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Who defines your exceptionality? | Zuzana Bobová | TEDxYouth@TurcianskeTeplice

479 views · Published 5 September 2017 · 24:30 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

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We always look for what´s exceptional. Whether it´s a vacation destination or qualities or abilities of a human being. When people find something exceptional in you, you´re supposed to fulfil their expectations and always be above average. But what if your exceptional skills were not the ones you wanted to work on the way your surrounding wanted you to? What if, for a moment, you tried to find something exceptional about yourself? Zuzana Bobová was marked as an exceptionally gifted child at the age of five and involved in a program with an individual curriculum. She skipped the second year of elementary school, finished eight year grammar school, and a year before reaching adulthood, she went to college. Today, she is twenty and she studies sociology and international relations at the same time in the Master's program. During her free time, she is at the Slovak Debate Association teaching high school students about the importance of critical thinking. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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