Growth Mindset

The growth mindset theory has an interesting thought to it. I absolutely agree with Professor Dweck's statement on the power of "yet" and "not yet" because it does help students gain more confidence in their educational careers. Hearing the word "yet," instead of automatically failing gives hope. One knows they are not finished and that this isn't the end of it and that they will eventually get to where they need to be and succeed. The opposite of that attitude is a fixed mindset. Fixed mindset students are more on the negative side. They don't have as much hope as compared to a growth mindset student. Fixed students believe they have a limit in their brain and they can only learn so much because of the limit capacity but if one can simply just push themselves slowly to not be afraid of challenges, then school work wouldn't be so scary when it gets difficult.

I see myself in between both sides of the spectrum depending on what the subject/topic is. For example, at work, I will take a challenge. I like to do things out of the easy ordinary because I like to prove to myself that I can do this. However, when it comes to school, I can have a fixed mindset because I think I can't learn any more information because my brain is full. I know that that isn't a good way to think about school work but with the power of yet, I just have to remind myself that I am not where I want to be YET and that I will pass any challenge eventually by studying and pushing myself.

I am interested about learning more about the growth mindset because I believe it can really help me and students who lean towards the fixed mindset.

Personally, I am really excited about this class, my critical thinking class, and drama class. I'm more worried about my political science class because I don't find the topic of politics interesting. I have taken poli sci 10 last semester but dropped because I didn't think I can finish the class. My personal goal is to not be so afraid of political science and push myself harder for this specific class to receive a B grade or better.


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