Really appreciate that she highlights that it's okay to make messes and mistakes in life, the opposite of what the rest of the education system and society pressures us to believe. Failure can be the greatest teacher. We aren't perfect and we need those opportunities to fail forward. Everyone who is great at anything wasn't at one point. Whether these kids go on to do art or not, it's a universal lesson.
I'm a teacher and if you ask my students what my favorite thing is, they'll answer: "WHEN WE MAKE MISTAKES!"
It's so important to accept mistakes as part of the process of improving yourself and getting things right, and I can absolutely see that in my kids. One of my boys was terrified of reading English out loud (we're in Norway) because he felt he was so shit at English, but after talking with him about it and showing him with the other students how much I like it when someone gets something wrong so we can correct it, he's now one of the kids who's instantly got his hand up when it comes time to read texts out loud.
Just a tiny little thing like that can do wonders to a kids confidence, knowing that their mistakes aren't the opposite of progress or getting it right, but rather part of it, and that it helps their fellow students each time we get to correct something together.
Yup I tell my kids, the fastest way to learn and get Better is to try and fail but learn from your failure. I want them to make mistakes in life, just to make sure they learn from them
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u/b_lett May 06 '22
Really appreciate that she highlights that it's okay to make messes and mistakes in life, the opposite of what the rest of the education system and society pressures us to believe. Failure can be the greatest teacher. We aren't perfect and we need those opportunities to fail forward. Everyone who is great at anything wasn't at one point. Whether these kids go on to do art or not, it's a universal lesson.