By Harry (Li Haoxuan) from 2403

Dear teachers and fellow students,

Today I want to ask you a question: Is failure a better teacher than success? It sounds simple, but before we can answer it, we need to ask something more fundamental: What exactly is failure?

Think about this carefully. When a toddler falls down learning to walk, what do we call it? Growth. Learning. A normal part of being human. Nobody looks at that child and says, "What a failure."

But when an entrepreneur's business fails, when an artist's work is rejected, when a student gets a disappointing grade—what do we call it? Failure. Same action—trying and not succeeding—but completely different labels.