What to Do With Students Who Feel Entitled to Succeed Without Effort

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What to Do With Students Who Feel Entitled to Succeed Without Effort
Robert J. MacKenzie Ed.D,Jean M. Twenge,Steve Reifman, Jon X

Decades of telling children that they are special has engendered a generation of students who feel entitled to good grades and special treatment without being encumbered by the need to earn them. The fallout creates many challenges for teachers who must deal with this sense of entitlement in their classrooms. Our guests offer perspective, practical insights and solutions.

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"It was so thought-provoking that I couldn’t fall asleep afterwards. The question discussed was: “Are we raising a nation of wimps?” The commentators proposed that children are not learning the coping skills which lead to independence. Their childhood is nice and clean and safe, but they are psychologically fragile later on when they leave for college."

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