• Question: how long did it take you to be where you are now and how determined were you? did you fail many times before making progress? if so how many times?

    Asked by 552amem22 to Walaa, Sophie, Sarah, Gabriel, Breandan, Adam on 9 Mar 2018. This question was also asked by 457amem32.
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      Walaa Elsayeh answered on 9 Mar 2018:

      My actual study and school enrolment total (after completing my PhD) is 22 years, but I want to keep studying. I am always very determined that I did not fail in any subject apart from English standardised test that I had to repeat it to get higher score

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      Sophie Williams answered on 9 Mar 2018:

      It has taken me 3 years to do a degree and another year to do a masters. I havent yet failed an exam but I imagine I will fail at things in the future!

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      Adam Ruben answered on 11 Mar 2018:

      I was in school pretty much until I turned 29. I’ve failed more times than I can count–most experiments don’t work right away. But I’ve learned far more from failure than from success. That’s the key: Don’t think of failure as failure, think of it as a learning experience.

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      Gabriel Balaban answered on 12 Mar 2018:

      At the end of my first year of PhD studies I realized that much of what I had built was faulty and had to be thrown away. It was very heartbreaking but once I had started again I could make progress. Now I try to fail sooner, so that I can get rid of my bad ideas and don’t waste so much time on them. So to answer your question I have lost count of the number of times I have failed, now I just see it as part of my job.

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