That's why I love Howard Gardener, Susan. So far he cites 8 intelligences. You have to wonder how many kids were overlooked in the past,

I remember in primary school. We had to write a poem about spring and Charlie, who wasn't real smart (according to us rotten kids) introduced his writing with: Spring is here at last, Dreary winter's passed.

Well, we all howled with laughter. Those two lines were from a poem we'd been reading.

I still remember Mr Trainor slowly taking off his glasses, staring at us long, and hard and then, with an apology to Charlie, kept on reading his story.

I learned everything that day, but what I learned most was that in silence one can deliver a powerful message. I was so ashamed.