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Comment author: ChristianKl 07 January 2013 04:39:05PM 0 points [-]

So instead of "everyone needs to learn to accept correction gracefully," you risk teaching them "regular/stupid people need to learn to accept correction from smart people."

There's a corollary: "Smart people need to learn to give feedback in a way that doesn't annoy stupid people but let stupid people accept their feedback." You probably would have profit from learning that skill in third grade.

Comment author: Desrtopa 07 January 2013 07:01:21PM 1 point [-]

I did learn that skill much earlier than I learned to accept correction gracefully from others. I had much more occasion to practice tailoring my feedback to others so that it would be accepted than I had to practice receiving and incorporating it.

I don't think smart students are as shortchanged when it comes to learning that skill as the reverse, with the current status quo.

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