"At least on the emotional level, contemporary American education sides with the obstacles. It begins by treating children as psychologically fragile beings who will fail to learn — and worse, fail to develop as 'whole persons' — if not constantly praised. The self-esteem movement may have its merits, but preparing students for arduous intellectual ascents aren't among them. What the movement most commonly yields is a surfeit of college freshmen who 'feel good' about themselves for no discernible reason and who grossly overrate their meager attainments."
In other words, dumb brats. Read on about trying to fight the "science as anathema" cultural message We wallow in and how the educational system actually helps that message rather than fight it.
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