> "Kids aren't afraid of being wrong."
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> I have ten plus years of teaching experience telling me what utter garbage that is. Kids are terrified of being wrong in school. They don't want to look foolish, they don't want to waste their time working on something and finding out their efforts were for nothing. They like being told the answer, or at the very least have their hand held and constantly assured that what they are doing is right as they look for it.
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I believe at that point he was talking about 4 year olds, wasn't he? I think he was arguing that school actually trains kids to fear being wrong, and so not make attempts when they aren't sure what they're expected to do.
