This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion.
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.