1. Harbinger Hall Discussion

2. 1. How can you help your students discover their own intellectual passions?

3. 2. Could an experience like this happen in school or does it have to be a one on one situation?

4. 3. Is this a tale of giftedness uncovered, or does it have a more universal message?

5. 4. Is this kind of teaching something that only a gifted teacher can manage?

6. 5. Why doesn’t school work for Bobby? What kind of child is he?

7. 6. We usually think of lecture as a bad strategy in teaching young children, yet Mr. D’Arcy lectures endlessly on a wide range of topics. Why is his method nonetheless effective?

8. 7. Would this lesson work for girls?

9. 8. The story is set in 1963. Would this lesson work for children in 2009?