> generally, and I wish I had been more acutely aware of this myself when I was at school, if you really want to learn something you have to either implement it

> generally, and I wish I had been more acutely aware of this myself when I was at school, if you really want to learn something you have to either implement it yourself or use it in anger in a realistic setting. This is so true! Only towards the end of my formal education have I begun to learn the same thing. In many ways, I’m still biased towards just reading things —- partly because implementing something and running into issues I feel I’m not knowledgeable enough to solve/failing really bugs me —- but I’m gradually learning that failure is just part of the learning process, and doesn’t imply I’m incapable of doing something. I’m definitely going to try it out over the break! :)