Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131006:20:54:00
Going on is low self-esteem. right? kids avoid things that make them feel bad. so you just don't go to that class. they get into such a cycle. what strikes me about this way of approaching their education, and i know you've been working with teachers and students to kind of rethink this, that it's okay if you fail. just keep trying. and that you can -- this idea that you can be a genius, actually. >> right. learning is an effortful process. if we only did things that were easy we wouldn't be learning anything. we'd be practicing things we already knew. there's that mix of the willingness to ge...