One of the many facets of building relationships with our students is helping them deal with failure. It is an experience all of us have had and is a fact of life. So in Title I classes, we always emphasize that making mistakes is OK. We need to teach our students to rebrand failure as risk-taking which is another way to learn. This article stresses that concept and suggests that teachers tell stories of people who have failed yet then achieved great things. Example: Thomas Edison tried 10,000 different materials before he found the right one for the light bulb filament.....[that's persistence all right!].
Making Friends With Failure. Ainissa Ramirez. 8.28.13. Edutopia
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/learning-from-failure-ainissa-ramirez
Think of your own "failures." Are there any you'd like to share with your students or colleagues. How have you learned from them? Share your thoughts below in Comments.
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