Encouragement

“We can help students sustain their will to learn if we take supervising students as the big responsibility that it is. We can choose to care about the student and his or her project. We can be mindful when we provide feedback. Not only that, but we can ask a student, encourage the student, motivate the student by saying, “Yes, this is a difficult job—but everyone before and after you faces these difficulties.”

It is not only about the students who benefit from a growth mindset, but also the supervisors. If we take an encouraging and mindful approach, maybe we can create a spark in the students. A kind of fire. Potentially, that will energize him or her to go forward. I don’t like to be pessimistic in a challenging situation.

I’d rather like to say: ‘We can make a difference!’ ”

(Madhu Neupane Bastola)