Much of this feelgood flimflam can be traced back to of all places... Ayn Rand's one-time closest confidante https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Branden …
How a California politician misapplied pseudo-science to ruin US public schools for a generation
HT @clayroutledge http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/05/self-esteem-grit-do-they-really-help.html …
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Not sure i'd go quite that far- self esteem craze useless but how harmful was it?
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Analogously, in late 19th century, whole-word reading mandated instead of phonics, due to over-enthusiastic politician misreading "science".
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Well, let's just say Branden's idea of self-esteem differed from Rand's and certainly from the later in-vogue kind of self-esteem
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To hold Nathaniel Brandon responsible for "participation trophy" culture seems a dubious proposition
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Self esteem is not at issue, false self-esteem is. Once one merges earned/meritless value, one has destroyed the concept of accomplishment
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If he "misapplied" pseudo-science,than he applied science,right? that's some weird phrasing.
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