Monday, May 27, 2019

Blog: You can learn anything

https://www.khanacademy.org/talks-and-interviews/conversations-with-sal/a/the-learning-myth-why-ill-never-tell-my-son-hes-smart

I've been reading a lot about the growth mindset lately.  Struggling is how we learn.  Thinking of the brain as a muscle helps people learn.  And yet I think back to when I was learning German, and how stressful it was to be constantly struggling and failing.  I did make a lot of progress, but it was very emotionally taxing.  What I'm saying is that the growth mindset isn't a cureall.  Some people will still struggle and fail even if they have the perfect growth mindset.

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