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I don’t think that’s true. When I arrived at college I was in a group where most, including myself, had coasted to being one of the top in their previous classe
by gaius 8y ago
I don’t think that’s true. When I arrived at college I was in a group where most, including myself, had coasted to being one of the top in their previous classes with minimal effort. Now we all had to actually work. My class of 80 was reduced to 40 by the end of the first term.
- village-idiot 8y agoI see that a lot with kids who were labeled as talented or gifted early on. The question is: can you develop grit, or is it natural? Did you respond to the new pressures in college, or were you uncovering a latent skill the remaining 40 did not have? I genuinely don’t know.
- toast0 8y agoI'm pretty sure it's a skill to be developed, although certainly some find it easier to develop, and some use the new freedoms of adulthood to choose not to develop the skill. Based on my experience, and that of my peer group, I've decided it's important to try to make sure children have some experience with things that are hard, so they can start developing skills to handle it. For some (most?), this may not require anything extra; for others, it requires extra effort to provide activities that are actually a challenge, but also engaging.