Monday, May 2, 2011

Talent

Today in class we discussed the concept of the difference between talent and skill. To some a talent can be anything from juggling juggling balls on a stage in front of an audience or singing a song in a musical production. To others, a talent can be being really good at a particular subject such as math or science or just having a tremendous amount of perserverence and sticking too something when it seems like nothing will ever make the task at hand worth it. A skill is recognized by some as an ability to do something exceptionally well but not really needing a tremendous amount of talent. A skill to some is being good at a craft such as making bird houses and other things of that nature. Basically, to some a skill is a hobby. Therefore, a strong definite definition of a talent is something that is innate and almost second nature to some and a skill is something that is learned and takes time to perfect.

Now a question that I pose is could something that is ones skill also be something that they are talented at?

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