Sublime

But as in the example of Elizabeth above, children need honest and constructive feedback. If children are “protected” from it, they won’t learn well.

Be deliberate also about showing her the enduring beauty and resilience of Africans and of black people. Why? Because of the power dynamics in the world, she will grow up seeing images of white beauty, white ability, and white achievement, no matter where she is in the world. It will be in the TV shows she watches, in the popular culture she consum

Just as Young predicted, we have created an academic sorting machine: selecting talent on a narrow set of metrics which have questionable real-world relevance for many students.

Les meilleurs professeurs ne sont pas que des enseignants. Ils se comportent comme des mentors et des guides qui peuvent amplifier l’assurance de leurs élèves, les aider à trouver leur voie, et les amener à croire en eux-mêmes.

How they have been raised to believe that their being likable is very important and that this “likable” trait is a specific thing. And that specific thing does not include showing anger or being aggressive or disagreeing too loudly.