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When You Question Your Own Gifted Identification

I was identified as gifted based on test scores but I think I just have really good test anxiety coping skills and now I live in constant fear that someone will discover I am actually average.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Uncertainty about authentic ability creates persistent imposter syndrome and self-doubt.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gifted education and its discontents?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.