Yeah, you really can’t trust people to feel good about themselves without a (highly paid) commission to decide if they do feel good about themselves or not..
The public high school where I taught kept trying things to build kids’ self esteem the opposite f the right way. They’d give the kids dumbed-down things to do that they basically couldn’t fail at.
Of course, the kids aren’t stupid (just ignorant) so they knew what was happening and the only thing the exercise accomplished was to lower the kids’ estimation of the school administration.
Brief lesson for teachers and parents:
The only way to actually raise someone’s self-esteem works every time, and is not complicated: give them something to do that’s difficult but still possible for them to do. When they do it, voila! Look at their faces: that’s what self esteem looks like.
If they can’t do it, they learn another important lesson that schools often fail to teach: it’s okay to fail sometimes. And they get another difficult but possible (for them) task. Eventually, they get it right, and they get self-esteem and the importance of perseverance.
Is self-esteem more important than actual knowledge? Well, I suppose if it’s what you need to do your job, such as some kind of public performance. Otherwise, you’d really better know stuff.
BE THIS GUY over 6 years ago
Hunk-Ra doesn’t want others to have the same self-confidence that he has?
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 6 years ago
Hunk-Ra is an old soul.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 6 years ago
A sensible precaution, a tarp.
Sportymonk over 6 years ago
There really was a California Self Esteem Commission.
William Bednar Premium Member over 6 years ago
Yeah, you really can’t trust people to feel good about themselves without a (highly paid) commission to decide if they do feel good about themselves or not..
jeffiekins over 6 years ago
The public high school where I taught kept trying things to build kids’ self esteem the opposite f the right way. They’d give the kids dumbed-down things to do that they basically couldn’t fail at.
Of course, the kids aren’t stupid (just ignorant) so they knew what was happening and the only thing the exercise accomplished was to lower the kids’ estimation of the school administration.
Brief lesson for teachers and parents:
The only way to actually raise someone’s self-esteem works every time, and is not complicated: give them something to do that’s difficult but still possible for them to do. When they do it, voila! Look at their faces: that’s what self esteem looks like.
If they can’t do it, they learn another important lesson that schools often fail to teach: it’s okay to fail sometimes. And they get another difficult but possible (for them) task. Eventually, they get it right, and they get self-esteem and the importance of perseverance.
Joseph Shelby Premium Member over 6 years ago
In terms of recap history, Hunk-Ra is one character I could have done without.
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 6 years ago
Is self-esteem more important than actual knowledge? Well, I suppose if it’s what you need to do your job, such as some kind of public performance. Otherwise, you’d really better know stuff.
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 6 years ago
We all need self-esteem, otherwise how will we know that we are better than others?
Low self-esteem sometimes makes people assume others realize that they are not as good as the ones around them and resent the others.
(You can tell I am overflowing with self-esteem — or something.)
jcole998 over 6 years ago
Good comments all. Reasoned and civil. Strange that @masterskrain has not checked in on today’s strip. Out sick, maybe?
gozar over 6 years ago
$735,000 in 1990 → $1,387,159.26 in 2018