Finding the Upside in Falling Down!

10/28/2021

This week, we looked at our learning skills and took some time to be reflective of our own learning so far this semester. For this week I want you to continue to be reflective on your learning, and your personality and to think about failure. Failure isn’t fun, it never feels good, and sometimes it can be downright embarrassing! The crazy thing about it though, is that it’s through failure that we do our biggest amounts of growing as students, as learners, and as people. In your blog post this week, I want you to think back on this past month, week, year, etc. and write down 3 times that you failed or weren’t successful on something you tried. Write down what happened, why you feel that you failed and what you learned from this failure.

My example for this week:
One of the biggest learnings I have ever experienced is when I was in teacher’s college. I had a class of grade 6’s and I was teaching them about finding the volume of a triangular prism. I had the vice principal in the class watching and I TAUGHT IT TO THEM WRONG! I got confused with the numbers and the vice-principal had to come up and help me with the lesson.
What I learned from that failure was that:
1. preparation is key when teaching any lesson
2. Mistakes happen and you have to be able to accept that and grow from them.

17 Comments

mason

10/29/2021 03:14:05 pm

when i woke up at 3:00am and played fortnite
when i ran away

MAX

10/30/2021 01:36:07 pm

1.I copied my sister sliding down the stairs backwards. I really hurt my toe. I learned never copy someone younger than you.

2. I let go of a balloon and it popped. I think I failed because it popped on the popcorn ceiling. Don't let go of helium balloons.

3. I slipped on a wet floor. I fell and got hurt. Be careful on wet floors.

Lucy

10/30/2021 02:52:05 pm

1) I closed the door on my foot. I got hurt and lost my toenail but it grew back. I failed because I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing. I learned to be more careful,

2) I left my backyard to go find my mom after she went on a short walk with my brother. When she got home, I wasn't there and she freaked out and almost called the police, since my dad didn't realize I was gone. Luckily I stopped at the neighbours house and they called her. I should have stayed home and waited. I failed because I didn't make a safe choice. I learned to ask, or tell someone before going out on my own.

3) I came inside the house with wet feet from being in the hot tub, and slipped on the kitchen floor on my back, and banged my head. I failed because I wasn't careful. My parents always tell me to dry off completely before I go inside, but I didn't, and I got hurt. I learned to listen to my parents when they tell me things to keep me safe.

Zoe

11/2/2021 04:13:12 pm

wow the 2ed one sound scarey

Damian

10/31/2021 09:43:18 am

1. When i went skating last winter for the first time I fell hard on my back and it hurt. I learned that it take practivce to be as good as my Dad at skating.

2. I tried to make breakfast once and I burned all the toast because I wasnt paying attention to it and was doing other things. I learned to take my time when making food.

3. I once went outside with no socks or shoes on. It had just rained and the outside deck was very wet. I ran outside and slipped. I was hurt and embarressed. I learned to not run fast on wet surfaces.

Dylan

10/31/2021 10:44:10 am

1. When I was running and I closed my eyes for a second and I fell and hurt my foot. I learned not to close my eyes when I am running.
2. When I was playing with my grandparents dog and I touched her nose and she almost bite me. I learned not to touch a dogs nose.
3. When I touched a cactus to see how much it hurt so I touch the cactus and it hurt a lot. But I learned do not touch a cactus.

Emmett

11/1/2021 03:06:52 pm

1. I made a mistake by putting something in the wrong place when I was playing Minecraft after I had worked on it for an hour. I restarted it and I tried again and I did it!

2. I am slow at typing and it is frustrating. I am trying to get better by trying to type faster with nitro type

3. Soccer-it is hard to get perfect aim with my toe. Instead I am trying with the inside of my foot.

Henry

11/1/2021 04:20:58 pm

1. When I started playing piano I would get frustrated and feel like I was failing because I couldn't read the notes. I stuck with it and practiced, and learned that if I am patient then I could get it right.

2. Last week, when coding my Scratch game, I deleted a bunch of important things by accident. I was really upset that I lost my hard work. I learned that you need to be careful with what you delete and that you should save often.

3. When playing Mario Odyssey, I was getting very frustrated at the end because I kept dying at one part. I learned that sometimes I need to take a break when I am feeling frustrated and try again later.

isabela

11/2/2021 03:59:24 pm

1.) When I first tried to tie my shoes, I was not very good at it. My laces would come apart, and I tripped. Over time I practiced and got better,

2.) I enjoy art and coloring. But I had trouble coloring in the lines when I first started. Now I learned to take my time, and focus better.

3.) When I first started horseback riding, I was scared of the horses moving. It took three years for me to stay calm and learn how to stay on them, without falling.

mason

11/2/2021 05:06:24 pm

when I was learning to skate I got frustrated and quit.
I tried again and it worked
I got hit by the chair lift when skiing . I was really SCARED and did not want to get back on but I did. I learned to overcome my fear.
I pulled the emergency brake and rolled down the driveway. I learned not to play in the truck.

Emmanuel

11/2/2021 05:19:06 pm

1. When I started writing alphabets always made mistakes with the letters D,P, and Z. Then I learned how to write it.
2.I get very upset for little things. I am trying to understand things better and remain calm and strong.
3. I am not good at typing now I improve with practicing in nitro type.

nidzo

11/2/2021 05:32:46 pm

When I was down but I got up. 1. I was at a pool and I was running and I fell, but it turns out I broke my finger and I kept swimming. Then we hade to go home.
2. There was a soccer game, we were losing by 1 point. I got a point and this other kid got a point, and we won the game.
3. I am emotionally hurt from having to move in a wile. But part of me is excited.

Zoe

11/4/2021 01:49:51 pm

1. In art when I was paniting with water coulers I put two wet coulers together and they mixed it rouned my paniting. I lreaned not to put two wet coulers together .
2. When I was playing a game I played the rog pise because I did not know how to play and then someone showed me what I could play .

jaelen

11/4/2021 04:59:34 pm

1. I almost failed virtual art
2. I got a c on math once in grade 3

Maddie

11/4/2021 05:08:19 pm

1 I could not read a book. I learned to never give up.

2 I tried to run cross country and I learned that you don’t have to win to be happy.

3 This past summer I got knocked down by a big wave in the lake. I learned that even with a life jacket the lake can be dangerous and too rough to swim.

Keira

11/5/2021 04:58:12 am

1. I made a mistake playing piano. It sounded bad when I played a wrong note. I learned to look at the music better.

2. I went too late to Today's Family. I missed out on the activities. The next day I will go earlier.

3. I tried mushrooms. I didn't like them. I learned to never eat mushrooms again.

Levi

11/5/2021 05:44:13 am

1. Sometimes I wake up very early on weekends and then I am grumpy later, I learned to sleep in on weekends.

2.When I left my homework until the morning right before school, I leraned to do it the night before so I have more time.

3.When I went tubbing in the summer at the cottage. I kept asking to go faster then I fell off, it hurt! I learned not to go at max speed while tubbing.

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