Permission to Fail 允许失败
<p><span word="Each">Each</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="fails">fails</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="time">time</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="wise">wise</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="accept">accept</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="failures">failures</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="necessary">necessary</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="learning">learning</span> <span word="process">process</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="teachers">teachers</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="deny">deny</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="children">children</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="convey">convey</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="actions">actions</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="failure">failure</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="ashamed">ashamed</span> <span word="of">of</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="performance">performance</span> <span word="meets">meets</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="approval">approval</span>.</p><p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="subject">subject</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Donnie">Donnie</span>.</p><p><span word="Donnie">Donnie</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="youngest">youngest</span> <span word="third">third</span>-<span word="grader">grader</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="shy">shy</span>, <span word="nervous">nervous</span> <span word="perfectionist">perfectionist</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="failure">failure</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="classroom">classroom</span> <span word="games">games</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="played">played</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="joyous">joyous</span> <span word="abandon">abandon</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="seldom">seldom</span> <span word="answered">answered</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> － <span word="he">he</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span>. <span word="Written">Written</span> <span word="assignments">assignments</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="math">math</span>, <span word="reduced">reduced</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="nail">nail</span>-<span word="biting">biting</span> <span word="frustration">frustration</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="seldom">seldom</span> <span word="finished">finished</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="repeatedly">repeatedly</span> <span word="checked">checked</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="sure">sure</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="hadn">hadn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mistake">mistake</span>.</p><p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="build">build</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="confidence">confidence</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="repeatedly">repeatedly</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="God">God</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="direction">direction</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="midterm">midterm</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="Mary">Mary</span> <span word="Anne">Anne</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="student">student</span> <span word="teacher">teacher</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="assigned">assigned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="classroom">classroom</span>.</p><p><span word="She">She</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pretty">pretty</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="loved">loved</span> <span word="children">children</span>. <span word="My">My</span> <span word="pupils">pupils</span>, <span word="Donnie">Donnie</span> <span word="included">included</span>, <span word="adored">adored</span> <span word="her">her</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="enthusiastic">enthusiastic</span>, <span word="loving">loving</span> <span word="Mary">Mary</span> <span word="Anne">Anne</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="baffled">baffled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="boy">boy</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="feared">feared</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mistake">mistake</span>.</p><p><span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="math">math</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chalkboard">chalkboard</span>. <span word="Donnie">Donnie</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="copied">copied</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="painstaking">painstaking</span> <span word="neatness">neatness</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="filled">filled</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="answers">answers</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="row">row</span>. <span word="Pleased">Pleased</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="progress">progress</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Mary">Mary</span> <span word="Anne">Anne</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="materials">materials</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="returned">returned</span>, <span word="Donnie">Donnie</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="tears">tears</span>. <span word="He">He</span>'<span word="d">d</span> <span word="missed">missed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="third">third</span> <span word="problem">problem</span>.</p>
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