This week’s Michigan Lottery Excellence in Education winner is Kevin Barkholz from Jackson High School. Congratulations.
Q: Your nominator said you taught that failing is actually okay and it’s a learning lesson.
A: I think this is something that all parents and a lot of young adults need to understand, too, is when we have so much measurement, it can be pretty humiliating for kids to make a mistake. It’s okay to fail a little bit. And if we can encourage kids to do that, they’ll be better sons and better daughters for us, I guess, is what I’m trying to say.
Kevin from Jackson High School receives a $2,000 check from Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli. Excellence in Education Awards, sponsored by the Michigan Lottery, providing more than $28 billion to public education since 1972.