Education; Expectation of GRIT when trauma is present.

"The transformative potential in growth mindsets and social-emotional skills such as grit may be more applicable to students whose basic needs are already met. When asking the question of why some children succeed in school and others don’t, he said the educators and administrators tend to overestimate the power of the person and underestimate the power of the situation."

http://www.theatlantic.com/edu...-isnt-enough/418269/