Trip down the rabbit hole

 First I read the article that I read was "Be a Mirror: Give Readers Feedback That Fosters a Growth Mindset" by Gravity Goldberg -  https://literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2015/12/08/be-a-mirror-give-readers-feedback-that-fosters-a-growth-mindset I decided I would read this article because the title caught my eye. I was also curious about what the author meant by being a mirror. I find giving feedback to people just as hard as receiving if not more difficult as I know what it's like to be in their shoes. This article however has given me a lot to think about. The author give five qualities you should have in your feed back. those being as followed.  1. Be specific.  2. Focus on what the person your giving feedback to is doing ( not what is missing). 3.Focus on the process and the work put in.  4.Make sure it can transfer. 5. Take yourself out of the feedback.  These tips are defiantly very good and can be used for al forms of feedback. Especially th...

  Feedback!!! Feedback yeah never really liked it if I'm being honest. I just always felt it to be something to be feared. I guess that came from my siblings picking on everything I did. I also think that it stemmed from school where if your answer wasn't right then you were wrong and at least I felt I should be ashamed of that. So I quickly learned not to try unless I knew the answer was 100% correct. I also had another thing holding me back that probably made me fear feedback and that was epilepsy I have spoken about my epilepsy on here briefly before, but I remember doctors saying they were going to "fix" me or figure out what was "wrong" with me with that tired yet sincere smile doctors have. To a 7 year old being told they were gonna fix me or that something was wrong with me didn't really phase me or at least I didn't think it would, but after a few years especially after I was re-diagnosed I realized I would often tell myself I needed to be fi...