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Rimm, Sylvia B. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
This presentation of a speech to gifted teenagers discusses the pressures of giftedness. It focuses on the demands placed on gifted teenagers by others and by themselves, their need to develop self-confidence, their uniqueness and yet similarities with others, the balance between creativity and conformity, and the unimportance of popularity. (JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Conformity, Creativity
