High school seniors sometimes believe that because they have worked so hard throughout high school, they’ve earned the right to slack off in their senior year—especially in the last few months. By now, mid-year grades are on their way to colleges, and students may have already been accepted at their favorite school. Why not kick back and enjoy life? We refer to this syndrome as “senioritis.” However, an offer of admission is conditional , and students are expected to maintain

Somewhere along the way, many students began treating failure as a personal label rather than a temporary setback. The New York Times  once observed that failure has shifted from an action— I failed —to an identity— I am a failure . Any parent who has watched their teen meltdown after a disappointing grade or feedback knows exactly how quickly young people make this leap. Yet every major body of research tells us something very different: failure is not the opposite of succes