Charles Green talks about the benefits of long-term thinking in sales relationships, but I believe that these can apply in school as well. "In other words, the desire for immediate gratification is often the enemy of longer-term happiness. Sad but true. In one study ..., five year-olds were analyzed according to their ability to defer gratification ("one cookie now, or two in an hour"). Their subsequent lives were then traced over decades. Those kids who chose more later were notably happier, more successful, more stable later in life." Don't our schools focus on immediate test scores and making the grade this year, as opposed to helping students develop skills and knowledge over the long term and beyond school? -HJ
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