The Weight of Failing

The Weight of Failing

In honor of women’s history month, I thought we would talk about something we TRULY do not talk about often, the pressure of failing.College is marketed as a place to learn. A place where you experiment, try new things, stumble, and figure yourself out along the way. But at Stevens, especially in engineering, failure doesn’t feel like part of the process. It feels like a personal flaw. The pressure to prove yourself never stops. If you don’t sho…