Nearly all of the students in our group agree that the most horrible time is when the teacher is talking about our paragraphs. I understand that many of us thought we can do quite well in English and feel depressed seeing unexpected C or D on papers. We feel depressed not only because of the outcome that we failed, but also because the efforts we've made seem useless. That's why I can see disappointment when we get feedback of our paragraphs.
However, I think of it in another aspect after watching the lecture "The positive psychology", taught by a professor in Harvard University.
Firstly, we always fail before become successful; there is no shortcut. According to considerable amounts of surveys, the most successful people are always those who made the most mistakes. Looking back on my own experiences, I can't remember how many times I had fallen before I managed to walk when I was still a baby. It's really the truth that failure is unavoidable if you want to succeed.
After agreeing that the failure is acceptable, we need to grow from it. It's great to find shortcomings through failure so that you have chances to improve. Isn't it? After taking efforts to improve, I always feel happy because I am learning something to which I didn't pay attention before. That's why teachers ask us to rewrite those paragraphs.
Next time the teacher talks about our paragraphs, I hope everyone will say:" Oh! It's the greatest time!"
It's a shame that I felt good when I saw that we were no better than each other...actually everyone else is making progress.
ReplyDeleteI think you will succeed at last^-^
ReplyDeleteWow~ I am also watching Positive Psychology these days and I find it so useful and encouraging for me. Learn from the failure and enjoy the whole journey, I think that we will be able to manage it at last!
ReplyDeleteReally? I only have the last 5 lectures left. How about you?
Deletefailture is the mother of the success. and the standrd in china is different from here. so we need to change and adjust.
ReplyDeleteIt's not a failure. It's just a process of self-improvement.
ReplyDeleteI didn't feel painful ,actually. I think English is not like other subjects. You don't have to push it because Rome was not built in a day.
ReplyDeleteIt is!~ I should learn from you!~
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