[Ohiogift] "Danger" of being labeled smart

[Will Fitzhugh]

Some athletes "peak" in high school, too.

Will Fitzhugh

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> On Jul 1, 2015, at 18:50, (Mary Collier) via Ohiogift <ohiogift at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
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> I put in my two cents early this morning when I read it.  Thanks for posting to ohiogiftlist.  I guess I should have mentioned it myself.  I need to also try to find the Atlantic article.
> Mary Collier
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> From: Jerry MacDuff via Ohiogift <ohiogift at lists.osu.edu>
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> Sent: Wed, Jul 1, 2015 4:21 pm
> Subject: [Ohiogift] "Danger" of being labeled smart
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> Everyone: 
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> Today's issue of the Dayton Daily News has a short opinion piece about the wisdom and alleged dangers of labeling children -- "gifted," to most people -- as "smart." Seems as if the writer of the article needs feedback from members of the gifted community. ( See the article pasted below.) 
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> Gerald MacDuff 
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> Not smart to be smart? 
> By Ron Rollins - Dayton Daily News editor 
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> I’m intrigued by how people develop over the course of their lives, and by those stories you hear about the kid who “peaks” in high school, or the below-average student who becomes a millionaire. 
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> So a story in The Atlantic caught my eye. It argues that it can hurt children to label them as smart too early on. 
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> “At whatever age smart people develop the idea that they are smart, they also tend to develop vulnerability around relinquishing that label. So the difference between telling a kid ‘You did a great job’ and ‘You are smart’ isn’t subtle. That is, at least, according to one growing movement in education and parenting that advocates for retirement of ‘the S word.’ The idea is that when we praise kids for being smart, those kids think: Oh good, I’m smart. And then later, when those kids mess up, which they will, they think: Oh no, I’m not smart after all. … That’s a risk to avoid, they learn.” 
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> Interesting. Your take? Email: rrollins at coxohio.com 
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