If I fail, I try again, and again, and again. If YOU fail, are you going to try again? The human spirit can handle much worse than we realize. It matters HOW you are going to FINISH. Are you going to finish strong?
How will you use these gifts? And will you take pride in your gifts or pride in your choices?
Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.