{"data":{"ID":506,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1420820386,"CreatorID":88,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Breaking the Grit Hammer: A Conversation about Paths to Abundance","Handle":"breaking_the_grit_hammer--a_conversation_about_paths_to_abundance","ShortDescription":"\"I absolutely believe that \"the grit narrative\" damages our children because it lets society and the powerful off the hook. \"Why change anything?\" they'll ask, \"the kids just need grit.\" \"Grit\" is one more excuse, its one more hammer to beat children with.\"  \r\n\r\nJoin us for a provocative conversation about an alternate to Angela Duckworth's narrative of grit, scarcity,  and privilege.  We'll share a few stories, ask a few questions, and circle up to share pathways that support children as makers of their own learning, voices of influence, powerful purveyers of personal agency by design.","Description":"\"I absolutely believe that \"the grit narrative\" damages our children because it lets society and the powerful off the hook. \"Why change anything?\" they'll ask, \"the kids just need grit.\" \"Grit\" is one more excuse, its one more hammer to beat children with.\"  \r\n\r\nJoin us for a provocative conversation about an alternate to Angela Duckworth's narrative of grit, scarcity,  and privilege.  We'll share a few stories, ask a few questions, and circle up to share pathways that support children as makers of their own learning, voices of influence, powerful purveyers of personal agency by design.","Link":[],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"\"I absolutely believe that \"the grit narrative\" damages our children because it lets society and the powerful off the hook. \"Why change anything?\" they'll ask, \"the kids just need grit.\" \"Grit\" is one more excuse, its one more hammer to beat children with.\"  \r\n\r\nJoin us for a provocative conversation about an alternate to Angela Duckworth's narrative of grit, scarcity,  and privilege.  We'll share a few stories, ask a few questions, and circle up to share pathways that support children as makers of their own learning, voices of influence, powerful purveyers of personal agency by design.","Presenter":["Pam Moran and Ira Socol"],"PresenterAffiliation":[],"PresenterEmail":["irasocol@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":45,"ScheduleLocationID":15,"SubmitterID":88,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4}}