Our thought for the week comes from an address by Garrison Keilor to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard University

9/30/2013

Please read the excerpt below and post a comment addressing how mistakes help you learn.
Tell us one of your failure stories.
Oh, brave young achievers, you have now achieved the pinnacle. And forgive me if it sounds cynical, but as we gather to celebrate you and hail you, it is time for you to think about the benefits of failure. Failure is essential, a form of mortality. Without failure, we have a poor sense of reality. It's all well and good to strive for glory, but today's grievous mistake is tomorrow's humorous story. And one should not be a person whose memoirs consist of notes from the classes you've never missed. Would the Prodigal Son's dad have killed the fatted calf if the boy had graduated with an average of 3.99 and a half? No. Nor would Job have grown so wise in the Lord's ways had his only tribulation been one or two Bs in a whole long string of As. In a nutshell, my advice is: go out and have a crisis.

Excerpt from Garrison Keilor's address to the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University

36 Comments

zAk

10/1/2013 08:57:38 am

I think making mistakes help because it is in your brain better and next time it comes up you can solve it faster.

Kaia

10/1/2013 09:06:23 am

I think that mistakes help us learn because then you won't make them again.

maile

10/1/2013 09:09:23 am

I thick you can lrean from your mistakes.Each mistake you mack cons as leaning some thing.

Maile

10/1/2013 09:17:46 am

Next time I will check my response for spelling mistakes.

JENNA! GO GIANTS!

10/1/2013 09:17:11 am

I think that making mistakes helps us learn, because when we make a mistake we are corrected. We usually remember those mistakes and therefore we remember the correction.

tReVoR.s

10/1/2013 09:19:52 am

I think that when you fail you learn from the mistake so next time you wont make the same mistake.

Cristian

10/1/2013 09:50:16 am

I think that making mistakes helps you because as people say,"You learn from your mistakes",actually helps because your brain also learns so like if you spell something wrong then when your brain sees the actual word you keep on seeing it in your mind so next time you can spell that word wright.

Reaghan

10/1/2013 10:13:51 am

I think you learn from your mistakes, and after you make a mistake you know not to do it again.

tristen link

10/1/2013 10:15:38 am

I think that making mistakes helps you learn from your mistakes.
it is better to make mistakes then not make any.like I make mistakes all the time. make mistakes in baseball all the time I just practice and it is fun.
sincerely,
tristen

logan

10/1/2013 10:23:38 am

I think it is good making mistakes because your brain is learning.

Hannah

10/1/2013 11:44:08 am

I think making mistakes are good because once you make a mistake you will not do it again. I remember getting a problem wrong in accelerated math and asking how to do the problem and I haven't made that mistake very many times this year.

Happy

10/1/2013 11:57:49 am

I think making mistakes is a learning opportunity.

10/1/2013 12:39:17 pm

THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPELL OPPORTUNITY WRONG GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO SPELL OPPORTUNITY RIGHT!!!!!!

10/1/2013 12:45:31 pm

I used to swing bats with my eyes closed and one time a ball hit my hand I bet I could have moved out of the way so I learned my lesson. now I swing with my eyes open.

10/3/2013 12:41:41 am

face palm

Beyblade guy

10/1/2013 12:26:45 pm

I think it means you can learn from your mistakes and wont go through it again next time

T.J.

10/1/2013 12:39:32 pm

Mistakes happen everywhere and you learn from them everywhere. (Even in the directions - no offense Mrs. Bockius)

Mrs. Bockius

10/3/2013 12:04:25 am

Thank you T.J. for being my editor. We all need an editor, and I am so happy I have you.

Summer

10/1/2013 01:22:03 pm

I think mistakes make a student smarter because mistakes stick out in your mind and you remember what you did.Hopefully the next time you will get it correct.

Lilah

10/1/2013 01:33:03 pm

I think that making mastaks help you learn because you can learn from are mastaks

Samantha Osborne

10/1/2013 01:36:13 pm

You can learn from your mistakes. You remember your error and next time you can remember your error and get it right.

10/1/2013 01:59:27 pm

do you guys know who i am

10/3/2013 12:16:54 am

hi beyblade guy

Armand

10/3/2013 01:19:22 am

I think the entire class noes it's you Alan.

Ullr

10/1/2013 02:20:45 pm

Life without mistakes would be quite boring indeed.

10/3/2013 12:05:37 am

Thought provoking comment. Who are you?

10/3/2013 10:13:04 am

HI Mrs. Bockius. Who are you? ULLR

TRISTEN

10/3/2013 10:17:17 am

Who are you?

kristina

10/1/2013 02:33:56 pm

I look at failure as a learning opportunity to success. Its like a game if you never lose you never will appreciate the grate filling of winning.

ytr

10/3/2013 12:14:57 am

it is good to make mistakes it is better to make mistakes then not make any at all

10/3/2013 01:13:53 am

It means that without mistakes you will never learn.

Brandon the awesome (aka Brandon)

10/3/2013 01:22:09 am

I think that mistakes make us want to try,try,and try again

10/3/2013 02:12:08 am

who is hi is he in our class

sad

10/3/2013 02:16:48 am

I think that you can learn from you mistakes

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10/3/2013 10:18:48 am

Our thought for the week comes from an address by Garrison Keilor to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard University

09/30/2013

35 Comments

Please read the excerpt below and post a comment addressing how mistakes help you learn.
Tell us one of your failure stories.
Oh, brave young achievers, you have now achieved the pinnacle. And forgive me if it sounds cynical, but as we gather to celebrate you and hail you, it is time for you to think about the benefits of failure. Failure is essential, a form of mortality. Without failure, we have a poor sense of reality. It's all well and good to strive for glory, but today's grievous mistake is tomorrow's humorous story. And one should not be a person whose memoirs consist of notes from the classes you've never missed. Would the Prodigal Son's dad have killed the fatted calf if the boy had graduated with an average of 3.99 and a half? No. Nor would Job have grown so wise in the Lord's ways had his only tribulation been one or two Bs in a whole long string of As. In a nutshell, my advice is: go out and have a crisis.

Excerpt from Garrison Keilor's address to the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University

Comments
zAk
10/01/2013 3:57pm

I think making mistakes help because it is in your brain better and next time it comes up you can solve it faster.
Kaia
10/01/2013 4:06pm

I think that mistakes help us learn because then you won't make them again.
maile
10/01/2013 4:09pm

I thick you can lrean from your mistakes.Each mistake you mack cons as leaning some thing.
Maile
10/01/2013 4:17pm

Next time I will check my response for spelling mistakes.
JENNA! GO GIANTS!
10/01/2013 4:17pm

I think that making mistakes helps us learn, because when we make a mistake we are corrected. We usually remember those mistakes and therefore we remember the correction.
tReVoR.s
10/01/2013 4:19pm

I think that when you fail you learn from the mistake so next time you wont make the same mistake.
Cristian
10/01/2013 4:50pm

I think that making mistakes helps you because as people say,"You learn from your mistakes",actually helps because your brain also learns so like if you spell something wrong then when your brain sees the actual word you keep on seeing it in your mind so next time you can spell that word wright.
Reaghan
10/01/2013 5:13pm

I think you learn from your mistakes, and after you make a mistake you know not to do it again.
tristen link
10/01/2013 5:15pm

I think that making mistakes helps you learn from your mistakes.
it is better to make mistakes then not make any.like I make mistakes all the time. make mistakes in baseball all the time I just practice and it is fun.
sincerely,
tristen
logan
10/01/2013 5:23pm

I think it is good making mistakes because your brain is learning.
Hannah
10/01/2013 6:44pm

I think making mistakes are good because once you make a mistake you will not do it again. I remember getting a problem wrong in accelerated math and asking how to do the problem and I haven't made that mistake very many times this year.
Happy
10/01/2013 6:57pm

I think making mistakes is a learning opportunity.
Happy
10/01/2013 7:39pm

THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPELL OPPORTUNITY WRONG GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO SPELL OPPORTUNITY RIGHT!!!!!!
Happy
10/01/2013 7:45pm

I used to swing bats with my eyes closed and one time a ball hit my hand I bet I could have moved out of the way so I learned my lesson. now I swing with my eyes open.
zAk
10/03/2013 7:41am

face palm
Beyblade guy
10/01/2013 7:26pm

I think it means you can learn from your mistakes and wont go through it again next time
T.J.
10/01/2013 7:39pm

Mistakes happen everywhere and you learn from them everywhere. (Even in the directions - no offense Mrs. Bockius)
Mrs. Bockius
10/03/2013 7:04am

Thank you T.J. for being my editor. We all need an editor, and I am so happy I have you.
Summer
10/01/2013 8:22pm

I think mistakes make a student smarter because mistakes stick out in your mind and you remember what you did.Hopefully the next time you will get it correct.
Lilah
10/01/2013 8:33pm

I think that making mastaks help you learn because you can learn from are mastaks
Samantha Osborne
10/01/2013 8:36pm

You can learn from your mistakes. You remember your error and next time you can remember your error and get it right.
Beyblade guy
10/01/2013 8:59pm

do you guys know who i am
hi
10/03/2013 7:16am

hi beyblade guy
Armand
10/03/2013 8:19am

I think the entire class noes it's you Alan.
Ullr
10/01/2013 9:20pm

Life without mistakes would be quite boring indeed.
Mrs. Bockius
10/03/2013 7:05am

Thought provoking comment. Who are you?
HI
10/03/2013 5:13pm

HI Mrs. Bockius. Who are you? ULLR
TRISTEN
10/03/2013 5:17pm

Who are you?
kristina
10/01/2013 9:33pm

I look at failure as a learning opportunity to success. Its like a game if you never lose you never will a

BBG (Beyblade guy)

10/3/2013 12:59:34 pm

who is hi ytr sad and jiks

Our thought for the week comes from an address by Garrison Keilor to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard University

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