Why Grit Is Important
I believe that you can do anything that you set your mind to as long as you have the right reason. Angela Duckworth say “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out, not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years, and working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.” I made it a goal to learn sign language, and I have tried so hard to learn it the past 6-7 months. There were times that I wanted to just quit and give up like when everyone else was so much better at it than me, or just got mad at me when I didn't understand what was being said, and even sometimes when I just didn't
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I feel like this is a good example of growth mindset because I can learn anything I truly want to learn how to do with enough time and effort. Like Angela Duckworth said “So growth mindset is a great idea for building grit. But we need more. And that's where I'm going to end my remarks, because that's where we are.” The main reason I started learning sign language is because I started to have significant hearing loss that caused me to have to ask people what they said or something like that. When it started getting worse I stopped trying to understand what people said as much because it got so exhausting trying to figure out what someone is saying, so I figured that if it was important enough they would repeat themselves until I understand and answer them. When it got to where it is now I just laugh most of the time and act like I understand but really have no clue about whats being said. Only time I understand teachers are when they are looking at me talking. Next year I'm going to try to be more fluent with sign language and then talk to my mom about me getting an interpreter, so that I can fully understand what is going on in class or if someone talks to me I will know how to respond. The worst part about it is that my whole life everyone has known me as a normal perfectly hearing kid, so it won't make sense to them that I now need an interpreter. It has been a great challenge but I try so
I feel like this is a good example of growth mindset because I can learn anything I truly want to learn how to do with enough time and effort. Like Angela Duckworth said “So growth mindset is a great idea for building grit. But we need more. And that's where I'm going to end my remarks, because that's where we are.” The main reason I started learning sign language is because I started to have significant hearing loss that caused me to have to ask people what they said or something like that. When it started getting worse I stopped trying to understand what people said as much because it got so exhausting trying to figure out what someone is saying, so I figured that if it was important enough they would repeat themselves until I understand and answer them. When it got to where it is now I just laugh most of the time and act like I understand but really have no clue about whats being said. Only time I understand teachers are when they are looking at me talking. Next year I'm going to try to be more fluent with sign language and then talk to my mom about me getting an interpreter, so that I can fully understand what is going on in class or if someone talks to me I will know how to respond. The worst part about it is that my whole life everyone has known me as a normal perfectly hearing kid, so it won't make sense to them that I now need an interpreter. It has been a great challenge but I try so