My experience with the Growth Mindset
(The word mindset made out of Scrabble tiles. Photo by Steve Davis ) The first time I heard about the Growth Mindset was at the beginning of this week in my general chemistry class. However, I had no idea who the originator of this theory was. After watching the video by Dr. Carol Dweck, I have thought about what was being said and really thought about myself growing up. Growing up my parents pushed me to be my best. They pushed me to get the perfect A's everyone wanted their kid to have, so I guess in a sense I was in a fixed mindset as far as what my parents expected out of me. With that being said, my parents also taught the valuable lesson that nothing would ever be given to me that I had to push myself to achieve my own personal goals. I feel as though over time my parents stopped pushing me and it became my own personal mission to do my best in all aspects of life for my own good. I think the transition from my parents' expectations to my ...