A mistake you understand is worth more than three lucky guesses.
CREATIVITY
WHAT THIS MEANS
Getting a right answer you cannot account for leaves you exactly where you started, since you have no idea what to repeat. An error you have traced gives you a working part of the machine: you know which step bent, and why, and what it will look like next time it tries to happen. Understanding is what turns an event into something you own.
On your next returned test, spend the time on wrong answers rather than counting the right ones. For each, write one line saying what you did and what you should have done. That page is worth more at revision time than any summary.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Which lucky right answer are you secretly unsure about?
MORE IN LEARNING & CURIOSITY
- Ask the cashier, the bus driver, the barber what they’ve learned on the job. Everybody is an expert at something.
- Learning to drive is mostly learning to notice things before they happen. Plenty of skills work the same way.
- The fastest way to learn the rules of a game is to lose a lot. Same with most skills.
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