Pertinent to read this article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23667965
especially after today we watched an excellent presentation by John Franklin, our PT Support for Learning who illustrated the difference in mindset between fixed and growth. Added to a pupil receiving poor exam results it could certainly crush a young person or knock the stuffing out of them for a while.
I like to think of the sporting analogy. Yes Tiger Woods may be an excellent talent with superb eye hand coordination but he still practiced well over the 10,000 hours which is now accepted as the norm in order to become an Elite Performer.
The old adage is true: practise does make perfect.
So if any pupil or student has not done as well as they hoped this year, please don’t give up. You may just need to keep trying and I am sure it will happen for you.
In life there are very, very few overnight successes. So keep your spirits up.
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