STUDENTS THAT SUCCEED：Scripting for academic success

	“It’s fun to make new discoveries
	and find patterns within ambiguity.”

	“Nothing is really difficult
	if broken into chunks of the right size.”

	“I’m not afraid of failing
	because eventually I’ll get it right.”

	“Every task is doable
	given adequate time.”

	With attitudes like these
	even “ordinary” students
	can generally succeed:

	if we consider learning
	as creative play
	and become passionate about
	what we are doing today
	success is merely
	a matter of time:
	setbacks are
	invitations for reflection
	not dismay.


Melissa: (shaking her head) Is success really just a matter of attitude?

Tim:     Well, according to Norman Vicent Peale, Dale Carnegie, and Zig Ziglar and many 
         other authors, attitude plays a big role.

Satoru:  I don’t think “success” can be described by a single simple formula because of 
         the diversity of human talent and fact that success itself can be defined in so 
         many different ways.

Liao:    (nodding) For sure. Most schools probably define “success” too narrowly: a high 
         score on a competitive exam that usually focuses on verbal and mathematical 
         skills. Success in life generally is something entirely different.

=====================================================================================
from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: An artwork, a poem, and a conversation about successful learners and the value 
　　　　　　of fostering positive learning attitudes and behaviors.
KEYWORDS: student success, gifted learners, self-efficacy, defining success

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2017 in Yokohama, Japan  / Finished: 2023 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

< LAST    https://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/fail.htm
  TOC     https://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/index.html
  NEXT >  https://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/zombie.htm

TRANSLATIONS

ESPAÑOL:  https://www.tnewfields.info/es/exito.htm
NIHONGO:  https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/seikou.htm
ZHŌNGWÉN: https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/chenggong.htm