Professor Carole Dweck
I have never heard of Carole Dweck, or the Growth mindset, but I think the Growth Mindset is interesting for sure. I agree that children should be challenged a little more. But I can also see where younger kids have a drive to succeed and please their parents. I think that is partly because younger people have a very short sight into the future, and like she said that they do tend to focus on the "now". On the spectrum, I am definitely more on the "now" end, and not so much on the "yet" end. I am seriously focused on grades, and getting the A's and B's necessary to keep my GPA above a 3.4. I am also afraid of failing, whether it be in a class, or with a new task. I graduate in December, so I don't really see myself changing in a student setting. I feel as though that in a career setting I could be more into the "yet" end of the spectrum. I feel this way because a career will be new, and challenging, and honestly, ill care more. School has always been somewhat easy for me, and I have never had to truly exert myself in a student setting, aside from anatomy class. Anatomy class was the one class that I've taken at OU that I felt I actually earned something from. I would like to learn more about ways to get more comfortable with challenges and the whole idea of the Growth Mindset because I think that it will help me better prepare for life outside of the classroom.
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