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Why our kids' success - and happiness - may depend less on perfect performance than on learning how to deal with failure. How character strengths, grit & a Character Point Average came into being at the Riverdale School in NY. 'This push on tests,' he told me, 'is missing out on some serious parts of what it means to be a successful human.' The most critical missing piece, Randolph explained as we sat in his office last fall, is character -- those essential traits of mind and habit that were drilled into him at boarding school in England and that also have deep roots in American history. 'Whether it's the pioneer in the Conestoga wagon or someone coming here in the 1920s from southern Italy, there was this idea in America that if you worked hard and you showed real grit, that you could be successful,' he said. 'Strangely, we've now forgotten that. |
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hey kiddies!
by Ned Lud on Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:49:49 AM
for kicks
by Ned Lud on Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:57:55 AM
rejoice rejoice you have no choice
by Ned Lud on Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:28:08 AM