End of Ignorance

There will always be differences in ability and motiviation among children, but those differences would probably not have much bearing on long-term success if schools were not so intent on making differences matter. Because children's level of confidence will largely determine what they learn, teachers can easily create artificial differences among them by singling out some as superior and others as inferior. I've learned to not judge students too hastilty; I've seen many slower students outpace faster students as soon as they were given a little extra encouragement or help.