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The myth of the gifted girl | Kaia Vernon-Oliveria | TEDxLasVegas
TEDx Talksยท 2025-09-11 15:57
[Music] When most people think of gifted children, they probably picture someone reading before they're potty trained. Somebody doing calculus while their classmates memorize multiplication tables. That is not what giftedness looks like for everyone, especially girls. I was 18 months old when my mom was first told I might be gifted. I was at a routine pediatrician visit. I was bored listening to my mom and the doctor's chitchat. So, I started acting out the phone conversations I heard at the front desk. Tha ...