Boyd R
School of Education, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia.
Adolescence. 1988 Spring;23(89):19-28.
While the environment is recognized as having an influence on career choices of gifted adolescent girls, no attempt has been made to examine their writing from a historical perspective. Files in the Guidance Institute for the Talented (GIFTS), University of Wisconsin, Madison, contain essays on "Dominant forces that have directed my life" and "The future as I see it and my place in that future" written by most students who went through GIFTS. A comparison of essays by 21 gifted adolescent girls born in 1944 with 20 born in 1957 reflected changes in attitudes that occurred in the United States over that period. The danger of the environment influencing the thinking of gifted young women who have not established their own inner resources is stressed.
虽然人们认识到环境会对有天赋的青春期女孩的职业选择产生影响，但尚未有人尝试从历史角度审视她们的写作。威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校天才指导研究所（GIFTS）的档案中，包含了大多数通过GIFTS的学生所写的关于“指引我人生的主导力量”和“我眼中的未来以及我在未来的位置”的文章。对1944年出生的21名有天赋的青春期女孩和1957年出生的20名女孩所写文章的比较，反映了美国在那段时间里态度的变化。文中强调了环境对尚未建立自身内在资源的有天赋年轻女性思维产生影响的危险性。
