From Thailand to Peru to here in the U.S., I've seen how biased mindsets about children in the communities where we work are at the heart of what is holding us back.
If the instructor is not conversant in or is biased against FP, the mindset of the students may be affected.
Among them were being forced to stop writing with his left hand (courtesy of a switch and a harsh teacher), being forced into the army, into a pro-Tito mindset, and into an education that was biased and propagandist.
This is not a biased agenda; I would really rather work around our divisive partisan mindset with someone who does not oversimplify, who is not myopic, who does not make egregious accusations.
But if we don't expose students to a variety of ideas and we censor material that is not deemed politically correct, students will retain their 18-year-old biases and mindsets throughout adulthood.
The arbiter, in this case the university, should have decided the issue based on its merits without giving deference to those who don't deserve it because of their inherent mindset and bias.
If you look at the situation without a political bias or the conspiratorial mindset that unfortunately pervades Iranian politics, either Mohammad's situation or mine can be viewed as nothing but regular old factional politics within the Islamic Republic.
Few are eager to self-disrupt, a process that takes us out of our comfort zone, forcing us to confront our long-standing blind spots and unconscious biases and adopt a new mindset.
In this post, I describe how to get started by developing an accountability mindset, assessing your current biases and racial inclusiveness, and setting some goals.
