My talents are not suited to talent shows. Things suited to talent shows, I am not super talented at...

I can sing, but not exceptionally well (meaning I don't presume to be nearly as good as other people and boldly claim that as my "talent").

I can play some instruments, but not exceptionally well (ditto).

I have written some poems, but they are infinitely too personal to read in front of people.

This is not to give the impression that I consider myself "talent-less" or anything, but those are the only talents that really "fit" in talent shows, and I am only average at them.

What are my talents?

Teaching. I just love this, and have always felt very at home in front of a class or working with students. It doesn't matter what the subject is, I just have so much fun in the classroom. I never thought much of this, because it's just me being me; but I am beginning to recognize this as a real gifting now that I've had such positive feedback from a wide variety of teachers/professors/advisors/etc. and also now that I've seen some of my peers struggle so much in front of a classroom. I definitely thank God for this gift. However, this is not a "talent show" talent. Even if I did come up with a three minute lesson, everyone would likely think it was weird and/or boring compared to music, etc.

Writing. My mom says I have so many interesting thoughts, I should write articles and send them in to magazines like Christianity Today, etc. I also want to write articles, books and programs for my career. So, right now, I have a number of articles that I've written of which I'm actually quite proud (in the appropriate sense of the word, I mean). However, again, that is not something that "shows" particularly well...

Countries! This is the most "random" of my talents, but it's definitely my most fun passtime when I'm all alone. I can name all 192 countries in the world in under 10 minutes (last time I tried I came in at 8m30s). I can also label every single country on the map (with the exception of knowing exactly which tiny little islands are which in Australasia and the Caribbean). I have memorized all of the capital cities for North and South America, and Europe, most of them for Asia, the Middle East and Australiasia, and can properly match each capital to the correct country for Africa (I'm working on the memorization bit, but it's much easier to do if you can at least pronounce them!). I, personally, think that's a pretty neat talent... However, I don't think that shows particularly well, either.

I considered doing some baking, because I'm pretty good at that, but it's not really a "special talent" and it's probably unnecessary because I'm quite sure they're planning to have some kind of food there already...

So.......

Maybe this will just have to be another talent show I sit out and just appreciate other people's talents. I'll keep thinking, though... Any ideas?