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Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities.

I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.

Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.

I have never considered myself a prodigy. Others have used that term, but I never bought in to it.

I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?

Even a lot of kids who are gifted can be kids who feel like wimps or nerds.

There are lots of different interpretations of the word 'prodigy.' My own is of someone who is talented and tries to help other children. So in that respect I could be called one, although I don't think I'll go off the rails.

I was never a prodigy.

I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment.

There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are.