"The quality being sought, more than any other, is determination. In any discussion of pilot training, at whatever stage, this is the word that crops up most frequently..." – Colin Strong and Duff Hart-Davis on the selection of RAF fighter pilots, 1981
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Why has it taken 30-some odd years for this to become more mainstream? Definitely hear about grit a lot nowadays, but never growing up. And how does the current focus on this change things? Is grit a table stake now?
Possibly because schools prefer to encourage obedience, which determination is somewhat at odds with.
