tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10439744.post3697727800962941579..comments2023-12-22T03:23:30.746-05:00Comments on Cedar's Digest: On the importance of failureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10439744.post-22118179643021196522009-05-03T19:46:00.000-04:002009-05-03T19:46:00.000-04:00Thanks, I had forgotten about Pennebaker, Jon, tha...Thanks, I had forgotten about Pennebaker, Jon, thanks for that. A student of mine interned in his lab last summer, after just sending him an email out of the blue. He seems like a real class act.<br />I agree that shame is a pretty big mountain to climb, and it's what stands in the way of productive failure. I think as teachers and parents if there was a way we could step away from grades, and even measures of performance, and urge more risk-taking with fewer consequences, there would be more confidence when the consequences are there. Anyways, thanks for your thoughts.Cedarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13935627443458025397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10439744.post-966642801040150882009-05-01T17:17:00.000-04:002009-05-01T17:17:00.000-04:00Cedar,
I think the feeling of shame is one of the ...Cedar,<br />I think the feeling of shame is one of the primary things that prevents us from learning from failure. If as parents and teachers we can take the shame away, students may be able to take greater risks intellectually and learn more. I think the shame we ourselves feel also inhibits are ability to learn from our failures. I am not sure how to take it away but it does seem to figure large in why failure is so painful. CathyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12227006251848526790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10439744.post-31668314162296060012009-04-20T09:24:00.000-04:002009-04-20T09:24:00.000-04:00That was a very thought provoking post. Pennebaker...That was a very thought provoking post. Pennebaker didn't get tenure at UVA, despite his ground-breaking work. A number of nobel prize winners were, prior to winning, considered crack-pots in their fields because their ideas were so radical. <br /><br />I like how you ended on a positive note too!Jon Bakdashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12538246550638787433noreply@blogger.com