Shannon Aguirre, self-professed failure engineer (or teacher), offers gaming as an analogy to and helpful analysis of the relationships between student challenge, failure, and learning. Shannon has taught Latin for over a decade to the best student body in existence. She is fiercely committed to the pursuit of best practice both in theory and in real life. And in this pursuit, she has acquired an eclectic set of skills. She says, "I fail a lot ... that's why I know so much." This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx