Because you will make it so. The Role of Error in this Course To do well in this course you must be courageous enough to be responsible for your own education. Taking responsibility for your own learning is possible only by taking responsible risks. Responsible risks are taken when an engaged and committed mind is trying to break away from unthinking habits, but has not, as yet, discovered or understood the ideas and principles necessary to accomplish the escape. Risking in this way is likely to produce error.
Genuine education is based upon responsible error.
Such mistakes are committed by those who are not engaged in learning much at all, but who go through the motions of completing assignments or contributing to class discussion just so the teacher has something to base a grade upon. Students who make irresponsible mistakes spend their effort and time pretending to be interested in education. This is particularly true for honors students. They are prone to make-do with what they already know, learning how to comfortably ignore the challenges of present possibilities by secretly holding onto instruction, experiences, and opinions that have gotten them the grade in the past. Fight this tendency to pretend to learn.