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What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?

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Dominic Randolph, headmaster of Riverdale Country School, New York City, is skeptical of the value of an education that focusses so much on test taking, IQ and scores, and does so little to build the character and resilience that is so essential to life experiences. He says the ability to handle failure and learn from failure to build a better life is something students fail to learn in the competitive school environment of today.

Dominic Randolph, Riverdale Country School in New York City, and the search for a good education

09/14/2011

Randolph says the ability to handle and learn from failure is an essential part of a good and real education. Too much of the educational experience today in competitive schools, he says, is focussed on IQ, test taking and scores and less on the other skills that build resilience, character and how to build a good life.

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