Esther Wojcicki
14 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 7 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 17, 2020 by Esther Wojcicki · across every show →
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Mar 17, 2020 negative
Mar 17, 2020 negative
Wojcicki: Extreme Wealth Makes Forming Genuine Friendships Unusually Difficult
“I've seen people who have a lot of money, you know, millions and billions, and they have a really hard time making friends. And I'm talking about friends, people who really care about you and have a good relationship with you. And part of the reason they have …”
Mar 17, 2020
Wojcicki: Without childhood trust, young adults constantly crave reassurance
“You need that kind of trust in order to believe in yourself. Otherwise, what happens is you grow up, you become, you know, an 18 or twenty-year-old who's always needing reassurance, always needing to be told that, you know, they're doing things right.”
Mar 17, 2020 positive
Esther Wojcicki: Teams Must Hold Weekly Meetings Celebrating Failed Experiments
“It has to be embedded in the culture where you're meeting once a week and talking about some of the things that you tried that didn't work out, and it's ok, and that you're being celebrated for trying. And for doing things that might not have worked out.”
Mar 17, 2020 positive
Mar 17, 2020 negative
Wojcicki: Tenth graders take eight weeks to find passions due to school conditioning
“Kids have a hard time figuring out what they're interested in when they're in the 10th grade. That's when I get them. And the reason they have such a hard time is because they're so used to being told what to do. It makes them You know, at least eight weeks to…”
Mar 17, 2020
Wojcicki: Teaching Children Is Easier for Teachers Than Parents Due to Emotional Detachment
“Well, I'll tell you, it's easier, it's much easier for a teacher to teach something to your child than it is for a parent, and I think one of the reasons we have teachers is because there's this emotional bond somehow that, you know, if your child isn't doing …”
Mar 17, 2020 negative
Wojcicki: About eight US states outlaw children walking or shopping alone
“I can't tell you which states they're in, because I haven't memorized those states, but I know there's about eight states that have laws that say you can't let your child walk alone. You can't leave your child, you know, in the store by themselves.”
Mar 17, 2020 positive
Wojcicki: Collaborative screen time rules are easier to implement with children
“Then, after five, when kids are using devices, again, I suggest that it be collaborative. They need to understand why it's not a good idea to use it as much as they would like to use it, and so if it's collaborative, then it's easier to implement.”
Mar 17, 2020 negative
Wojcicki: Modern graduates enter the workforce paralyzed by fear of mistakes
“More dependent, More afraid to make a mistake. More afraid, more, they always have to check with somebody and I see it in the college graduates, and I see it in the, when these people are actually in the real world as employees, they always are afraid to make …”
Mar 17, 2020 positive
Wojcicki: Students Gladly Revise Work When There Is No Grade Penalty
“You know, and so if there's no penalty for revision, kids have no problem doing it again. The reason they don't want to do it again is if they get a D and they're like, oh my God, she's never going to change my grade. You know, why am I going to ever do it aga…”
Mar 17, 2020 negative
Esther Wojcicki: Do Not Give Children Smartphones Before Age Five
“One thing that I recommend is don't give your child a phone until at least They're five years old or older, because what's happening is when they're zero to five, and you're training them, that whenever they're bored, they're going to be able to use an electro…”
Mar 17, 2020 negative
Esther Wojcicki: University Class Sizes Are Backwards for Freshmen and Graduates
“The classes are huge. 800 people in a class. And then I get to graduate school, and in graduate school, there's like eight people in a class. So this is upside down. I needed it when I was a freshman. I don't need it now that I'm a graduate student. I know wha…”
Mar 17, 2020 neutral
Wojcicki: 18 years of dependency cannot suddenly become adulthood independence
“If you have the first 18 years of your life where you've been taught to be dependent, well, what do you think is going to happen on your 18th birthday? You think all of a sudden independence? No. Habits are very hard to change, and the way you mold the child i…”