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Learning Outside the Lines: Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolu Paperback - 2000

by Jonathan Mooney; Dave Cole; Foreword by Edward M. Hallowell

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Mooney, a dyslexic student, and Cole, who has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder describe their early academic failures and the limits of the education system for such students. Includes guidelines for learning disabled and ADHD students for academic success.

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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.

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Written by two Ivy League graduates who struggled with learning disabilities and ADHD, Learning Outside the Lines teaches students how to take control of their education and find true success with brilliant and easy study suggestions and tips.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.

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I met Leo the Late Bloomer-a lion from a children's book-the morning of my second day of third grade.

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  • Title Learning Outside the Lines: Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolu
  • Author Jonathan Mooney; Dave Cole; Foreword by Edward M. Hallowell
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Touchstone Books, New York
  • Publication date 2000-09-05
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780684865980 / 068486598X
  • Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.17 x 6.11 x 0.69 in (23.29 x 15.52 x 1.75 cm)
  • Themes
    • Theometrics: Secular
  • Category Education / Teaching
  • Library of Congress subjects College student orientation - United States, Learning disabled youth - Education (Higher)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00041274
  • Dewey Decimal Code 371.9

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  • Publishers Weekly, 08/07/2000, Page 92

About the author

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.

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