Enduring Values

    One value my PioCore classes helped me develop is being wrong. Growing up academically gifted and in the honors classes led me to become uncomfortable with being wrong; I thought I always needed to know the answer immediately. When I was wrong or did not know the answer, I felt like less of a person because of it. I often equated my own self-worth to my breadth of knowledge. In my PioCore classes, I realized there were so many things I was wrong about or simply did not know about. I also realized I was not alone in this. Everyone is always growing and learning- being wrong did not make me lesser. In fact, it showed me I still had so much to learn and how that is a positive thing.

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