What to Teach Kids Instead of 'Practice Makes Perfect'
by Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Me from Lifehacker on (#4T23B)
"Practice makes perfect" was never a very good saying. Let me tell you-I practiced playing the clarinet a lot as a kid, and then even more as a teenager, and I never got anywhere near perfect. The sentiment, though, that we only get better at a thing by practicing that thing is still very valid. It's just that there's"