We praise people for being “naturally” smart, too, “naturally” athletic, and etc. But studies continue to show, as they have for some time now, that it is generally healthier to praise schoolchildren for being hardworking, than for being naturally gifted. We know now that to emphasize a child’s inherent ability places pressure on that child to continue to be accidentally talented, which is something that is hard for anyone to control. When the children who are applauded for their natural skills fail, they are shown to take the failure very personally. After all, the process of their success has always seemed mysterious and basic and inseparable from the rest of their identity, so it must be they who are failing as whole people. When students are instead complimented and rewarded for their effort and improvement, they tend to not be so hard on themselves. When they fail, they reason, “Well, I’ll work harder next time.” They learn that they are capable of success, rather than constantly automatically deserving of it, and they learn simultaneously that they are bigger and more complex than their individual successes or failures.
– Kate of Eat the Damn Cake, The Stupidity of “Natural” Beauty (x) Via A Crazy Random Happenstance!reasons why winter is better than summer:
- little to no insects (◕‿◕✿)
- sweaters all the time (◠△◠✿)
- the air is nice and fresh smelling (◡‿◡✿)
- sometimes it snows and you get out of school \(◕‿◕✿)/
- snow is pretty (´･ω･`)
- no pollen (▰˘◡˘▰)
- it gets darker faster so theres more nighttime and more time to look at the stars (ᅌᴗᅌ* )
- everything is dead just the way i like it (⊙‿⊙✿)
(Source: shslartificialintelligence)
I see a little silhouetto of a man
ScaraMOUCHE scaraMOUCHE
Will you do the fandango?
ＴＨＵＮＤＥＲＢＯＬＴＳ ＡＮＤ ＬＩＧＨＴＮＩＮＧ
ＶＥＲＹ ＶＥＲＹ ＦＲＩＧＨＴＥＮＩＮＧ
Me!
Galileo,Galileo
Galileo,Galileo
Galileo, Figaro
magnificooooooooooo~
bless you if you can admit your favorite character has flaws.
And bless you if you can admit your least favourite character has good points.
and then there was umbridge.
UMBRIDGE.
Dan Harmon Poops: It Won’t Happen Again Again
My apolotweets might not have fit the scale of the crime for some, so I’m following them up with one of my patented apoloblogs. I want to clarify, I’m apoloblogging in an effort to counteract pain I caused other…
WHEN YOURE WEARING A SKIRT AND YOU SPIN AROUND AND IT DOES THE THING
one guacamole is equal to 6.0221415×10²³ guacas
SO DONE WITH THIS WEBSITE
I only make my guacamole out of the freshest Avogadros.
(Source: beesmygod)
*gets job as a stripper* *gets on stage in 3000 sweaters*
Get ready for some all night entertainment
(Source: royalclitoris)
About me
Ok, so I realised that I was 15 when I wrote my last about me, and an idiot, so I have to make a new one. My name is Izzi, I'm 17, I like TV, and philosophy, please check out my philosophy blog, man-simply-is, I try and be interesting and have interesting conversations with interesting people, so it should be fun. (Also I'm a nerdfighter and love Community, just things that needed to be said.)
