Learning About Growth Mindset
I vaguely remember hearing my AP Psychology teacher in high school mention Carol Dweck's ideas, but no details of the discussion come to mind. So this course marks the first time I have heard in full about Dweck's growth mindset ideas. In my personal life, I have always been in the "fixed" mindset, unfortunately. In school, I was always taught that some children were capable of doing certain things and others were not and that it is best to stick to what you know you can do so you get good grades rather than branch out and try something you might fail at and risk getting bad grades. I knew that the only way I would be able to attend college without going into tremendous debt would be to get really great scholarships, so I worked to protect my GPA and to do well on standardized tests and actual learning fell by the wayside. This mindset has extended to most other areas of my life: I can either do something or I can't, and I should probably stick to the things I can...