Europe and Estonia have spent the past few decades largely living in a world of wishful thinking, says journalist, historian ...

HAVANA TIMES – It wasn’t long ago that I came across the concept of learned helplessness. I recognized myself in it immediately, and of course, that recognition didn’t bring me any joy—except for ...

I recently read a Facebook post about a retired high school history teacher who witnessed the disappointment and shaming of a student whose family was unable to afford school lunch, and instead of a ...

Somewhere along the way, working hard became a thing of the past for some. In some workplaces, skepticism trumps enthusiasm, sarcasm wins more respect than passion, and it’s safer to sigh than suggest ...

Michael Learned will always have a great love for Ralph Waite. The actress, who starred as Olivia Walton in "The Waltons," recently attended The Hollywood Show, where she opened up about how she kept ...

Learned helplessness. I’d heard the term before, but conflated it with weaponized incompetence, a phenomenon where someone (usually the male partner in a hetero relationship) exerts little or no ...

A study published in the journal Education and Information Technologies finds that students who are more conscientious tend to use generative AI tools like ChatGPT less frequently, and that using such ...

In this era of heightened partisanship, the homilist at the Sunday Eucharist is more easily vulnerable to accusations of taking sides, even if preaching basic Christian values. This is inevitable at ...

Ever felt stuck—like you just wanted to disappear or restart with a clean slate? We all have at some point. When life throws challenges at us, some of us struggle to face them, not because we lack ...

This week, we conclude our series on the causes of American students’ reading decline by discussing the impacts of low expectations, weak accountability and learned helplessness. The problems begin ...