Re:Math, Science Popular Until Students Realize They’re Hard
by brazzy on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @06:54AM
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> If I'm out to be a doctor or an astronaut or an engineer, I'm likely going to question my ability to accomplish these if I'm made to feel that I've missed a bunch of knowledge on the tests.
And that's the best thing you can do, and learn to do!
> Those, and many others, are careers that ought to get everything right because of the consequences
You don't get everything right by believing that you "ought to" and rigging the game so that it looks like you do. You get everything right by always assuming the worst, double-checking everything and analyzing mistakes with the goal of making them impossible in the future, rather than finding someone to blame.
> (they don't, of course, but why is college teaching this lesson?)
And that's the best thing you can do, and learn to do!
> Those, and many others, are careers that ought to get everything right because of the consequences
You don't get everything right by believing that you "ought to" and rigging the game so that it looks like you do. You get everything right by always assuming the worst, double-checking everything and analyzing mistakes with the goal of making them impossible in the future, rather than finding someone to blame.
> (they don't, of course, but why is college teaching this lesson?)
Because it cannot be taught too early.