WHEN PIGS FLY
In my previous blog entry, I responded to a student from Florida who wrote in about the potentially devastating results of a bad first test. As often happens with me, I have spent a lot of time since then thinking about how I could better prevent my own students from being trapped by the results of that first test. I do not want my students to come to accept that they are just C or D students and have no possible way to improve. I too often hear �well, I made a low C on that first test; I guess I�m destined to do poorly in this class.� That�s nonsense. I want them to fight back. One test grade is just one test grade. But, we are all human and much of our self-image is based on what happens to us right now. A lot of success in life comes from having confidence and a bad first test grade can kill anyone�s confidence. How do you avoid ruining a student�s confidence as a result...