determinerd

… ambiguities, everywhere…

Reblogging because verifiable sources make every information 70% better. Thanks for the addition!

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at the beginning of my 1st year of high school we had an exchange programme with Holland. I remember that one time when our Dutch buddies heard me and several other Polish people talk. one of them said: "you guys sound like a bunch of trees in the wind," to which my friend responded in a dead serious tone: "well, you guys sound like a bunch of choking Germans" and I think this is how every international friendship should start.

I spent my entire school career afraid of being wrong because I was taught that to make a mistake was embarrassing. Now I’ve discovered that making a mistake just means you are one step closer to the right answer, and everyday I have to work to shake the mindset that a single wrong answer equals failure.