• New York:The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids
    While I think a school based on IQ tests of very young children is stupid, I must say that this entire piece is interesting because it points out the problem of praising inherent qualities that children aren't responsible for (how they seem to perform on a standardised test) as opposed to their conscious and conscientious efforts (how they worked to achieve the score they did).
    (tags: precocity New-York children)