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I like this article in large, but sometimes it really is appropriate to blame the instructor/textbook if you feel confused.

I like this article in large, but sometimes it really is appropriate to blame the instructor/textbook if you feel confused. Everyone wants to believe that the harder and more painful an experience is, the more you got out of it, but that's not the case. Imagine if you took a math textbook and then removed every fifth sentence. It'd be way more confusing, way harder, and require much more struggle, and that struggle would be a waste of time. Struggle matters, but you need to struggle on the right things.

Posted by warbaker on Dec 31, 2014, 12:10 AM

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I like this article in large, but sometimes it really is appropriate to blame the instructor/textbook if you feel confused.

warbakerDec 31, 2014, 12:10 AM

I like this article in large, but sometimes it really is appropriate to blame the instructor/textbook if you feel confused. Everyone wants to believe that the harder and more painful an experience is, the more you got out of it, but that's not the case. Imagine if you took a math textbook and then removed every fifth sentence. It'd be way more confusing, way harder, and require much more struggle, and that struggle would be a waste of time. Struggle matters, but you need to struggle on the right things.

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