I had planned to be a psychology major, but I bombed introductory psychology.

There was already a famous Sternberg in psychology and it was obvious there would not be another.

Success in life does not necessarily originate with academic success.

There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them.

I'm more of a creative learner, ... I do very well in projects, but I was not good at memorizing all of that material in the introductory courses.

In other words, if a teacher only teaches in one way, then they conclude that the kids who can't learn well that way don't have the ability, when, in fact, it may be that the way the teacher's teaching is not a particularly good match to the way those kids learn.

So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get.