After looking through some of the growth mindset memes, I found one that really stood out to me. Using a pen on an assignment can be scary, people feel like they have to be perfect. This is similar to the Fixed mindset, the feeling that we have to be perfect. It's OK to erase things we want to change, to improve on our work, and to make mistakes. If we don't have an eraser, we can even cross things out. This is an outlook that can help me in class, when I need to edit blog posts, and it can help me in life, when I feel embarrassed about doing something wrong.
I can never use a pen on an assignment, so this blog post really stood out to me. I also feel like the growth mindset can help me in both my classes and life. In fact, just today I was telling my roommate all about the growth mindset and how she shouldn't get discouraged just because she wasn't the best in the class on her first try with a new concept. I can really tell that I've taken something to heart when I start sharing it with others, and that's how the growth mindset is!
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