What is emerging is a new idea: that qualities like grit and resilience are not formed through the traditional mechanics of «teaching»; instead, a growing number of researchers now believe, they are shaped by several specific
environmental forces, both in the classroom and in the home,
sometimes in subtle and intricate ways.
The popular majorities — those who are
forced to survive on wage labor,
sometimes known as the 99 percent — are never able to win great substantial victories for democracy, but are
forced to accept incremental steps towards achieving some small victories in the areas of progressive taxation, health care, universal education, retirement pensions, and
environmental and consumer protections and civil rights.