Many people believe that being gritty has a lot to do with intelligence however;
the general idea of grit is stamina. How long can a person go with doing something in
order to completely master it with no flaws? Well first, Grit is not so much of evidence of
intelligence or how smart you are but it’s your effort. “ In one study, Duckworth found
that smarter students actually had less grit than their peers who scored lower on and
intelligence test” (p.46). This means that there are smart people who aren’t high
achievers. There are also some people who are high achievers, without having the highest
test scores. Growth mindset is when you see failure and setbacks as an indication that you
should continue developing your skills rather
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In the article “ Mindset” by Carol Dweck, she describes what it means to have
certain types of mindsets. One in particular is the growth mindset. “ Yet those people
with growth mindset were not labeling themselves and throwing up their hands. Even
though they felt distressed they were ready to take risk, confront the challenges and keep
working at them” (p.77). Therefore, Dweck explains that people believe that their most
basic ability can be developed through dedication and hard work. In middle school, gym
class wasn’t one of my favorites classes however I refused to fail it. For my final exam in
gym class we had to run around the gym track ten times. When I first did it, I could only
complete four laps and I had to walk the rest of them. I began to practice just running
around so it would become a norm so I wouldn’t get tired anymore. I wasn’t mad and
upset that I couldn’t complete the task the first time. When you have a growth mindset
we’re humble enough to accept that there are things about ourselves that we can improve.
We also treat setbacks as developmental struggles within the learning process instead of
additive failure. Having growth mindset comes with failure but you have to take it