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authorGravatar Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>2014-02-14 12:28:23 -0500
committerGravatar Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>2014-02-14 12:28:23 -0500
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Add closing paragraph about learning from mistakes.
Incorporate suggestions from dwilson. "The more you know..."
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@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ convey that these issues are important to the community, and may help
empower others to speak up. If someone else tells you that you
violated these principles, take a minute to reflect, and apologize to
the person, and move on. It doesn't mean you're a "bad" person, or
-even a "bad" SIPB member.
+even a "bad" SIPB member. After all, SIPB should be a place where
+people can make mistakes and learn from them -- and that includes social
+mistakes. If you make an occasional social error, _but then learn from
+it_, that's at least as useful as learning something technical.
[1] Licensed from Peter Iannucci, CC-BY-SA.
[2] The term "well-actually" was originally coined by Miguel de Icaza.