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jingc:

Studies have shown that, while American students perform poorly compared with many foreigners of the same age, they are top of the charts when it comes to how well they think they have performed. Artificially pumping up their self-esteem produces only self-deception in the first instance and frustration and anger when — or if — the truth must be faced.

We do children no favors by teaching them that they have a right to a favorable outcome in all that they do. It used to be the case that education was thought of not just as the acquisition of knowledge — still less as the acquisition of credentials — but as a form of character building. And one of the ways to build character is to submit students to the same sorts of stresses and failures that adult life does, in order to teach them how to cope with such things.

I wish more teachers and parents understood this.

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    Studies have shown that, while American students perform poorly compared with many foreigners of the same age, they are...
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    We do children no favors by teaching them that they have a right to a favorable outcome in all that they do. It used to...
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    Interesting. jingc:...Click the headline to read the rest in the WSJ.
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    Accepting Responsibility...Studies have shown that, while American students perform poorly...
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    True dat. Stop babying babies. bluenemesis:
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    I wish more adults of all ilks understood this.
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