Tannenbaum

I find Abraham J. Tannenbaum's thoughts on giftedness to be very interesting. In his stating that a person must be an adult to reach giftedness, I can't help but to think of myself. I was identified as gifted in elementary school and I wonder now how I might display the same characteristics seen then. I am not sure I agree with Tannenbaum's theories as strongly as I do the others. I do like his thoughts on nature and nuture as this has recently been on my mind while I work on my musical prodigies project, but I think I do believe that children can be gifted and not just "potentially gifted."