Why gettings C's in school may be the smartest approach - in the short term
Channel: Take On Talents
Date: 2018-04-04

"Often kids who get low grades in school are derided as being lazy and demotivated. In this short video takes on a contraversial view: that getting low grades in school might actually be a brilliant approach from an evolutionary viewpoint 
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This video is part of a one hour presentation given at Discovery Charter School in California. To see the entire presentation, the slides and references, go to:
http://tot.fyi/freetour/

If you are looking for specific resources for parents on how to support your bright kids:
For parents - http://tot.fyi/parents/
For teachers - http://tot.fyi/teachers/
For schoolleaders  - http://tot.fyi/schoolleaders/
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Take On Talents is a training company aimed at supporting teachers, parents and schoolleaders working with bright, gifted and talented students. As part of the Levanimo Group we've been working in gifted education for the past 13 years from single classrooms to the department of education and districtlevel policy making.

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