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The feelings of being on the outside looking in that folks expressed felt really relevant to what I experienced at different stages of my education. The jokes professors told just didn’t seem funny but everyone laughed. Unless I am in experiences like this I might not share those feelings so frequently. I realize as I reflect here now that I kept…[Read more]

I like how you frame what could be a negative into a positive as learning what we are and are not capable of and as always ending with a success.

I have learned so much in my life by failing whether it is a kinesthetic skill or a piece of knowledge. A jump off on that idea is that there are times when I have not failed but the repetition or continuing to use something once I’ve been successful has also been an important aspect of my learning. For instance, in learning a language I was most…[Read more]