Learning about the Growth Mindset

     I vaguely remember hearing about the growth mindset and Carol Dweck, though before watching the videos and reading further into it I really did not know what Professor Dweck was all about.  When watching the video about the 10 year old children getting hard problems, I wondered which category I would have fallen into.  I started to reflect on my school experiences, and I realized my main priority practically since I started receiving grades had been getting an A.  While I do think that is important, I now see it's not nearly as important as actually learning material.  One recent instance of a time in which I greatly would have benefited from having a growth mindset came while I was taking biochemistry at OU.  While most subjects came fairly easy to me, even the science classes, this biochemistry class was one that I struggled with.  Instead of embracing the challenge however, I was prone to get down on myself throughout the course.  I never truly embraced this new challenge.  After hearing about the growth mindset, I now wish I would have.  Instead of feeling successful when things came easy to me, I wish I would have been excited by the prospect of challenging material.  I would definitely be interested to apply the growth mindset throughout this semester.  I think it would especially useful to apply this growth mindset outside of the classroom. 

This was my favorite meme depicting the growth mindset

Source: This meme was created by Laura Gibbs on cheezburger