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A post about failure.
Where I work, students are taught mistakes should be avoided. Mistakes are bad. Therefore, it’s not surprising that Korean students fear errors. They learn it’s better to not try than to try and fail.
That’s a terrible attitude, especially when learning English as a foreign language.
Proofreading.
It’s an important skill for student writers. Well, for everyone who writes, actually. Many students don’t like proofreading. They believe you write an essay or story once. And that’s it. No changes, edits, or proofreading. Maybe that idea is okay for a math test, but not for writing. So, I try to show my writing students why their thinking is wrong.
Some English students have a hard time expressing complex ideas in short sentences. They don’t know how to summarize or synthesize information. This short lesson helps students overcome that barrier by teaching them how to construct a hypothesis with an easy to learn sentence pattern.
Helen Keller is quite famous here in Korea. I often wonder why. Perhaps they admire her spirit. Here is a video with that famous woman and her companion, Anne Sullivan. A rare treat.
I included this video, in part, as an inspiration to all of my students. Helen Keller had to overcome a difficult life. Yet, she wrote and published 12 books. If she could do that, then my students should be able to write an essay, a poem or a letter. Heck, you should be able to write a few sentences in the comments box below.