Well Jeromem, what I see here is a dilemma. If a person succeeds and learns, and fails but does not learn then it may be more beneficial for this person to always succeed. On the flip side you learn so much from failing, I know from experience, if you do something and fail, you sure as *heck* are not going to do that again, unless at that point you are insane. (Definition of insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results) Therefore if we can exempt mentally insane people and those with learning disabilities out of the equation then I would conclude that it is okay to fail sometimes, because it builds you as a person and helps you learn.
Concluding point and very cliche, failing is good for you, it builds character.
This reminds me of Cody's comment in class today - something along the lines of saying he's never experienced something terribly tragic or had any great adversity in his life that he can think of, and he feels that he lacks character because of it. I would argue that this doesn't make him (or anybody) worse off, but do see his point - we grow from struggle, and it's important to fail sometimes. It's human, after all.
Well, success can spoil someone, at least to the point that they can't face failure. Facing failure is hard once you've succeeded a lot, just like a winning streak coming to an end feels worse than losing every other game.
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DeleteWell Jeromem, what I see here is a dilemma. If a person succeeds and learns, and fails but does not learn then it may be more beneficial for this person to always succeed. On the flip side you learn so much from failing, I know from experience, if you do something and fail, you sure as *heck* are not going to do that again, unless at that point you are insane. (Definition of insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results) Therefore if we can exempt mentally insane people and those with learning disabilities out of the equation then I would conclude that it is okay to fail sometimes, because it builds you as a person and helps you learn.
ReplyDeleteConcluding point and very cliche, failing is good for you, it builds character.
This reminds me of Cody's comment in class today - something along the lines of saying he's never experienced something terribly tragic or had any great adversity in his life that he can think of, and he feels that he lacks character because of it. I would argue that this doesn't make him (or anybody) worse off, but do see his point - we grow from struggle, and it's important to fail sometimes. It's human, after all.
ReplyDeleteWell, success can spoil someone, at least to the point that they can't face failure. Facing failure is hard once you've succeeded a lot, just like a winning streak coming to an end feels worse than losing every other game.
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