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    develop as motivated as well as gritty people. The use of participation trophies promotes the idea to kids that they won’t have to work for things in life‚ and everything they desire will simply be handed to them. Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck shared insight into her daughter’s experience with playing soccer‚ in which “[she] rarely showed up for her soccer team. She had a terrible attitude… [but] at the end she got a giant trophy and would have been devastated had she not” (Source 1)

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    English26 10/21/14 Growth mindset Can the growth mindset help people fulfill their potential more effectively than the fixed mindset? Dweck argues that the growth mindset will allow a person to live a less stressful and more successful life. When‚ in a fixed mindset students believe their basic abilities‚ their intelligence‚ their talents‚ are just fixed traits. Dweck mentions how effectively the growth mindset can be‚ than a fixed mindset. When using the growth mindset‚ a person can be more successful

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    when they begin to teach‚ they should already be at their full potential rather than having room for improvement‚ and this causes advanced criticism toward their children for the lack of knowledge that they seem to obtain under their control. Carol Dweck states in her article “Mindsets and Equitable Education” that “Only in growth mindset cultures‚ where teachers and administrators are encouraged to fulfill their potential‚ will they be able to help their students fulfill their potential in schools

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    A Will to Grow In Carol Dwecks article “Brainology”‚ she argues that a children’s mindset affect their motivation and academic work through their beliefs in which students are either worried or resilient to challenges. Dweck indicates that students with a fixed mindset are anxious about the amount of intelligence they have and are always threatened by the challenges because they think that their intelligence is fixed and failures affect them badly. In contrast‚ Dweck talks about growth mindset where

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    that your abilities are the same level that they will always be. The growth and fixed mindsets are very different when it comes to the outcomes they result in. The growth mindset states that “human qualities… could be cultivated through effort” (Dweck 4). This means that a person’s qualities are always changing and can both be improved or can worsen. An example of a human quality that can change is intelligence. A person can build their intelligence through hard work. Another example of something

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    attainment of popularity or profit (Definition) . Many people want to be very successful in college because it will help them achieve their goals and they will continue to keep their growth mindset and pass the class. In fact ‚"Success according to Carol Dweck‚ the mindsets changes what people strive for and what they see as success... they change the definition significance and impact of failure... they change the deepest meaning of effort."(Maria Popova)The definition of success is different for everyone

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    Lit.114 Sat. 1:00-4:00 Christmas Carol Author: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is one of the most beloved works of 19th century literature‚ and the story’s enormous popularity helped make Christmas a major holiday in Victorian Britain. When Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in late 1843 he had ambitious purposes in mind‚ yet he could never have imagined the profound impact his story would have. Dickens

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    I have not heard of Carol Dweck or the growth mindset before. After reading about her and the idea of growth mindset‚ I am sold on the idea. I really liked the concept of growth mindset. I think it will make future generations more intelligent and hard-working. I do not have growth mindset as it’s more important for me to get an A in a class or an exam rather than enjoy the subject or learn more about those subjects. Sometimes when I do badly on an exam‚ I too look for others who did as badly as

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    Charles Dickens a Christmas Carol explores how children and childhood convey his message to society. To be more caring‚ generous and charitable to the poor. Since there were many families below the poverty line‚ young children had to work just to ensure that they were able to consume they’re daily meals. Dickens has criticized the Victorian society for the treatment of the poor and the society that existed during this time of period. In the Christmas Carol‚ Tiny Tim who was Bob Cratchit’s cripple

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    How your mindset can affect your life. I believe if you have a fixed mindset it’s never too late to change and adapt to a growth mindset. The growth mindset will lead you to try new things but a fixed mindset will stop you in your tracks causing you only to fail. The type of mindset you have is very important because it will influence your life in many ways. What is the difference between a growth and fixed mindset? Well a growth or positive mindset leads to a desire to learn and therefore

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