Today, my assignment was to check out a Stanford video on ITunes called the Growth vs. Fixed Minds. It was a very interesting video that proposed the idea that your brain is a muscle and that it grows with use. They said that intelligence isn't a "fixed"trait and that anybody can be a genius. They said that some kids aren't as confident as others when they're answering questions because they feel "dumb" and they dont want to be teased by other students.
They broke kids into two groups, one group had the "growth" mindset and another group didn't. And of course, the group with the growth mindset did a lot better. They wanted to get into the kids heads that nobody's perfect, so we all make mistakes and that they have nothing to be ashamed of. They said something about race car drivers, but I didn't really get it.
As a teacher and even as a student, I realized that some kids just thought that they weren't smart so they gave up. A teacher should always remind students that they are all smart and nobody's better than anybody else, and I will always do that.
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