On a recent episode of Freakonomics, Phillip Oreopoulos offered a summary of mistakes that students make when thinking about education:
1) “Students are often too focused on the present. They de-emphasize the future.”
2) “Students tend to over-rely on routine; just keep doing what they are doing.”
3) “Students sometimes think too much about negative identities. They focus on what they are not good at.”
4) “Mistakes are more likely in stressful situations or in situations where there is not enough information.”
To hear more, listen to Freakonomics (episode: How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps)
Screen shot from iTunes… For the quote mentioned, listen at 23:45