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Episode 161: How To Turn Fragile Kids Into Resilient Kids
Do you have any fragile kids at your school?
- Do some of your students give up easily when faced with a challenging problem or concept?
- Are your students sometimes too worried about “looking smart?”
- Do any of your students get extremely upset when they make a mistake on an assignment or get a question wrong on a test?
- Do any of your students get really anxious about the grades that they get on tests and report cards?
This is a very common problem in private schools. Some of the children at our schools have been told all of their lives “You are so smart!” by their parents.
Many of our students cruise along with their natural intelligence until they come up against a concept that they’ve never seen before and WHAM, they shut down, they cry, they literally slide the piece of paper back across the desk to the teacher and say, “I can’t do this.”
What you are actually seeing is a lack of resilience.
Do you want to know how to fix this problem at your school? I watched this problem almost disappear at my most recent school. We have been able to sustain this change for nine years and counting. We also spent zero dollars on this change.
If you are curious about how you can make this transformation take place for your school, today’s episode is for you. Best of all, I am going to give you FREE access to everything that we used to accomplish this change: Google slide shows, handouts, videos, diagrams, pictures, EVERYTHING!
On today’s episode of The Private School Leader Podcast, I am going to teach you How To Turn Fragile Kids Into Resilient Kids.
Thank you for taking me along with you when you are walking the dog, driving to school or running errands. I appreciate you and what you are doing for the lucky kids and teachers at your school. Thanks so much for listening and thanks for making a difference!
Mark Minkus
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