If you want your kids to have strong self-esteem and the confidence that they can solve hard problems, those qualities won't magically materialize in high school.

如果你想让你的孩子拥有强烈的自尊心和解决困难问题的自信，这些品质不会在高中神奇地实现。

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This can cause poor performance in school, difficulties in social situations, and a loss of confidence and self esteem.

这就引起他们在学校里的不良表现，社交上的困难，以及自信和自尊的丧失。

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If you want your kids to have strong self-esteem and confidence that they can solve hard problems, those qualities won't magically materialize in high school.

如果你希望你的孩子面对困难时抱有强烈的自尊和自信，这些品质不会在孩子高中时凭空出现。

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Dyslexic like his dad, Craig struggled with school but showed early self-confidence. (He piloted the family yacht through the San Juan Islands when he was only 14.) In August 1969, when Craig was 19 and a sophomore at Stanford University, his father died of heart failure.

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Christopher Ray, of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, which represents independent school leaders, told BBC News the new system could potentially harm "students who only when they get their AS-level results in Year 12 realise how bright they are, who are perhaps in an underperforming school or college and who suddenly have the self-confidence to aim for the stars".

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