On Campus, Failure Is on the Syllabus

romanigypsyeyes
Sat, 24 Jun 2017 20:46:35 +0000

The article was kind of weird. The captions on the pictures talked about coming from marginalized backgrounds but the article itself didn’t… with the exception of one quote.

Really, the article is talking about middle & upper class kids who have just never experienced failure- not kids from rough backgrounds who are under pressure for a whole different slew of reasons.

I was first-gen, full pell. I understand the pressure of knowing the whole family is looking to you to be the first “success.” That is a WAY different pressure from counseling kids on how to accept a “B”… and that’s what this is addressing.