Topic > Critical Analysis of How Children Succeed by Paul Tough

What's truly remarkable is that noncognitive skills are learnable habits, not innate traits. No one has greater skills than anyone else, the question is how you learn and how you can acquire the skills and use them in education through success. Tough explained that "Students who persisted in college were not necessarily those who had excelled academically." at KIPP. Instead, they seemed to be the ones who possessed other gifts, skills such as optimism, resilience, and social agility” (52). Children not only learn what they have been taught, but they may also have greater skills including optimism and resilience. Non-cognitive skills not only build confidence in school but also in life. The point where educators can focus on children and their own deserves more attention