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What's a MegaSkill?

By comparing school report cards to job-performance evaluations, parent involvement expert Dorothy Rich has identified a consistent set of attributes that people need to be successful. In her book, she explains how parents and teachers can work together to instill the following qualities in kids:

  • Confidence: feeling able to do it

  • Motivation: wanting to do it

  • Effort: being willing to work hard

  • Responsibility: doing what's right

  • Initiative: moving into action

  • Perseverance: completing what you start

  • Caring: showing concern for others

  • Teamwork: working with others

  • Common Sense: using good judgment

  • Problem Solving: putting what you know and what you can do into action

  • Focus: concentrating with a goal in mind

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