Gracie

image describing growth growth image link While watching the videos featuring Professor Dweck, I was intrigued by her ideology of having an open mindset when learning. If people are closed off to the learning curve, and do not understand that growth is key in success, they will struggle. The correlation between believing in yourself enough to put forth quality effort really impacts how you move through life. Understanding the process of how you accomplished something deserves more praise than you simply be smart enough to know the answer. I enjoyed Dweck's thoughts describing 'not yet.' As a student, I always struggled with math. I hated it because I felt I wasn't good at it and I always received bad grades. I wonder if I would have been a better student if I would have had the open mindset of understanding growth instead of the closed-off mindset of accepting what I couldn't do at that time. Maybe receiving the grade 'not yet' could've changed...