Theresa MacPhail

Because I want them to get the idea that you can be an expert, you can be highly knowledgeable, but there's no way I know everything.

Because I want them to get the idea that you can be an expert, you can be highly knowledgeable, but there's no way I know everything.

Because I want them to get the idea that you can be an expert, you can be highly knowledgeable, but there's no way I know everything.

Freedom. Freedom. And a lightness of moving through the world.

Freedom. Freedom. And a lightness of moving through the world.

Freedom. Freedom. And a lightness of moving through the world.

So here's the thing. Before any of us step on a plane, there's been so many prototypes and there's been so many tests. And the thing I'd like to see more is letting people fail. There has to be a space for people to accept abject failure. Failure that doesn't teach you anything.

So here's the thing. Before any of us step on a plane, there's been so many prototypes and there's been so many tests. And the thing I'd like to see more is letting people fail. There has to be a space for people to accept abject failure. Failure that doesn't teach you anything.

So here's the thing. Before any of us step on a plane, there's been so many prototypes and there's been so many tests. And the thing I'd like to see more is letting people fail. There has to be a space for people to accept abject failure. Failure that doesn't teach you anything.

I think, yes, I think one learns acceptance and out of acceptance comes resilience. I ask my students to reflect at the end of every class. And the answers I get back is that they've totally changed their definition of what failure is. Most of them will say it's not the end of the world. It's a setback that you learn from. And all of them understand that it's subjective and a social construct.

I think, yes, I think one learns acceptance and out of acceptance comes resilience. I ask my students to reflect at the end of every class. And the answers I get back is that they've totally changed their definition of what failure is. Most of them will say it's not the end of the world. It's a setback that you learn from. And all of them understand that it's subjective and a social construct.

I think, yes, I think one learns acceptance and out of acceptance comes resilience. I ask my students to reflect at the end of every class. And the answers I get back is that they've totally changed their definition of what failure is. Most of them will say it's not the end of the world. It's a setback that you learn from. And all of them understand that it's subjective and a social construct.

Simply having a class where you come in once a week for three hours and talk about failure just blatantly somehow made it okay for them to accept their own personal failures. And one of the things that shifts throughout the class is I asked them, what do you think the rate of other people's failures is compared to your own?

Simply having a class where you come in once a week for three hours and talk about failure just blatantly somehow made it okay for them to accept their own personal failures. And one of the things that shifts throughout the class is I asked them, what do you think the rate of other people's failures is compared to your own?

Simply having a class where you come in once a week for three hours and talk about failure just blatantly somehow made it okay for them to accept their own personal failures. And one of the things that shifts throughout the class is I asked them, what do you think the rate of other people's failures is compared to your own?

And before they take the class, they say, oh, I definitely fail more than other people. And then at the end of the class, they go, everyone is failing every day at everything. And I'm like, yes, that's right. Correct. You've passed this class.

And before they take the class, they say, oh, I definitely fail more than other people. And then at the end of the class, they go, everyone is failing every day at everything. And I'm like, yes, that's right. Correct. You've passed this class.

And before they take the class, they say, oh, I definitely fail more than other people. And then at the end of the class, they go, everyone is failing every day at everything. And I'm like, yes, that's right. Correct. You've passed this class.

I am a professor, so if I'm talking too long, feel free to nudge me.

I am a professor, so if I'm talking too long, feel free to nudge me.