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Oh my gosh, this little video pep-talk is *so* good! “Being good at math is actually being good at being stuck“

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Dr. Courtney Gibbons

@virtualcourtney

· Mar 29, 2021

Replying to @JSEllenberg

Permit me to self-promite -- I made this video for students who were feeling defeated: youtu.be/kenf8E1RuoA

Brendan Zabarauskas

@brendanzab

Dunno if I'd really call myself a researcher, but I certainly feel stuck a lot of the time trying to turn PL research into practical stuff. Definitely have had to make peace with that feeling over the past several years! 😅

7:33 AM · Mar 30, 2021Twitter Web App

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Pierce Darragh

@pl_pierce

Mar 30, 2021

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@brendanzab

this totally lines up with my experience. I always loved problem-solving, so math and CS were not challenging to me in that way. but I've tutored a few students who never struggled with school before, and then they really have a hard time making CS work for them.

Pierce Darragh

@pl_pierce

Mar 30, 2021

I think the issue really comes down to training yourself to love the reward of solving a hard problem more than you hate the struggle of getting to that point. you have to be wrong for a long time before you get to be right! and for some people, that's a big hurdle to overcome.