So instead of “everyone needs to learn to accept correction gracefully,” you risk teaching them “regular/stupid people need to learn to accept correction from smart people.”
There’s a corollary: “Smart people need to learn to give feedback in a way that doesn’t annoy stupid people but let stupid people accept their feedback.”
You probably would have profit from learning that skill in third grade.
I did learn that skill much earlier than I learned to accept correction gracefully from others. I had much more occasion to practice tailoring my feedback to others so that it would be accepted than I had to practice receiving and incorporating it.
I don’t think smart students are as shortchanged when it comes to learning that skill as the reverse, with the current status quo.
There’s a corollary: “Smart people need to learn to give feedback in a way that doesn’t annoy stupid people but let stupid people accept their feedback.” You probably would have profit from learning that skill in third grade.
I did learn that skill much earlier than I learned to accept correction gracefully from others. I had much more occasion to practice tailoring my feedback to others so that it would be accepted than I had to practice receiving and incorporating it.
I don’t think smart students are as shortchanged when it comes to learning that skill as the reverse, with the current status quo.