interests and become “Renaissance” men.
I am fortunate to have attended a
school whose mission is to highlight each
student’s potential through academic
pursuit, moral introspection, and open
dialogue. Much of that educational
approach is supported by the research
of Carol Dweck and numerous others in
my field who highlight self-awareness,
learning processes, and balanced learning
as essential for achieving academic
success. Per the school’s mission
statement, a Saint David’s boy is always
encouraged to find “the good,” to find
the strength within and to rise to the
highest levels of personal commitment
and achievement. Similarly, I try to
highlight my patients’ strengths and
passions to help them actualize their
potential, so that they can “be good
men” (and women) and achieve “all that
they can be.”
Adam Zamora ’97, PsyD is a clinical
neuropsychologist in the Child Mind
Institute’s Learning and Development
Center. Adam has a BA from Williams
College, an MS in School Psychology
a n d P s yD i n S c h o o l a n d C l i n i c a l
Child Psycholog y from the Fe rkauf
Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva
University. M
“Students who believe
that their intelligence
can be improved
with effort are more
likely to face and
surmount academic
difficulty than those
who believe that their
intelligence is fixed.”