What the Teacher Says vs. What Students Hear
A teacher's reassurance that mistakes are fine is heard by students as a threat to tally and report them.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-10-28-what-the-teacher-says-vs-what-students-hear/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[What the Teacher Says] "This quiz is no big deal! Mistakes are OK!"
[What Students Hear] "(i keep a running tally of your mistakes in a small book so I can humiliate you to your parents)"