Have you read our Deep Dive on Thacher’s Astronomy Program? If you haven’t, you should. It’s a great look at a model for academic work that not only requires students to take chances, make mistakes, and get dirty (see my last …
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Monthly Archives: May 2016
Grit vs. Quit
In her forthcoming book, Angela Duckworth, one of our favorite experts on grit, has some interesting advice about quitting. For example, she suggests that high schoolers should be encouraged to stick with a new endeavor for at least a year before …
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