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[–] [email protected] 42 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Sometimes it takes failing several times before you’ve learned enough to do it correctly. Not everything is “study the process fully and thoroughly, and do it perfectly the first time! 😤”

[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 days ago (3 children)

You cannot learn anything without failing. The fact we don't embrace this culturally is a tragedy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

I teach a basic programming class. Third lesson is about inheritance and interfaces. I give them an execercise where they have to implement some interfaces and end up making a " diamond of death". The exercise is called the Kobayashi Maru

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

A lot of people take failure personally, and become scared to even try in the first place. Failure is seen as shameful, rather than a learning opportunity to better yourself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

The best lesson I learned in chemistry class was to not put a wet beaker on a pre-heated hot plate

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

Sometimes the answer to "why did it go wrong" is "because I need to practice more".

Like, I know how to play the piano, I know how notes and keys work and in theory, I should be pretty good. In reality, I'm just shit at it because I never practiced.