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A child’s development cannot be left to chance and must be monitored carefully.
THE TIME FOR RESILIENCE Eoghan Kerr | Head of Earth House, DESC
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esilience really is a buzz word at present. In the past, we may have used other words – toughness, hardiness, grit or, my personal favourite, ‘bouncebackability’ – the concept of failing one year to come back fighting strong the next. Regardless of the word, learning to bounce back is tough but so crucial for life and success. At DESC, we have been exploring a range of character strengths to help equip students with the knowledge and understanding they need to be successful, courageous and resilient learners – and ultimately, great people.
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FROM THE NEWS DESSC
There is no denying that our DESC community live in a privileged society. Dubai is an amazing place to live, having the opportunity to experience many of the modern wonders of the world as part of our normality. DESSC has been voted as the Best School in the United Arab Emirates, meaning our students’ educational experience is second to none. So, you might wonder, how much resilience can our students develop, given that they have, relatively speaking, very little hardship to endure? Giving your children the best opportunities in life is one of the main goals of parenting and it is often the parents’ own resilience
and hard-work that enables this to happen. But by working so hard and putting everything in place, are we as parents hindering the development of our own children’s industry and persistence? Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful football manager of alltime, winning 38 major trophies in 26 years at Manchester United. One of the questions that gets directed his way most is, ‘how did you continue to motivate your players?’ Bearing in mind that he managed superstars such as David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, who were of course multi-millionaires with the world at their feet by the age of 20, Sir Alex always claimed to have
