Cat HicksDec 20

This perspective on human performance is super interesting!

Many of our stories about "genius," "superstars," and high performers are grounded in assuming that the patterns of early learning will extrapolate to the rest of life - e.g., child prodigies, gifted students, and those with early steep curves on the achievement trajectory. But what happens when you expand the window of observation?

Show threadM. J. Fromberger
@grimalkina this accords with my (unscientific) observations while teaching, that often my best students (subjectively speaking; those who became over time the most able to overcome difficult problems without close supervision) were those who'd arrived with little to no prior knowledge, experience, or "documented aptitude" (for lack of a better term) but who put in the time and asked for help while learning.
Dec 20 at 5:56pmWeb