Theresa MacPhail

I said, calm down. You know, we're not China. We're better equipped. Here's why.

Right. They're all science and technology nerds and geeks. And I mean that in the best possible sense. My people. Very driven, very type A personalities. I mean, you don't get into science and tech lightly. It's not an easy subject. And the course load is quite hefty. At some point in their lives, probably the majority, like say 70%, will probably go on to get some sort of master's or PhD.

Right. They're all science and technology nerds and geeks. And I mean that in the best possible sense. My people. Very driven, very type A personalities. I mean, you don't get into science and tech lightly. It's not an easy subject. And the course load is quite hefty. At some point in their lives, probably the majority, like say 70%, will probably go on to get some sort of master's or PhD.

Right. They're all science and technology nerds and geeks. And I mean that in the best possible sense. My people. Very driven, very type A personalities. I mean, you don't get into science and tech lightly. It's not an easy subject. And the course load is quite hefty. At some point in their lives, probably the majority, like say 70%, will probably go on to get some sort of master's or PhD.

Engineers, engineers, engineers, and research scientists.

Engineers, engineers, engineers, and research scientists.

Engineers, engineers, engineers, and research scientists.

The whole gamut. They're building your bridges. They're putting up your buildings. They're designing your sewage pipes.

The whole gamut. They're building your bridges. They're putting up your buildings. They're designing your sewage pipes.

The whole gamut. They're building your bridges. They're putting up your buildings. They're designing your sewage pipes.

Exactly, exactly. They're designing your airplane engines, everything.

Exactly, exactly. They're designing your airplane engines, everything.

Exactly, exactly. They're designing your airplane engines, everything.

It's the worst thing that can happen. It's the worst thing that can happen. They're all very high achieving students. So they're used to getting straight A's or close to it. They come in thinking that failure is bad and it needs to be avoided at all costs. And they have imbibed the cultural narrative of, oh, you must learn from your failures and fail better and fail faster.

It's the worst thing that can happen. It's the worst thing that can happen. They're all very high achieving students. So they're used to getting straight A's or close to it. They come in thinking that failure is bad and it needs to be avoided at all costs. And they have imbibed the cultural narrative of, oh, you must learn from your failures and fail better and fail faster.

It's the worst thing that can happen. It's the worst thing that can happen. They're all very high achieving students. So they're used to getting straight A's or close to it. They come in thinking that failure is bad and it needs to be avoided at all costs. And they have imbibed the cultural narrative of, oh, you must learn from your failures and fail better and fail faster.

But they kind of don't buy it.

But they kind of don't buy it.

But they kind of don't buy it.

I did a research project where a psychology professor and I designed a survey and just wanted to get a sense of how they define failure for themselves and what they think about it and what they think the American culture thinks about it. And they're all really aware.