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I think there must be a psychological equivalent to the feeling that your kids' sports teams "play to their opponents." I would not be surprised for research t
by mattlutze 13y ago
I think there must be a psychological equivalent to the feeling that your kids' sports teams "play to their opponents."
I would not be surprised for research to demonstrate that children perform to the expectations given them, particularly when those expectations are clear and consistent. In fact, most people thrive in environments where they understand the rules, rewards, penalties, and where those structures are evenly and consistently enforced.
- DanBC 13y agoThe environment you describe doesn't include "ripping people a new one" for spelling errors. Correcting mistakes is one thing but insulting people making errors is probably harmful not helpful.
- mattlutze 13y agoMy strictest, and most beneficial, professor was so hard on my writing that, when I finally produced something up to his expectations, his feedback comment casually wondered whether I had plagiarized it. It's cliche because there's some merit: he wasn't our friend, but had an incredibly positive effect on our abilities in the subject. I've no strong opinion whether public shaming is good or bad with spelling errors. Maybe the hypersensitivity we've culturally adopted to the emotional state of children biases our perception of the impact of such things.
- pmorici 13y agoThere is a good documentary about schools that defy the odds in traditionally bad areas of inner cities called "Waiting for Superman"[0] one of the things they talk about is having consistently high expectations for _every_ student. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_%22Superman%22 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_%22Superman%22