Successful intelligence According to Robert Sternberg, Dean of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University in the United States, real success in life comes not from test scores and exam results but from what he defines as a synthesis of wisdom, intelligence and creativity – what he calls 'successful intelligence'. Sternberg experimented...
Woodstock School Principal, Dr Long, on how important perseverance is to achieving our full educational potential. Delaying gratification One of the most famous behavioural experiments of the 20th century was carried out at Stanford University in 1972. A marshmallow was offered to children on the understanding that if they could resist eating...
The Class of 2016 is over owing with bright, talented and passionate students. Here are a few of their stories this week as we prepare to come to an end of the year. Rishi @ Woodstock since 2010 Career Ambition: I want to become an Investment Banker. I would also like to become a...
