Nashoba Brooks Speakers Series Hosts Author Jessica Lahey
Jessica Lahey, author of the best selling book, The Gift of Failure, spoke at Nashoba Brooks School on Tuesday, November 1.
An educator, as well as a writer, Ms. Lahey spoke with Nashoba Brooks students in Grades 6–8 that morning, to the School’s faculty in the afternoon, and to a group of 150 parents and guests that evening. Her evening presentation focused on how over-parenting can interfere with students’ learning and the impact that a fear of failure has on students’ attitudes toward learning.
Ms. Lahey explained that students actually learn more deeply when they encounter difficulties in their work and are able to pause and consider how they could tackle a problem in a different way. She encouraged parents to value the process of learning over grades, to offer their children more support and less control, and to view failure as an opportunity for growth.
Perhaps one of the most important lessons she left with both students and adults was the concept of the word “yet” — that individuals shouldn’t accept that just because something is initially challenging they can’t master it. Instead, she said, they should think that they’re not yet accomplished in the area and have confidence that with enough time and work they can be successful in even those areas that are difficult.
The next speaker in the Nashoba Brooks Speakers Series will be Dr. Michael Thompson, who will speak at Nashoba Brooks on Monday, January 9, at 7:00 PM on the topic of “Best Friends/Worst Enemies: Friendship Development, Popularity, and Social Cruelty in Children.”
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Ms. Lahey explained that students actually learn more deeply when they encounter difficulties in their work and are able to pause and consider how they could tackle a problem in a different way. She encouraged parents to value the process of learning over grades, to offer their children more support and less control, and to view failure as an opportunity for growth.
Perhaps one of the most important lessons she left with both students and adults was the concept of the word “yet” — that individuals shouldn’t accept that just because something is initially challenging they can’t master it. Instead, she said, they should think that they’re not yet accomplished in the area and have confidence that with enough time and work they can be successful in even those areas that are difficult.
The next speaker in the Nashoba Brooks Speakers Series will be Dr. Michael Thompson, who will speak at Nashoba Brooks on Monday, January 9, at 7:00 PM on the topic of “Best Friends/Worst Enemies: Friendship Development, Popularity, and Social Cruelty in Children.”
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