The Cult of Individualism: I'm Special and You're Not
University has typically been referred to as a privilege. This is true, especially in the age where a girl can get shot for wanting to receive an education. The Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) of UCLA surveyed thousands of "college freshmen" (for those who are not American, "college" refers to both university and college students) on their perception of their own abilities.
OH MY GOODNESS!! Someone who gets it. I've been saying this for years. I've been seeing the results of this mindset in the constant flow of young people to mental health services, desperately depressed because the world actually does not step aside for them. Nobody is telling them the truth.
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There’s a paper suggesting that telling kids that they’re clever rather than that they must have worked hard actively inhibits them from attempting harder tasks. I’ll hunt it down if you’re interested.
Thanks, Mark, that would be good, I’d like to read it.