Sternberg returned to his original goal of majoring in psychology, and turned out to be very competent in the higher-level courses. I'm more of a creative learner, ... I do very well in projects, but I was not good at memorizing all of that material in the introductory courses.
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A principal in Oregon was having problems with some girls in the school. The girls had just started to wear lipstick and were pressing their lips against the mirror. After a few weeks, when the culprits were caught, the principal wanted to teach them a lesson, so the custodian showed them what he had to do to clean the lipstick. He dipped the sponge into the toilet and proceeded to wipe the mirror. Needless to say, the girls never pressed their lips against that mirror again.Robert Sternberg
In other words, the better they did on the IQ test, the worse they did on the practical test and the better they did on the practical tests, the worse they did on the IQ test.
Robert Sternberg
In other words, unlike some people with new theories, we will go out, we'll go into a school and we get products and the products are evaluated, whether it's by teachers or others. The scores are quantified and then we compare performances.
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Take, for example, some of the people at Enron, ... It should be that you are developing your leadership skills throughout your education.
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The new dean urges students not to sacrifice friends for studies. There's a tendency for students to say, 'Right now I need to pay attention to my work,' and so they blow off building personal relationships, ... Don't do that - finding the time will never get any easier, and that is a really important part of life.
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The problem is that there are very few technologies that essentially haven't changed for 60, 70 years.
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