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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Success
I like both of these quotes, there is so much truth in them. To truly understand something, one must find it's faults and understand what doesn't work before understanding what does. That is a point that I try to drive home to my students. One of the first steps in engineering a product is failure. Only after evaluating and understanding that failure can you progress from it. I believe that is why so many students find my class "easy", not that the tasks are simple or the work is simple, but I feel that if they are putting forth the effort to learn they will pass. I understand that not everyone can be be completely successful in the numerous areas that I cover, so failure at the task does not mean a failing grade. I believe, failure is the true form of progress, that is why the saying is 3 steps forward, 2 steps back.
Trent - I love this. I had never truly thought about it quite like this. Maybe I've been too hard on my students. I know we all push them to be successful but to succeed they definitely need to experience failure and learn from it. I have so many student that try but still fail and I understand that is better than those who refuse to try at all. I need to be more like you in embracing their failure as a learning process and build them up. I definitely needed this read. You're the best! Can i come and take your class?
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