Download Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing Poorly Background. Especially during quarantine when it is so easy to simply not do anything. Being okay with doing it poorly is actually the opposite evil of perfectionism.
Did the curiosity rover need to dutifully snap 1,200 images of the rugged martian landscape?
The line, if a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly, is not an excuse for poor efforts. Being okay with doing it poorly is actually the opposite evil of perfectionism. Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first. This technique is effective because it gives students immediate and logical feedback, sets a standard of excellence, ends with showing the students what success looks like, does not give the teacher administrative work, and holds the whole.