talents as a child?

@winterose (39887)
Canada
December 11, 2008 12:51pm CST
I was very clumsy as a child, I could never do anything well with my hands, but I could write well in elementary school, today I am still not much good at doing things with my hands, but I write for a living and I love it. Were you really talented at something as a child, what was it? Do you still do today as an adult? Why or why not?
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@Thumper11 (662)
• United States
11 Dec 08
I played piano and danced... I would love to dance again, but I don't have the balance anymore. I also still play clarinet and alto saxophone, so the music stayed i guess, but I tried to learn guitar and was not successful. I guess of you stick with something it become second nature, but if you stop you become a little clumsier and unable to perform as well.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
yep it certainly seems that way doesn't it.
11 Dec 08
Hi As a child I spent a lot of time painting, drawing and creating. I used to make birthday cards for everyone. Special hand drawn cartoon characters on them with personalised messages for each person. Sadly, these days there is just no time for drawing or painting. However, I have adapted my skills and do spend quite a bit of time doing graphic adverts for my stores and creating the graphics which I use in my newsletters. If you want to check it out, pm me and I can send you the url and/or direct you to my blog where you can find the details too. I really do enjoy doing the graphics on the computer these days, but find I have to be in the mood or it just doesn't work! Violetdreams
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
wow this is wonderful, good for you.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Dec 08
As a child I was great at building and painting model cars. I still do this to this day as well. I have aboiut 10 models in display cases as well I built and painted. I do very detailed painting to where the dials and buttons on the radios can be seen. A hobby I've had for many years and still enjoy. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
that sounds wonderful, maybe you can share some pictures of them with us
@AmbiePam (85701)
• United States
13 Dec 08
I was talented in acting. I really don't think I was that good, I just think because I could memorize lines faster than anyone else they just told me I was good. I was always cast in the lead, which I didn't like because I was shy. I guess the good thing was that when I was acting, I could do whatever I wanted because it wasn't me, it was the character. I quit doing plays when I got out of school, and I quit doing ones in church after that. I would much rather watch other people.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
13 Dec 08
you don't give yourself enough credit, if you were cast in the lead you were good!
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@AmbiePam (85701)
• United States
13 Dec 08
Thanks for the vote of confidence. : )
• United States
29 Dec 08
I started to sing when i was 3. I learned the violin when I was 9 and the guitar at 13.I am too busy to play these days but every once in a while I will pick up the guitar.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
30 Dec 08
that is wonderful hon
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• United States
30 Dec 08
Thanks.
• United States
30 Dec 08
I am glad you have found your talent.
@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
11 Dec 08
Talent? No but I sure was good on the roller skates and good with a hula hoop. hahaha I wish I had talent as a child and as an adult. As a child I always wished I had and could play a piano.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
yes it would be nice to play the piano, I wished I could do that as a child too.
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
12 Dec 08
played teh piano and guitar nope dont do it now as I have got them
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
they were great talents
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
14 Dec 08
thanks!
@annjilena (5618)
• United States
31 Dec 08
i was always good at doing hair as a child and today i still do hair this was my first passion my second was nursing and my third was writing poems and freelance writing. i also like to draw it is a passion of mine as well.i always felt i could do anything i set my mind with you.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
31 Dec 08
wonderful they are great talents to have
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
i was fairly creative when i was a child. my parents even sent me to art school and while i have no formal training, i still do quite a bit with art and crafts (and have sold some of my artwork). i was also very good with english and history and still love them to this day (and have published some articles online as well)
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
excellent my friend
@mssnow (9484)
• United States
30 Dec 08
Hi Rose, I was very good at reading, grammar and spelling. I was very physically challenged and clumsy. I was always picked last when we had teams because I couldn't play sports. I hated PE. To this day Im still pretty awkward. But I still love to write and spell.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
31 Dec 08
good for you hon, please continue to write there are lots of people who would be interested in what you had to say.
• United States
12 Dec 08
I started playing the flute when I was 6 and by the time I graduated high school I played 9 instruments. I was also always in choir when it didn't interfere with my band classes. For a hobby I loved to paint and draw. I still do all of the above. I'm a professional singer now and in a band. I do some sculpting and drawing when the mood strikes me.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
13 Dec 08
excellent hon
@thedaddym (1731)
• United States
12 Dec 08
I was really good at video games as a kid. I know many kids were or are, but I played a game called Missle Command so well, that I was in a contest and I was in the local paper and everything, that is about all I ever did as a kid until I was 15 then I learned to play tennis and I was pretty good at it.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
very good talents indeed
@Llonorra22 (1150)
• Philippines
12 Dec 08
Well, my mom told me that at the age of three, I already know and memorized the song, "Ebony and Ivory" by heart and until now I still sing it. I'm not that good in singing but at least I can carry a tune. In fact, I was a band member when I studied in a school for the differently abled here in the Philippines. Happy posting! Keep safe...
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
good for you, keep on singing!
• Philippines
13 Dec 08
OK. I will .. Thanks!
@goodtogo (149)
• Pakistan
12 Dec 08
as a child i was good in electronics ,i mostly build things ,but most of the times i first destroy some thing first and them from that i invent my own invention ..:)
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
good for you hon, I hope you invent something really good
@goodtogo (149)
• Pakistan
13 Dec 08
:) ,yeah the best of mine was an aeroplane ...
• United States
12 Dec 08
When I was a child, I could sing classical music and I could dance pretty well. I still sing and dance, but only as a hobby, I would never want to do it professionally.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
hobbies are fun too
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
12 Dec 08
I started writing at 11 years old and I am still writing some today. I really enjoy it a lot.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
just like me!
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
12 Dec 08
I started taking dance lessons at 4. I don't know if I was particularly talented as a kid at dancing, but by the time I was an adult I was good enough to be in a dance company for a year, then I met my husband and spent every possible minute with him and quit dancing. I also realized probably at around 7 years old that I could sing. I started perforing at Son's of Italy functions, and in high school I sang competitively, and performed in many choirs, swing choirs (singing and dancing), and musicals. I don't dance any more, and it has been about 5 years since I sang professionally. But up until 5 years ago, I was singing at weddings.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
why did you stop?
@iskayz (5420)
• Philippines
12 Dec 08
Hi there! I was into arts during my elementary days. I have a talent in dancing when I was a child. I am always participating in our school programs. My teachers admire my dancing skills so they always include me in the programs. I even joined a dancing group when I was still in grade 4. I was also a majorette when I was in grade 3. I still remember how I love to parade and being seen by my childhood neighbors. It's just fun seeing them cheering at me. I also studied ballet but not too much. Just spent a few months in training and then I switched to piano lessons. That's where my talent really came out. I continued studying piano lessons up to high school and graduated with medals. Music and arts is on my blood. Everyone in the family knows how to sing, dance and play instrument. My siblings and I always performs in our family reunions and gatherings. Ciao!
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
excellent
@magojordan (3252)
• Philippines
12 Dec 08
Well when i was a child the thing that I did best was drawing. I wasn't the sporty type so I settled for drawing. Until now I still draw and with it comes also my other talent which is Magic. Maybe drawing trained my hands to be agile to do tricks.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
very good
• India
12 Dec 08
wel children are always very clever,especially todays children are very got at mind and work.u know every children is equal to scientist because this is the time where they will get the doubts like scientists.when i am child i am not that much go because of my bad mental ability and now i am Ok
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
that is wonderful that you are okay now