Selcuk+Acar

**More about me:** I have a background in counseling psychology and school counseling in Turkey and then had my M.A degree in Istanbul University on gifted education.
==== It was 2007 when I decided to come to the U.S. where I could learn and study more about gifted education. I had already applied to a sponsorship provided by the Turkish government, and I did not wait long after I got it. This was an important period of time because I was to live abroad for the first time in my life and within a different culture. ==== ==== Toward the end of my first year at UGA, the second critical thing was about to occur. The first Torrance Professor was to be hired and this person was Dr. Mark A. Runco. I started doing research with him on creativity, specifically, divergent thinking and measurement of creativity. Also, personal and social dynamics of creativity have been in among my interests. So far, I co-authored two empirical papers with him and published several chapters and encyclopedia entries thanks to his advisement. This is actually what I like to do most! Studying creativity in quantitative terms... ==== ==== The third important thing has happened in the summer of 2008 when I married to Nur Cayirdag Acar, who is also an M.A. student in the same program. In the third year of our marriage, we were blessed with a baby boy who is four month old now. His name is Burak. ====

====Teaching is like feeding a baby. You should know when to provide it. Not too early, not too late. You should be careful about the quality of food and its ingrediants. Not all food is good for all babies. Some stuff should wait until the baby grow enough to digest it. ====