How Toxic Positivity Demoralizes Teachers and Hurts Schools | EdSurge News - 1 views
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There is a certain TED Talk that teachers on social media sometimes reach for to describe the toxic positivity mentality.
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the late Rita Pierson’s iconic “Every kid needs a champion” talk from 2013, which is often played or referenced wherever teachers gather. In it, Pierson repeatedly stresses the essential value of forming strong bonds with students, and at one point says that kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.
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Untrue, say teachers on Reddit and Twitter, and unrealistic. Not every student and teacher will get along, and not every middle or high school teacher will be able to befriend each of their students. Still, under these imperfect conditions learning takes place.
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