The notion of 'fixed intelligence' ,with regard to learners in schools,is held my many children,parents,communities and teachers. During my early days at Primary School i remember hearing parents telling teachers that such and such a child from their household was of fixed intelligence,hence teachers werent to bother if such a child's performance was not impressive or improving.So,from the very start such a child was looked down upon and ways to motivate the learner by both parents and teachers could not be taken seriously. such learners therefore could not be motivated to learn and that resulted in lack of motivation and low self esteem on the part of the learner. To avoid such experiences,i would advise stakehollders in children's education to understand that all children can learn. What is needed is positive attitudes towards learners by all those involved in children's learning,which can be achieved by use of suitable teaching approaches to meet challanges of individual learners.