We need to fail more — how being in remedial English classes in high school benefited my writing career

Dane Swan
Dane Swan
Sep 4, 2018 · 4 min read
“photography of school room” by Feliphe Schiarolli on Unsplash

Recently I’ve realized that society sets most of us up to fail, but never prepares us for failure. Think about it, our academic careers span the great majority of our childhoods. Our early adult lives are also potentially at university, college or trade school. In all of these environments teachers drill into our…

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Dane Swan

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Spoken word artist, poet, musician, author and editor.

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