Unca Chemistry For Teenagers Review

Unca Chemistry For Teenagers ReviewUnca Chemistry for Teenagers is the new book of one Chris Rieser, author of the unbelievably popular My Own Worst Enemy and Love Is Love. Unfortunately this book will be on my non-required reading list this year. It's not so much a bad book, but more of a book I couldn't get through as a teen, because I was so engrossed in the ideas that I just couldn't get my mind around the metaphors used. Maybe in ten years, as a father of teenagers I'll be able to take it seriously, but right now it's just too dry for me.I think there's a reason Chris wrote this book as an adult, because many of the concepts he explores in this book are still taught in American college students today. The trouble is that he spent most of his life studying psychology, while many of his ideas were developed in graduate school. The result is a dry book that I was afraid I would have to give up long before I could finish the book.He identifies a group of people called geniuses and a rgues that a certain amount of brilliance is necessary for survival. Unfortunately he never really develops his own brilliance and instead resorts to labeling other people's brilliance. Unca Chemistry for Teenagers is really not unlike the media's portrayal of the genius as an undisciplined psychopath.The core of the book is a series of vivid illustrations of what makes someone brilliant. I couldn't quite get into the concept, but I could understand why others might enjoy the idea. The book gets a lot of things right, though, and much of the book is an example of the author's ability to depict the mental and emotional growth of a genius.As an adult, I always wondered if it was really possible to teach problem solve, or even communication, to children. My experience with them has been that they respond well to the rules. Yet I've never quite been able to get my head around the idea that the only way to create a child's mind, to make them intellectually competitive with adults, is to keep their minds that are perpetually open to challenge. In essence, this book does an excellent job of breaking down the perception that childhood is all about just playing games.In the final section of the book Unca Chemistry for Teenagers is able to bring a little reality to the theme of teaching problems to solve. They tell the story of one of the parents of a genius child who did his homework during lunch and was put in isolation for two weeks. That is why I didn't have as much fun as I wanted to as a child, because he had to sit down and think for himself.Overall, I really enjoyed the book. It was very interesting to see where Unca Rieser was coming from, and a good read. I would recommend this book to any parents of teenagers who are looking for a good book that gives them a dose of reality and a good idea of how their kids will interact with other adults.