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Jackie highlighted the importance of failure and that failing becomes a part of the fun. Jackie said, “they learn from failure. If it doesn’t work, why doesn’t it work? Then, they go back over their steps and they improve it and make it work.” Megan continued, “There are so many books about failure as well. So many of our famous figures in history and currently contemporary figures, have failed before they succeeded slowly. We started off in the Makerspace and talk about taking risks. We did word walls on words about failing and words about success, we took quotes out of the books about it. I think books give you the vocabulary around all of this and, some of the scenarios and then the Makerspace just takes it to a whole other level.” Jackie explained, “the jobs that we are doing now, may not exist in a few years. If you’re curious about something, you’ll find out about it and the idea too. We want them to become self-directed learners and to do that, they’ve got to be curious. They want to learn. So, we’re trying to give them that.”
MAY 2021
11
