When studying in my lessons, I don’t want you to have the right answers. Sounds counterproductive, right? Teachers usually want you to say the right answer, don’t they? Yes… and no. Of course we want our students to get it. Sometimes it's a yes/no answer, like in a grammar exercise. And yes, it is extremely rewarding to be right. So I’m not against being right. I’m not against giving the correct answer. But. I would bet my savings on someone who's sometimes inaccurate but taking risks, rather than someone who only gives me perfect sentences. Here’s why: The brain learns through error correction. I want my message to go from point A (me) to point B (you). I’ll use a form of communication I think is correct. Either it is, and B gives me signals that it worked. My brain reinforces the path it took. Or it’s not, and the message doesn’t go through. It bounces. I get signs that it failed. So my brain tries another path. If you’re only ever trying safe stuff that you already know, your brain isn’t learning to cope with failure. And the day someone doesn’t respond the way you expected, the day a native uses a word or structure you didn’t learn in your course, you freeze. That’s why so many people freeze. You learnt it perfectly a certain way. And the real world offers you a slightly different version. You weren’t trained to handle that. Your brain panics. Stress mode kicks in. And you freeze, flight, or fight. Let’s look at it like basketball. Two players practice 5 times a week. One always does the same move. He scores every single time. He’s the king of practice. The second tries different moves. He focuses on one at a time, works on them until he gets better, but he only scores every now and then. Now tell me: Which one will be the best in 10 years? I don’t want you to always be right. Because that means you’re not taking risks. You’re not getting out of your comfort zone. You’re not really learning. Of course we want quick wins and rewards. They matter.