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We Can Do It! (but should we?)

"We Can Do It!"   by  US Department of State  is licensed under  CC PDM 1.0  I love Austin Kleon's work. I own & love his books, I subscribe to his awesome newsletter, and I follow him on social media. If you want more info on him, you can check out his website . I was reading his newsletter this morning, and was struck by number 10 on his list--- You are fine without advice and suggestions. . Go read it, because it is awesome. Anyhow, THIS is something I ponder often in education. Make no mistake, I'm not blaming the kids here.  This is a grown-folk issue. Clearly not ALL kids, not ALL Millenials---but many of them---want to do things Right to the point of Perfection , which leads to Anxiety , which leads to Paralysis through Analysis because of grown folks good-intentioned helicoptering ways. We don't want them to get dirty, so we don't allow them to play in the dirt. But without playing in the dirt, they are robbed of making mud pies. ...