Mindset questions

what kind of influence does a growth mindset have on graduation rates?

what kind of struggles do teens face with a growth and fixed mindset?

Inside the MIndsets

After watching the video on mindsets I would say I would want to change the way I think about certain things. I feel like sometimes because of the financial issues at home I wont be able to get far, I know I can if I try my hardest but at the end of the day when I'm in college here in NYC and my family moves away to Florida I'm going to be struggling. I'm going to be in school in the morning and working at night just to get by and then after I graduate what happens if I cant find any employment? The thoughts of my future can get pretty negative because without the right financial aid I wont be able to get into college and it feels as if my future is based on money. It makes me uneasy and I need to stop worrying so much.

Read these statements and decide if you mostly agree or disagree with each. When you have finished share your answers with a partner. A- agree  D- Disagree.

1. Your intelligence is something very basic about you that you can't change very much.
D
2. You can learn new things, but you can't really change how intelligent you are.
D
3. No matter how much intelligence you have, you can always change it quite a bit.
A
4. You can always substantially change how intelligent you are.
A

Read these statements about personal qualities and character and, again, decide if you mostly agree or disagree with each one. Then, share your answers with a partner.

1. You are a certain kind of person, and there is not much that can be done to really change that.
D
2. No matter what kind of person you are, you can always change substantially.
A
3. You can do things differently, but the important parts of who you are can't really be changed.
A
4. You can always change basic things about the kind of person you are
A

Grit.

claims. 1-3

1. Grit is Passion/key to success.

2. Growth mindset is a great way to build grit.

3. Failure is a step to learning.

Grit is passion, passion to be successful and I have grit. My goal in life is to be successful and at peace with my self, to love life and everything around me. I have failed a lot in life, I have also learned from it and used those learning experiences to grow as a person. My grit isn't as strong as it should be but it is there and its growing as I grow. My grit is going to motivate me to succeed in high school, college, my career as a chef and live a beautiful life.

Based on today's Socratic Seminar on fixed mind sets the most interesting comment would be "but how come people with fixed mind sets feel threatened by others success? Is it envy?" This comment created a whole new direction in the conversation which really got us all thinking deeply. I think having more people attending and engaging in these kind of class discussion really brings our minds together, we start thinking from a different point of view and discussing moments from the past that crazily relate to our topic. The way everyone should be graded during Socratic Seminars should be based on your listening, participation and attendance. Students can't fully participate and engage in this kind of discussion if they're not listening, they'll be lost, especially if they arrive late. Its a domino affect.

A Failure.

I failed my sophomore year in HSES. I did it to my self, I decided not to go to school and I let my self fall behind while everyone else was excelling. Throughout the cutting and ditching it was a rush, it was exciting. However, as soon as I went back it was as if I had missed so much I just couldn't catch up in time. I failed my self but because of this failure I learned what I needed to change about my self and the decisions I was making.

born with a certain kind of mindset?

Suggested by Melanie Thompson. Do you think you were born with a fixed or a growth mindset? Why?

I believe we are all born with a growth mindset. As babies there is no such thing as failure because we just don't know anything, when learning how to crawl we fall repeatedly but because our young minds are not fixed on "I keep failing, I cant not do this, whats the point?" we get on all fours and try again, we keep trying until we learn how to walk and then learn how to run. We push ourselves through these difficult challenges, our mindsets wants us to grow instead of staying down on the ground but since we are so young and our brains are so vulnerable at being influenced by its surroundings, some children learn to think that having a fixed mindset is normal, its natural or don't even realize that they have one because they're surrounded by so many others with the same mindset.