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| "Gifted and talented (GT) underachievers pose special challenges to parents and educators. They are quick thinking, quick to criticize, and quick to justify their behavior (even when that behavior is inappropriate by commonly acceptable standards). Like most underachievers at all levels, GT underachievers tend to have lowered self-esteem, confusion about their development and about why they are acting as they are, difficulty making appropriate choices, and a sense of being overwhelmed. However rather than using their considerable intellect to seek the cause of their discomfort, and an appropriate cure, GT underachievers rely inappropriately on their intelligence to manipulate their environment to make themselves feel better." |
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