British pupils to learn from failure

Venezuela Star (IANS) Tuesday 7th February, 2012

A British school has launched a week-long programme in which students will be taught how to learn from failure, no matter whether they come across it during exams or on the sports field.

Education experts in Britain have welcomed the initiative, the Daily Express reported.

Wimbledon High School says its Failure Week will coach children how they can use failure to their advantage.

It will draw on famous figures such as author JK Rowling, who said she "failed on an epic scale" before writing the Harry Potter books.

The move by a school in London is being viewed as a bid to battle against the politically correct "prizes for all" culture.

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