Comments by "Jeffrey Phipps" (@jeffreyphipps1507) on "Fireship"
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As a university instructor, I always stress to students that if you have an error, to not spend more than 15 minutes to solve it. In the real world, there's usually someone to ask. Spending time blending your mind into cheese wiz never helps. It's like when you can't remember how to spell a word then you never will. Even if you don't ask someone for help, taking a break after 15 minutes of struggle, doing something else helps. Play your favorite song, watch a fun YouTube video (watch a funny cat or dog video), or do something fun for for 15 minutes to an hour. You'll likely come back refreshed and maybe even think of one or more solutions. Write them down on a pad of paper. Don't rush back to the computer - you'll probably just forget it.
You're absolutely right about this is how to learn, and students spend years NOT learning how to learn. This is complicated by the fact that each level of education isn't the same as another level. To complicate this further, not every student learns the same way except for ONE specific item that you mentioned - experience. However, schools have adopted the erroneous concept that churning out students in short periods of time using certain metrics will accomplish significant learning and students leave thinking they are fully prepared for the workforce. Often, what they really need is a course on various ways to learn and retain information. Learning in elementary school isn't the same as writing a research paper for a PhD. In addition, tools exist for various types of learners that will help them get the experience they need to learn.
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