Letting People Fail

I have a hard time letting people fail when I think that I can help. There is a girl in my work group who doesn't quite get what we're doing, and to be honest she hasn't really gotten it all term. Some of the chefs we have worked with have been telling us to help her, to work with her, to support her. The chef we have now has told us to let her make mistakes, to not fix things behind her, and to stop coddling her. He's told us to let her fail. While some might see this as cruel, I sort of see it as a weight lifted off my shoulders. I have been given permission to really focus on my work, I realize this might seem selfish, but that is the way things are. I have a limited time at Johnson & Wales, and I am going to make the very most of it that I can.