genius

Every now and then I hear about someone in my family who is considered a genius. I read in the paper about someone who has done something so outstanding that we are called a genius. What does it take to be genius? The way the world can recognize a genius is buy knowing what he or she has accomplished. But we may be missing out on many whose form of genius we do not understand. I think genius is not the same as talent. To have talent, a person has to be able to do a special type of work especially well. It means he or she is able to acquire a certain skill very quickly and easily. It may also be likely that the accomplishments of an unrecognized genius are simply not understood by average standards. Many people known as geniuses today died in poverty, believing they had failed because their work was not acknowledged. It is now believed that a person is born a genius. Training and opportunity bring out genius, but a true genius usually has tremendous drive and energy which enables him or her to work hard and long and to overcome obstacles that would stop ordinary people.