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...life, right? Not really, writes Quart, now 34, in her new book, Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child (Penguin Press). "Having been built in the fashion I was as a child - created and then deflated - has left me with a distinct feeling of failure." Quart is unflinchingly honest about her unusual childhood experience. "My father would have bristled at the notion that he was an overbearing puppet master. If I sat absolutely quietly and wrote lyrical verse about tree-tops, I was peachy. My father was hell-bent on bettering my lot - and by extension our family...
...News Comes in Small Bytes Are we forgetting how to be honest in person...
...warned that the important lesson to be learned is "to be an honest journalist, to tell the whole story, and be aware of your own personal biases. I know it's scary, but we're going to have to start talking about race so that we can get at the fear...
...Being completely honest with each other was the best thing that my roommate and I did for our relationship. We unhesitatingly complained when the other was doing something that bothered us. It didn’t just make living together easier, it made college seem more like home. It meant that, while my room might not have all the privacy of my cubbyhole back home, it was a place where I could utterly be myself. And after a hard day of Harvard, that’s a real relief...
...still spend many days being a punk, to be honest. But I've basically grown up. And when I look at myself 20 years ago, I understand that person a heck of a lot more than I want to be that person...