Matt Kielty
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And that's still a very powerful idea in our culture in the West.
But I think maybe the biggest, maybe even the most important legacy of John's work is actually in the schools.
So last year, Heather and I went to school in Queens, PS229.
I feel like I should also say hello.
to see how psychology gets used in classrooms today.
And today, if self-esteem is taught in classrooms at all, it's pretty tiny.
What's in the classrooms across the country is this thing called SEL, social emotional learning.
We were in a class of first graders.
And so when we were there with these first graders.
They were being asked to answer questions like.
When do you feel like something isn't fair?
How's it feel when someone's not being fair?
How should we talk about these feelings?
We also visited a classroom of fifth graders.