Sweet Vindication: Part 2

http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/index.html
It's long, but if you are at all involved in the development of children, it's worth a thorough reading.

Seriously, people really should listen to me more often than they do. I appear to be correct an alarmingly large amount of the time. This explains just about everything we've been dealing with in Conceptual Physics this year, from student performance, to parent complaints. And yet, we've been doing exactly what the research tells us to.

I don't remember a whole lot of praise coming from Mom and Dad when I we were growing up. I do remember being told that effort mattered and that we needed to apply ourselves. I remember being told that work is often its own reward. I remember being told to work to improve ourselves rather than compare ourselves to others. And I know all of us grew up confident, well-adjusted, and with a willingness to struggle and work to make things better. So I can't take all the credit for being right, considering I learned it from parents who applied it to their children. Thanks.