So my kid is 7ft tall in the 6th grade and dominates his classmates in basketball. But I'd better not tell him he's extra tall... it might be damaging. Hmmm.
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BUT -- out of a more reasonable set of options: "hard-working ONLY" OR "gifted ONLY" OR "hard-working PLUS gifted"? Why, naturally, I'll take option "C" for a bazillion dollars, thank you very much.
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Wow. Sorry for unloading all that cynicism tonight.
I need to read the article, but this was a great post! And not really cynical; I think the cynicism is in thinking, as you state, that these two valuable traits are mutually exclusive!
(and you don't think the truly gifted kid is going to NOTICE he/she's 7 feet tall??)
