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An article on gender differences in yesterday's New York Times starts with the following unfortunate generalization:"When men and women take personality tests, some of the old Mars-Venus stereotypes keep reappearing. On average, women are more cooperative, nurturing, cautious and emotionally responsive. Read More
Who says you need to be
Who says you need to be competitive to get good grades and do well on standardized tests (the things required to get into college). Can't you just be striving for personal achievement?
Competition is not really a factor in school achievement anymore. Especially considering that few schools adjust grades on a curve (and instead give everyone 'B's).
Athletics, however, require competition. as such it is a better example of competition than academics.
Are you kidding me? If,
Are you kidding me? If, while in high school, you took any classes with anyone in the top ten, then you would realize just the level of competition there really is in academics. Trust me its cutthroat. It's all about personal achievement alright. So long as your personal achievement is "more, higher, better" than your peers.
i liked your blog until this
i liked your blog until this article chock full of generalizations and devoid of any common sense at all. back to kanazawa's blog.
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