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The growth mindset is a very intriguing subject to me. I had never heard about about Carol Dweck or the "growth or fixed mindsets" before today however, I had always been told by an old cheer coach of mine that are mindset determines what we can do. For example when someone would be too scared to try a new tumbling skill, she would say "What you think will happen, will, so do not go into it thinking you are going to fail or that is exactly what you will do." This differs slightly from the growth mindset but I see a connection between the two.
I personally would like to believe that I fall in the middle of a growth and fixed mindset, if that is at all possible. All through school it was continuously drilled in my head that I must get good grades in order to show that I am capable and smart, so I did exactly that. However there were many instances that I had a growth mindset, for example, I decided to push myself by enrolling in college level courses during my last two years of high school for a more challenging work load. I also continue to set high goals for myself knowing that they may not all succeed but would be beyond worth it in the end if they do. I'd like to believe that I am on my way to having a growth mindset, but sometimes ignoring society, and what I have been taught all my life, is hard.
My personal learning goals every semester normally is the basic "Straight A's" but this semester I would like to add to them. This semester I want to walk out of all my classes knowing that I learned, not only what was needed to pass the class, but also what is needed to improve myself.
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