Talking with my son last night, he's really frustrated in honors courses because the kids who "barely study" are acing everything. So on one hand he feels dumb and on the other it seems a really unfair draw. Anyone have an approach to illustrate effort can overcome natural gifts?
Reminds me of this I read in the NYT: There’s evidence that Americans believe that A’s go to smart kids, while Asians are more likely to think that they go to hard workers. The truth is probably somewhere in between, but the result is that Asian-American kids are allowed no excuse for getting B’s — or even an A-. The joke is that an A- is an "Asian F."
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