If you’re going to make mistakes, high school is a good place to do it: You’re surrounded by people who want you to succeed and are concerned with teaching you what’s required to be a good human being and a successful citizen. In high school, it’s expected that there’ll be errors in judgement and reasoning—and that you’ll learn from those errors as you develop into a mensch.
And in high school, you get to start fresh every day: Your teachers, having instructed, guided, corrected, or admonished you the day before, look forward to your fresh opportunity to demonstrate to them—and to yourself—that you have what it takes to be that good human being and successful citizen.
So if you’re planning on making lots of mistakes, make them now—you’re in the right place!
The beauty of learning is indescribable in a good way. However there are times when I do not know when I have made a mistake — which can be a problem.
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