A question that has been repeatedly coming up for me lately is: when should you act to prevent something failing when you know you have the power to “spot” it and help it not fail in the short term. My default has shifted over 20y from “almost always act” to “almost never act”
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In that sense schools fail their “best” students the most. Straight A’s students learn everything except the only thing they need to: how to fail. Failing a class or being held back a grade is stigma. Straight A’s is prestigious. Backwards.
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“Love of learning” is bullshit because taken seriously that translates to “love of failure.” Nobody likes that. Constant failure is a sign you should quit before you die. What people fall in love with is getting unreasonably lucky where you fail less than expected = is “aptitude”
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