@japan_nobunaga Being told "you did good" when you did not do good is quintessential American mindset to inspire hope and perseverance. It can give confidence, but can also lead to misplaced arrogance.
“If you can do microsurgery, you can learn to braid hair.”
For years we shaved heads before brain surgery. Looked closer: leaving hair doesn’t raise risk of complications and patients prefer it.
So I braid it. More work, more dignity. They’ll see that in the mirror every day.
@Fly_Sistah I agree that we are ignorant, esp. in language. I was required to take a second language to graduate from high school. I live in Utah. We have a large population bilingual people especially English/Spanish. We don't have the proximity of language crossover over here like Europe
No one wants to hear this but a huge reason why students are increasingly illiterate is because of grade inflation, because parents & admin pressure teachers to pass kids who don’t know the material, because college has become more about printing diplomas than pursuing knowledge.