• fossilesque@mander.xyzOPM
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    12 days ago

    You cannot learn anything without failing. The fact we don’t embrace this culturally is a tragedy.

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      12 days ago

      I teach a basic programming class. Third lesson is about inheritance and interfaces. I give them an execercise where they have to implement some interfaces and end up making a " diamond of death". The exercise is called the Kobayashi Maru

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      12 days ago

      A lot of people take failure personally, and become scared to even try in the first place. Failure is seen as shameful, rather than a learning opportunity to better yourself.