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Feeling Bad Might Actually Help

8/27/2012

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I've often had a bit of an uphill battle to convince students that some short-term gain in one of my classes equals long-term gain. The self-esteem movement, it appears, has another brick taken out of its foundation.

Feeling Sad Can Actually Help!
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/feeling-sad-makes-us-more-creative/ 
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Hugo Kramer link
6/12/2022 06:01:57 am

Thannks for the post

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