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Okay so try and ignore the obvious punctuation mistakes in his tweet, Oscar makes a valid poi... nevermind. As a literacy teacher, I must address the punctuation first.
What Oscar meant to say is:
"People try and grow from their mistakes. Why not try and not make them in the first place?"
We can excuse the Golden Boy for the unnecessary apostrophe because it's difficult to tweet while wearing boxing gloves. Forgetting the question mark on his question can't go ignored.
Anyway, I like the point he makes as our society is heavy with A-for-effort awards and over-glorifying mediocrity. Maybe effort isn't enough to merit praise. Some good old-fashion shame, like the kind my parents raised me with, could help to eliminate mistakes.
I'd like to think my healthy fear of making mistakes helped me be more reflective and organized. I had to predict worse case scenarios and be prepared to accommodate accordingly. Whether at school or work, this has proven helpful as I've seen first hand how poor planning can be disastrous.
The same theory applies to professional fighters. They over-prepare during training in order to dominate with easy in the ring. The same goes for school; over-study and the exams are easy. The same applies to the work force; over-prepare and be ready for a promotion.
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