It is the last line that Smith says that struck me the most. "If they learn they are leaders or geniuses...they behave accordingly." If we show our children that they are geniuses with amazing abilities in this life, they will believe it and be it.
My friend and mentor Angela Maiers has talked about the idea of letting kids know that they are their own genius quite a bit in the past couple of years. She has challenged many teachers to tell their students "You are a genius and the world needs your contribution" when they enter their rooms. It is through this labeling of each child and identifying them as geniuses that children take on the characteristics of a genius and the attitude of a genius. They hone their "habitudes" of curiosity, imagination, perseverance, self-awareness, adaptability, courage, and passion to be leaders and geniuses of this world.
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| Photo used with permission from Angelamaiers.com |
So imagine putting this out there for students in your classroom and see how they learn who they are. They ARE leaders. They ARE geniuses. They will learn this without "learning" it...and because of this, they will also learn to change the world.
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| Photo used with permission from Angelamaiers.com |
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