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To an extent, why not? When I was child, it was expected of me. I failed in that, but I realise that I'm the only person to blame for it and it means I wasn't i
by StefanBatory 3y ago
To an extent, why not? When I was child, it was expected of me. I failed in that, but I realise that I'm the only person to blame for it and it means I wasn't intelligent enough.
If it will take me 50x tries to do something and someone else of that same background will do it in 25x, that means I was doing something utterly wrong.
- LegibleCrimson 3y agoOr they were more naturally inclined than you, or that they had more existing analogous experience than you. Either way, if your 49 failures were unacceptable, then so we their 24 failures. This conversation was never about comparing ourselves to those who are better or worse, but about the meaning and acceptability of "failure".