Your point about the value in process resonates greatly for me. As an English teacher, I've tried to emphasize process, for if a person focuses on being aware, being conscious, of audience while revising drafts, they will create more effective pieces than if they hadn't. Of course, such consciousness takes patience (an ebbing quality in society); it takes more time and effort to wrestle with expression than to merely crank out a piece, maybe make a few cursory editing moves, and submit it. However, for a long time, in many, many contexts, our education system has rewarded mediocre work, illustrating that even one of the most important elements of civilization has been undercut by our sociey's warped values. But a solid result usually comes from focusing on process, which connects to good techniques. Any great athlete or musician will tell you that good technique is essential to achieve true success. Unfortunately, our society has devolved into a mass of people who equate success with how many "likes" they get online or how much money or power they can garner by duping others into believing that the products created are great (which include politicians who continually lie). Such weakness doesn't bode well for our future.
My husband and I have a similar love-hate relationship with Wordle. Thanks for the great read.
You are an incredible dad Michael!! Anabel is lucky to have a dad who connects so well with her!!!
This feels like it was written by a man who needed all six guesses to get today’s wordle.
Your point about the value in process resonates greatly for me. As an English teacher, I've tried to emphasize process, for if a person focuses on being aware, being conscious, of audience while revising drafts, they will create more effective pieces than if they hadn't. Of course, such consciousness takes patience (an ebbing quality in society); it takes more time and effort to wrestle with expression than to merely crank out a piece, maybe make a few cursory editing moves, and submit it. However, for a long time, in many, many contexts, our education system has rewarded mediocre work, illustrating that even one of the most important elements of civilization has been undercut by our sociey's warped values. But a solid result usually comes from focusing on process, which connects to good techniques. Any great athlete or musician will tell you that good technique is essential to achieve true success. Unfortunately, our society has devolved into a mass of people who equate success with how many "likes" they get online or how much money or power they can garner by duping others into believing that the products created are great (which include politicians who continually lie). Such weakness doesn't bode well for our future.