hunsaker & Callahan, 1995-page 2). Although some scholars agree that creative

During that time, I overcame several considerable obstacles, including three high-risk pregnancies, several hospitalizations, and the international complexities associated with adopting an infant from a Cambodian orphanage. In large part, I credit my family with my commitment to overcome adversity and to succeed; they instilled in me the belief in my own abilities and the sense of communal responsibility to give back to my community or origin. Specifically, I have

Psychology and Teaching- The Importance of Art How Childhood Events develop a lifetime in Art One of the crucial times in an individual's life is early childhood. Early childhood acts as the basis for all later undertakings in one's life. It is not only the kids who suffer in case we, as a community, fall short in meeting their needs. We, the community, also suffer as a result. It is essential to

Personal Statement While any profession in the field of healing is doubtlessly a noble and worthy one, there are few of these that offer the combination of technical expertise and human interaction that dentistry does. Although dentists are often professionals that are the subject of comedy in terms of being secondary to "real doctors," I believe that this profession does not nearly receive all the credit that it deserves. Few people

Improvisation No. 28," painted by Wassily Kandinsky in 1912, an example of German Expressionism. Kandinsky used oil and painted on canvas. The size of the canvas is 43 7/8 x 63 7/8 inches. Kandinsky was born and raised in Russia. He also lived in Germany during the 1920s and 1930s and taught there until the Nazis shut down the academy where he taught. With the rise of the Nazi

waiting room some years ago I happened upon a National Geographic magazine with an article on some Caribbean island, but what most interested me were the fantastic photos of the beautiful island. Inside this magazine were images of pristine blue waters, beautiful beaches and jungles, and people that seemed to be living in paradise. Perhaps this is what first sparked my interest in photography and my dream of traveling