“I’m much better off as I am and I’m coming to the conclusion that the happiest people are the ones who have missed everything they thought they wanted.””
Quotes by E. H. Young
“Feedback works well when it provides useful information that can guide future learning. If feedback tells you what you’re doing wrong or how to fix it, it can be a potent tool. But feedback often backfires when it is aimed at a person’s ego. Praise, a common type of feedback that teachers often use (and students enjoy), is usually harmful to further learning. When feedback steers into evaluations of you as an individual (e.g., “You’re so smart!” or “You’re lazy”), it usually has a negative impact on learning. Further, even feedback that includes useful information needs to be correctly processed as a motivator and tool for learning.””
“You can't,' she said slowly, 'get happiness through a person if you can't get it through yourself””
E. H. YoungE. H. Young was an English novelist known for her keen observations of social dynamics and the complexities of human relationships. Born in 1880 in Bristol, she spent much of her life in the West Coun...