The Power of Expectations

Did you know, In 1968, a man named **Robert Rosenthal** conducted a simple experiment

in a school. Teachers were told that certain students in their class had been identified

as “high potential” and were expected to show rapid intellectual growth. The truth was,

those students were chosen **at random**. Over the next year, something strange happened.

The students labeled as “high potential” began performing better than their classmates.

Their grades improved. Their confidence grew. Their IQ scores even increased.

Nothing about the students had changed. What changed was how they were treated. Without realizing

it, teachers gave those students more attention, more patience, and more encouragement.