There was no self esteem movement in education when Barrack Obama was in grade school and the Puna school. But I am sure he was endlessly praised and cut slack by teachers who wanted to see this exotic boy do good so kind of amounts to the same thing. And given all kinds of affirmative action boosts, formally done and informally done
Such things harm more than help people. PC and Political Correctness will be the Jokes of the 21st Century starting abour 2020 when they are dumped for good. Remember Dr. Martin Luther King was against Affirmative Action—and when he was talked into it—said it should only last ten years—for African Americans to catch up—now its a crutch and a club to hit “Whitie” over the head.