[Ohiogift] Why kids quit sports Re: "Danger" of being labeled smart

[Mary Collier]

According to this article 70% of kids quit sports by age 13:
 
http://changingthegameproject.com/why-kids-quit-sports/
 
 
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From: Will Fitzhugh <fitzhugh at tcr.org>
To: (Mary Collier) <redfoxmary at aol.com>
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Subject: Re: [Ohiogift] "Danger" of being labeled smart


 
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:  
  
 
 
  
        
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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 Everyone:          
          
         
 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.)         
         
        
 Gerald MacDuff        
        
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         Not smart to be smart?         
         By Ron Rollins - Dayton Daily News editor         
          
 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.         
         
 So a story in The Atlantic caught my eye. It argues that it can hurt children to label them as smart too early on.         
         
 “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.”         
         
 Interesting. Your take? Email:         rrollins at coxohio.com         
        
       
      
      
       
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