How's this for a powerful idea:
"Make friends with frustration; if you are not occasionally frustrated, even angered, by a teacher or learning environment that seems bent on nothing more than highlighting your limitations, you are probably wasting your time. The politically correct notion that no one should feel “uncomfortable” has no place here. Instead resist the temptation to build a case through appeals to what is “fair” when the going gets tough and you’re feeling sorry for yourself. What is fair is what is possible. Creativity requires treating the impossible as possible."
It's from an article by a Forbes magazine writer, August Turak, called "Can Creativity be Taught?" He's talking about what makes a powerful, successful business leader, but the quote applies to students, too.
I may have to copy out this paragraph and post it on my office door . . . !
"Make friends with frustration; if you are not occasionally frustrated, even angered, by a teacher or learning environment that seems bent on nothing more than highlighting your limitations, you are probably wasting your time. The politically correct notion that no one should feel “uncomfortable” has no place here. Instead resist the temptation to build a case through appeals to what is “fair” when the going gets tough and you’re feeling sorry for yourself. What is fair is what is possible. Creativity requires treating the impossible as possible."
It's from an article by a Forbes magazine writer, August Turak, called "Can Creativity be Taught?" He's talking about what makes a powerful, successful business leader, but the quote applies to students, too.
I may have to copy out this paragraph and post it on my office door . . . !
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