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American college students are increasingly likely to describe themselves as "gifted"

 
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Jan4-13, 10:13 PM   #18
 
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American college students are increasingly likely to describe themselves as "gifted"


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What can I say? She used the present tense!
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Jan5-13, 03:56 PM   #19
 
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Jan9-13, 04:48 PM   #20
 
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Imagination is often bigger than the reality of the person dreaming of it. Don't let it consume you to the point you are walking around so delusional that you think everything you touch is gold, and everything you say is the objective truth.
Very well said. Confidence is good when it enables you to put your best foot forward w/o fear of failing. But when it instills a sense of inherent superiority in a person, they often fall on their face since they are not as gifted as they think. I feel that confidence is good to a limited extent, but individuals must understand that extra confidence cannot make up for a lack of natural talent nor lack of effort.

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