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I dare you to stop using the word "talented". The idea of "talent" perpetuates the myth that there is something you have to be born with in order to be good at something.
It stops people achieving things if they think it's futile because they're not "talented". It invalidates the hard work that people put in to achieve things. It is part of a fixed mindset when it's more productive to think about growth.
It makes an exclusive culture around things like music, maths and possibly everything if we use language that suggests that some people just can and some people just can't.
OK I can see that I should perhaps make this more specific and say we should stop using the word "talented" to describe individuals. There might be valid uses iof the word in discussing why it's not useful to use it...!
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