ferrousfellow:

grammarmancer:

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sciencewithbecky:

astrowhat:

I often wonder how many more scientists we’d have if we congratulated kids for working hard rather than praising them for being smart. We need to get rid of the myth that science is only accessible to an intellectual elite.

Yes yes yes!

Malcolm Gladwell and Matthew Syed have both written books about this and it’s well known phenomenon in psychology. If you tell people they did well because they’re smart they actually under-perform in future, whereas if you tell them they do well because they worked hard they just get better and better. The myth of talent is really harmful and frustratingly persistent.

hands up everyone who coasted through school on talent then hit a gigantic wall when the talent ran out and the hard work started

This is a huge thing that got talked about in my education/child development classes.

If you compliment kids on working hard and trying things, rather than getting the right answer, you have kids that are more creative and have better self esteem. Death to complimenting intelligence!

appreciate people for the effort the put in and the grit needed to pursue things well!