True Grit

Failure is not something i handle well but i don't let that knock me down. Failure should drive you!
Grit is passion.
Grit is living life as it is a Marathon, NOT a sprint.
The Growth Mindset is the ability to learn that you can change with your effort.

1. Your intelligence is something very basic about you that you can't change very much.
-Disagree

2. You can learn new things, but you can't really change how intelligent you are.
-Disagree

3. No matter how much intelligence you have, you can always change it quite a bit.
-Agree

4. You can always substantially change how intelligent you are.
-Agree

After viewing a video that talked about Grit I realized that I didn't have a lot of it, it is something I must work on because Grit is the key to a successful life. Talent does not determine the amount of Grit that you have, you must be willing to fail and knowing failure is not a permanent situation. Grit can be developed. How do YOU respond to failure? 

Argument Essay

                                                                     Quick Write      
Based on my research and yesterdays debate my opinion on selective schools have not changed much, I still hold a neutral standpoint but I am edging towards a disagreement that "smart" kids should have their own schools.

                                                                           Task 
I've decided after "sitting on the fence" for a while on the selective schools issue that I would be taking a disagreement stance.  Even though I do also believe that there should be selective schooling because I am a realist and that is something about me that at times I wish I could put aside. When it comes to issues that can be well debated such as this topic I always stay neutral because Its hard for me to take a side. I can always see the good and bad aspects of things.