Monthly Archives: October 2022

Canned Food Drive with SOUP!

The Annual Canned Food Drive will take place from Oct. 31st to Nov. 4th It is all about the pounds! Which class can donate the most cans of food in a week? All proceeds will be donated to Harvest Hope Food Bank. For more information about their amazing distribution, needs and how to make a donation check out the website at:http://www.harvesthope.org

Bring your donations to Room 134 and drop in the box for your class. Daily the donations will be weighed and tally announced on the SBA social media outlets.

If hauling in bags of cans is not your thing, feel free to make a monetary donation to help fight food insecurity in our town.  You can go old school and write a check to: Harvest Hope Food Bank and drop it by the Pro Bono Office or go to their website, donate and make sure you notify the Canned Food Drive Coordinator Michael Lindsay: mgl1@email.sc.edu

But what about the SOUP? TO kick off our amazing generosity we will have fun on Monday, Oct. 31st from 12_30-2 in the Perrin Lobby with “Hunger is NOT a Crock(po).  For just $5 you can taste as many soups as you want. Seeking Chefs or just plain cooks who have a crockpot and a recipe!  You can represent your class, a group of friends or enemies or just yourself All crockpots welcome. Just notify Pam Robinson Robinspd@law.sc.edu

We need to plan for enough table space and extension cords. Need a crockpot, we have extra so no excuses.

Success Demands A Willingness to Fail

I thought we could all learn from this article. None of us are perfect but that is OK

Pam Robinson

Our whole society has been gravitating toward an objective that is built less around finding success and more around avoiding failure. The challenge is that when the focus is around not failing, success becomes more difficult to attain.

A good example of this is when a football team is trying to protect a second-half lead by playing overly cautious. The net effect is that the trailing team is empowered, and often ends up winning. Recall the 2017 Super Bowl LI when the New England Patriots overcame a 25-point third-quarter deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons.

As a university professor, I teach my students that failure is the best predictor of future success. When I was a graduate student, my two lowest grades were in the two subjects in which I have made the most significant career contributions. Coincidence? Hardly. The subjects that presented the greatest challenges were also the ones that required the hardest work and most effort. This eventually gave me skills and insights that yielded the most substantive results.

Young people must be taught that failure is an acceptable outcome, and how to use failure to build toward future success. This means teaching them how to embrace risk in a meaningful way.

It is far riskier to take no risks than to assume an appropriate level of risk commensurate with the rewards that are available. Think of the person who puts their money in a bank account earning a pittance of interest while inflation erodes its buying power. By unknowingly believing they are taking no risk, they are assuming risks that will cost them far more over time.

While young people need courses that teach them life skills to earn a living and manage their finances, teaching them the benefits of risk-taking and how to use failure as stepping-stones for future success should be staples in our education system at every level. The challenge may be finding people with the necessary competencies to instruct on such topics.

Sheldon H. Jacobson, Ph.D., is a professor in computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. A data scientist, he applies his expertise in data-driven risk-based decision-making to evaluate and inform public policy.

Children’s Book Drive- Halloween surprise

When the SC Department of Education School Report Card is announced, you will often find the schools in Allendale, SC at the bottom of the list.  The children in this area deserve better. To help them get a head start on learning the Allendale-Fairfax Education Foundation is working to provide every child with their own books. What a wonderful surprise for Halloween.  The more they read and the earlier they learn to read the better chances they have of succeeding.

You can help by donating books! All ages welcome, hard-back or paperback. Collection box will be outside the Cafe from Oct. 24-28!  Let’s fill it up with our favorites

Want to order online? No problem, just have your donation sent here: Pamela Robinson, USC School of Law, 1525 Senate Street, Columbia, SC 29208

Every child matters and every book helps