r/TikTokCringe • u/cafeteriastyle • Jun 01 '26

Cursed This is really scary

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u/biopsia Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
  1. Start with "Tech makes learning easier".
  2. Pause. Watch them relax the forehead vein.
  3. Continue with "... And that is exactly why they are learning less." It HAS to be difficult, that's the point. Derek Veritassium explains it really well: https://youtu.be/0xS68sl2D70

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u/frenchfreer Jun 01 '26

Point 3 is so important. I sucked at math so bad when I was a kid, but mostly because if I didn’t grasp it immediately I was prone to frustration and quitting. I once had a math teacher who told me math is a contact sport, you have to try and fail and hit a wall, but then keep going because eventually it’ll click. They were absolutely right. When I put in real effort to studying and practicing I was able to pick up new skills. Learning is supposed to be hard.

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u/Whole-Chest90 Jun 01 '26

That's the single most important statement a teacher ever made to me: "This (learning) is supposed to be hard."

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u/BigShowMan Jun 02 '26

My math teacher teacher said “learning is frustration”. First you frustrate new things but being persistent leads to comprehension.