10.4 FAILURE AND SUCCESS

10.4 FAILURE AND SUCCESS 

This past lesson has taught me different aspects of both failure and success. I learned that failure should be something that’s anticipated, not unwanted. Success will be reached after failure is understood first. It is all just a part of the growing process and that is the only way you will grow as an innovator: collecting feedback and understanding criticism from others.

Since I was young, I was told that failure is something to be scared of. This held me back from multiple opportunities as I grew up, as well as it created a bad mindset for my work habits. When you have a mindset that you can’t fail, it’s easier to be scared of bigger tasks you face academically. Criticism was supposed to rip your project apart, not make it better. This past week explained to me how these known actions help me and my project become the best version of it that it can be. Accepting criticism from others opens up a door to many new ideas. 

In 10.2 Austin’s Butterfly, Austin started with a fine drawing for a first grader. Slightly messy lines, a slightly off figure, and the small details. He got feedback from his classmates, and kept trying at this drawing. He added more details, straightened his lines, and made this creation look like a good Monarch Butterfly. He wouldn’t have been able to do that without the criticism of his classmates and his six drafts. Each draft progressively got better, and closer to the maximum success that he learned from all of his tries.

Teaching the acceptance of failure is leading the future to success and acceptance academically. This provides a growth mindset from students who will learn how to strive from failure and look at it as a growing opportunity rather than a moment they should be fearing.