The Growth Mindset
The principal idea of a person with a growth mindset is that he/she believes that intelligence and other qualities are not fixed traits but in fact something that they can improve. There are also people who have fixed mindsets who believe that intelligence is determined ever since birth and they can only have fixed qualities, none of which they can change. In the article, “The Effort Effect” written by Marina Krakovsky, it is stated that “Failure is information-we label it failure, but it’s more like, ’This didn’t work, I'm a problem solver, and I’ll try something else’” (10). If a person with a growth mindset makes a mistake, they don’t believe that they are a failure but instead believe think that they just made an error and that they should try harder to find the correct solution. According to Marina, “British soccer culture held that soccer players are born, not made” (2). For people who have fixed mindsets, their ideology is that they are born with skills, which they are limited to and cannot enhance. According to a video made by RSA, it declares the following, “In my work we find that some students have a fixed mindset about their intellectual abilities and talents. They think that intelligence is just a fixed trait. You have a certain amount and that’s that.” (0.14-0.28). However, in reality, you have the ability to develop your intelligence and to develop your mindset no matter what you may think. By overcoming challenges, you can improve your abilities or talents. This is how many famous people became who they are today, as they faced challenges and overcame their fears. There is a paradox that someone might believe that they are so talented at a certain ability that they don’t want to train anymore because they are so good. In conclusion, a growth mindset makes people able to achieve greater heights, as they learn from their mistakes and are not afraid to do a challenges.
The Artifact
Our artifact represents a super strong guy easily carrying weights, not willing to improve. It will be a drawing of a guy that goes to the gym to show off his muscles because he is so buff. He will not choose to lift heavier weights because he is so buff and that he thinks that he does not need to lift weights to improve anymore. It connects with the essential idea because it is showing how people with fixed mindsets such as him act. It displays a paradox because the super strong guys self consciously thinks that he is so strong that he does not need to lift weights anymore, yet he could still improve to be able to lift even heavier weights. Another example of paradox is a student in a classroom not needing to study for a test. He thinks that he is too smart to study. A soccer player might not want to go to practice because he may believe that he is too good at soccer so therefore, he doesn’t need to practice. Our artifact is significant because it reveals what happens when you think that you have no more room to improve.
What I Learned
While working on the growth mindset project I learned a lot about the growth and the fixed mindset. These two things were both something new I had just learned about recently, and were pretty interesting to me too. I also learned that while working on this project I liked to thoroughly think about what I was going to do for this project. While working with others, I learned that I work well with others and do not slack off. I learned that by critical thinking, you must be creative and think outside the box.
"The Crucible" End of the Play F.I.N.D. Reflection
One fact about "The Crucible" is that John Proctor decided to not confess as being a wizard. While reading and learning about "The Crucible," I felt that it was unfair for the people who had been hanged because they weren't witches or wizards, but they were actually just innocent people. A new idea that I learned while reading "The Crucible" is mass hysteria, as it caused people in Salem, Massachusetts to become hysterical about witches, despite there never actually being any in Salem. A decision that I will make based on my reading and understanding of "The Crucible" is to look at evidence before trusting a claim. I will make this decision because in "The Crucible," Thomas Putnam was claiming that other people were witches, just so that he could take ownership of their land.
Weebly Post (October Reflection)
I'm doing fine in reaching my academic goals this year. I am also trying hard to read more books. I'm participating more in this class than before. A strength I see myself in this class is my great vocabulary. A weakness I have is writing good essays since I feel like writing essays is tough to do. I feel like an average writer because I don't find my writing excellent. Something that is challenging for me is writing a well thought out essay. Something that is easy to me is math because I do pretty well in the subject. What I want to work in this month in class is to participate more because I want to more engaged in this class.
I'm doing fine in reaching my academic goals this year. I am also trying hard to read more books. I'm participating more in this class than before. A strength I see myself in this class is my great vocabulary. A weakness I have is writing good essays since I feel like writing essays is tough to do. I feel like an average writer because I don't find my writing excellent. Something that is challenging for me is writing a well thought out essay. Something that is easy to me is math because I do pretty well in the subject. What I want to work in this month in class is to participate more because I want to more engaged in this class.
Freedom + Conflict Reflection
When freedom is exercised to an extreme extent, it can lead to a conflict. For example, the first amendment gives us the freedom to protest, but if it becomes violent, it creates a conflict between the protesters and opposing forces. The first amendment also gives us our freedom of religion. We can choose to practice whatever religion we decide to, but if the religion practices animal sacrifice or any other illegal action, then it creates a conflict. This conflict would be between the people who practice this religion, and the people who believe the religion's practices are immoral.
When freedom is exercised to an extreme extent, it can lead to a conflict. For example, the first amendment gives us the freedom to protest, but if it becomes violent, it creates a conflict between the protesters and opposing forces. The first amendment also gives us our freedom of religion. We can choose to practice whatever religion we decide to, but if the religion practices animal sacrifice or any other illegal action, then it creates a conflict. This conflict would be between the people who practice this religion, and the people who believe the religion's practices are immoral.
