#1178: Hall of Failures

About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of failure in relation to boys' development and societal expectations, using Joe DiMaggio's baseball statistics as a metaphor.

The baseball hall of fame is full of failures. Consider Joe DiMaggio, one of the all-time top hitters. His batting average was .325. But even that great statistic means that Joe failed to hit the ball almost 70% of the time. Unfortunately, in our society, boys do not receive the same margin for error. Young men naturally develop slower than their female peers, in both academics and emotional intelligence. But that is often ignored by educators, and boys are quickly labeled “slow” when the...

Topics covered

• failure
• boys development
• education
• emotional intelligence
• societal expectations

Keywords

• failure
• boys
• education
• emotional intelligence
• society
• development
• Joe DiMaggio

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