Book description
Learning with YOUR purpose in mind -- not your parents', not your
teacher's, not your school's Every day, your school, your teachers, and
even your peers draw lines to measure and standardize intelligence. They
decide what criteria make one person smart and another person stupid.
They decide who will succeed and who will just get by. Perhaps you find
yourself outside the norm, because you learn differently -- but, unlike
your classmates, you have no system in place that consistently supports
your ability and desire to learn. Simply put, you are considered lazy
and stupid. You are expected to fail. Learning Outside the Lines is
written by two such ""academic failures"" -- that
is, two academic failures who graduated from Brown University at the top
of their class. Jonathan Mooney and David Cole teach you how to take
control of your education and find true success -- and they offer all
the reasons why you should persevere. Witty, bold, and disarmingly
honest, Learning Outside the Lines takes you on a journey toward
personal empowerment and profound educational change, proving once again
that rules sometimes need to be broken.
Jonathan Mooney
is a dyslexic student who did not learn to read until he was twelve
years old. After attending Loyola Marymount University for one year, he
transferred to Brown University, where he graduated with an honors
degree in English. Mooney is also the recipient of the distinguished
Truman Fellowship for graduate study in the field of learning
disabilities and special education.
