Expectations

Evan on December 7th, 2009

This research was done in Britain. It is about the expectations of children when they enter high school. My reactions to it are quite mixed. The study is Children’s Perception of the Value of Education by Croll and Attwood. A plain English summary is available here. The researchers surveyed 845 pupils during Year 7 (aged [...]

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Evan on November 19th, 2008

Image by Georgio Many of us want to live better lives. We believe it is possible to live a better life. And so we may have an expectation that our lives can or should be better. This can lead to problems just on its own. Expectations can lead to frustrations. And frustrations that we don’t [...]

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