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1.1 Inspirational Quote

  • Posted by CUNY Mindset Initiative on December 26, 2023 at 4:27 pm

    1.1 Inspirational Quote

    “Failure is a greater teacher than success.”​

    —  Clarissa Pinkola Estés

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  • Gretchen Irwin-Harada (She/Her/Hers)
    Member
    September 10, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    I like to encourage students to take risks and not worry about not being perfect or making a mistake. I tell them that “progress not perfection” is the goal, and that we can learn from our mistakes.

    Jaime Chris Weida (She/Her)
    Member
    September 23, 2024 at 6:14 pm

    I agree.  I’ve often heard/read the statement that “some students need to fail to learn” and I am still not 100% sure if that is true and/or helpful.  I teach at BMCC and for my students, like yours, the stakes can be very high when it comes to failing a class or multiple classes.  I assign very few failing grades but I inevitably do land up giving out some F grades.  I really worry about the effect a failing grade has on students.

    Jaime Chris Weida (She/Her)
    Member
    September 23, 2024 at 6:19 pm

    I feel like I already responded to this quote, but apparently not! In any case, I agree that people may learn from their failures but I don’t want to “buy into” a mentality that poses failure as “necessary” in some way. I honestly believe that students live up or down to our expectations as educators, and if we see failure in a class as a “teaching tool,” I worry that students will unconsciously absorb that mentality. Plus, many of our students are undocumented or have financial aid dependent upon their GPA; in those cases, failure in a class may literally mean deportation or the complete loss of a life opportunity! I don’t know. Of course not every student can sucessfully pass every class but I think we should start out by assuming they all can and only assign failing grades in extreme circumstance.

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