Number of words: 145 The story of the tortoise and the hare, in trying to put forward the power of effort, gave effort a bad name. One more thing about praise. When we say to children, “Wow, you did that so quickly!” or “Look, you didn’t make any mistake!” what message are we sending? We … Read more
Number of words: 96 One seventh – grade girl summed it up. “I think intelligence is something you have to work for….. it isn’t just given to you ……Most kids, if they’re not sure of an answer, will not raise their hand to answer the question. But what I usually do is raise their hand, … Read more
Number of words: 92 There is a French expression. ‘Tout Comprendre c’st tout pardman.’ To understand all is to forgive all. Not long ago I was interested to read about Marina Semyonova a great Russian dancer and teacher, who devised a novel way of selecting her students. It was a clever test of mindset. As … Read more
Number of words: 118 Alfred P.Sloan, the former CEO of General Motors, presents a nice contrast. He was leading a group of high-level policy makers who seemed to have reached a consensus. “Gentleman,” he said, “I take it we are all in complete agreement on the decision here…..Then I propose we postpone further discussion of … Read more
Number of words: 52 Seymour Sarason was a professor of mine when I was in graduate school. He was a wonderful educator, and he always told us to question assumption. “There’s an assumption,” he said, “that schools are for students learning. Well, aren’t they just has much for teachers learning.” Excerpted from‘Mindset’ by Carol S. … Read more
Number of words: 339 Overt cooperation with the west would, however, pose anew danger to the Soviet. How could the communist regime give up the ideological enemy that had served so well since the Bolshevik revolution in 1919 to stabilize its rule? Hero too, the Soviets were confronting a problem faced by all fear societies. … Read more
Number of words: 263 With a half a century of hindsight, what seems absurd is that anyone ever believed that democracy could not take hold in Germany, Italy, or elsewhere in Europe. Today Germany and Italy are liberal democracies with governments that protect the rights of their citizens and peoples who live at peace with … Read more
Number of words: 176 But inside the USSR, Amalrik’s book was not dismissed as the ranting of lunatic. The leadership new that Amalrik had exposed the Soviet regime’s soft underbelly. They understood their vulnerability to dissident ideas: even the smallest spark of freedom could set their entire totalitarian, dissident books were confiscated, and every typewriter … Read more
Number of words: 274 Take Russia for example. For hundreds of years, the Russians were believed to be “different” from their European cousins. When the French political theorist Jean Bodin visited Russia in the 16th century, he observed that the czarist regime’s abosolute power stood in sharp contrast to the more limited rule of … Read more
Number of words: 199 Atfirst glance, the case against democracy taking hold in the Middle East is a powerful one. It is not without reason that The Economist, a magazine not known for its anti-Muslim prejudices, asked whether there was something “hard-wired” into Islam that made it “incompatible with democracy.” In democracies, The Economist tells … Read more
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