Getting unstuck often means changing the question or the method. These stories show characters testing another approach instead of repeating the same attempt.
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After his older brother laughs at a vase he drew, Ramon spends months trying to get his pictures exactly right and ends up giving up. His sister Marisol has saved the crumpled drawings and likes them as they are, which frees him to enjoy making art again.
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When raised letters don’t work for him, Louis stops relying on them and builds a simpler tactile code from a military system.
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After several attempts at the magnificent thing fail, the girl sees something useful in her earlier tries and changes her approach. She combines the parts into something she is happy with.
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After his launch fails, Jabari keeps working on the problem and changes how he goes about it. With his sister’s help, he gets the machine to fly.
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