Most child academics + extracurriculars are set up in such a way that young people develop the impression that there are only a few kinds of ability, and life is largely about being rank-ordered within them. The reality is that the world is full of problems & tools for the takinghttps://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1204538243301011458 …
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If you're a slower thinker, dyslexic, have a poor working memory, etc... you may need to make greater use of workarounds & external tools, and you may still be slower. So what? None of these are a limitation nearly as devastating as disinterest, and we never talk about that one!
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Especially since there are so many little techniques to help discover interests and develop confidence. Also weird because it’s critical to harness interest in domains such as art, sports music (where you need deliberate practice to develop skills) but rarely in e.g. math
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