How Children Succeed By Paul Tough: Chapter Analysis

We were taught as a child that the road to success is based on our intelligence. The ability to thrive in our education and career will lead us to a happy healthy life. Paul Tough an American Canadian, wrote a book called “How children Succeed,” he explain that intelligence is not the only the key to success, but there are more to it than having cognitive skill because non cognitive plays an important role in a child life. In chapter 1, Tough argues that a positive surrounding in a children life can help shape a positive outcome to a child achievement in life.

One point is community can have a great impact on a child education. A child might have a hard time focus in school because his or her living. For example, Elizabeth Dozer, Principal at Christian Fenger High School, states she made an assumption that the problem in school was “bad principals” or “bad teacher”; however, the fact was the problem can be outside the school in the neighborhood (5). Another example Dozier suggests, the problem with student’s education is not their academic learning ability but what reflect at home (7).Problem and stress in a child life has a major factor for a child ability to learn in school. For a child to build a

A child experience early trauma that can develop unhealthy mind and body toward adulthood. To illustrate, ACE study shows people with high ACE score are likely to have physical damage to their body growing up (11). Another supported, scientist using ACE study data to conclude that “adversity” from stress starting at an early age causes damage to growth in a child body and mind (12). Childhood studies can explain the behavior effect on child growing up to adulthood because stress related can be the cause to unhealthy mind and unhealthy body. To sum up, Growing up in unhealthy environment that causes trauma to a child, will bring in mental and physical problems as they get