Per.1- 1/14/2020

Growth Mindset is when you don't give up on something, and even though your bad at it you find ways to overcome it, and get better at it. There are some famous people who had this trait of growth mindset. One famous person that has this is Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan, one of the greatest basketball players of all time; did not make it on to his highschool basketball team. Michael Jordan went home and locked himself in his room and cried. Michael Jordan did not give up, he did not say, “ Oh im not good enough, I give up!” Instead, he went and practiced and practiced and practiced until he was good enough to make it on to the team next year. Michael Jordan did not have a fixed mindset. That is what made him a great basketball player , and brought him into the Nba. In my life, I have a growth mindset with probably everything; I do not like giving up at anything, and even if I know that something is not for me, and I wasn’t born to do it, I still try my best, and most of the time I succeed. In basketball, I like everyone who plays sports have overcome a lot of challenges, and pain in my life to succeed in basketball, for example; Right now I have shin splints, and I have a basketball game against our school rival tomorrow, Hollywood High. I am not giving up, even though it is hard for me.My first year of highschool, I also like Michael Jordan got cut from the basketball team. I didn’t say I wasn’t good enough, I just went to the park ,and a basketball gym , and focused on next year to make it on the team. After a hard year of work, and shooting around, I made it on the team as a shooting guard, and if we need a point guard or small forward, I play those as well. All of this happened because I have a growth mindset and not a fixed mindset.

Silverstein

January 14 2020

Growth Mindset

If you believe that you can learn anything through time, practice and effort you have a growth mindset. Unlike a fixed mindset where you believe that people are just born smart, people with a growth mindset are able to gain more knowledge in life since their determination to stop learning never deteriorates. People with a fixed mindset choose to avoid challenges in order to avoid failing. Without failure you won't be able to learn from your mistakes and people with a growth mindset use this to their advantage. Someone with a growth mindset views failure as an opportunity to learn and grow. Many famous people who had been deemed as failures have become some of the most successful people. For example, Dr. Seuss’s books had been rejected by publishers countless times until he was finally able to get his works published. Now Dr. Seuss is known as one of the most successful authors with many famous works. Although it took him a long while to get to where he is now he never gave up and continued to work to achieve his goal. You can gain a growth mindset by believing in your ability to improve and by practicing failure. Through grit (aka determination and the ability to stick with it), everyone can achieve a growth mindset.

An example of a famous person who had this trait was Einstein. He wasn’t able to speak until he was 4 and that might seem pretty old for a kid to start talking but later on he became very known for his discoveries and inventions. Another famous person who worked hard was Steve Jobs because he got fired from a company he started but he then became famous for his work with the company Apple. Einstein and Steve Jobs aren’t the only people who continued to work hard even when things got tough. Dr. Seuss, one of the best authors for children’s books was rejected by 27 publishers and was still able to become a very famous writer. Just because you fail the first couple times doesn’t mean that you won’t get anywhere. The only way to get better at something is to continue trying.
I can use a growth mindset to achieve success in my life by seeing failure as a way for me to learn from it and push myself to work harder. With this type of mindset I will be able to learn more and feel more confident about myself and the things I do. I will also be more motivated to do things that might seem difficult. That is why having a growth mindset is very important.

One example of a famous person having a spectacular Growth Mindset has to be Oprah Winfrey. Growing up her life wasn't all peaches and cream. Moving all the way to Milwaukee with her mother, she was repeatedly abused by two boys that lived with her. After trying to run away, she was sent to a detention center were she was denied access because there was no more beds. After moving with her dad, Oprah won the Miss Black Tennessee and was then offered a job at a radio station. Oprah then went on to host a show and then later hosted her own show. The show was later renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show. Winning numerous awards, she went on to become a famous billionaire. 

Within the future, I plan to better myself in what I choose on doing. I plan on seeing my mistakes as something that can help to become a better person. With this type of mindset, I can achieve way more and what I desire.

Period:7

1-21-2020

Growth mindset in my own words that people themselves have to believe in order to succeed. A growth mindset is the complete opposite of a fixed mindset. A fixed mindset gives the believer the attitude of, “If I'm not good at the beginning, I will never be good.”  For example, this person had a growth mindset in my perspective. His name is Josh Jacobs he is a rookie for the raiders and he plays running back. When he was little he was homeless. He always wanted to buy a house for his father. He grew up with the mindset to buy a house. Until one day he was able to buy a house for his father. He also passed Marcus Allen, setting the Raiders rookie record for rushing yards. .Sunday afternoon against the Detroit Lions, Jacobs broke Marcus Allen's record for most rushing yards by a rookie with 708 rushing yards, going for 88 yards in the first half along with two touchdowns. My second example is Lamar Jackson.  He is a another nfl player that caught my action. He grew up with a mindset saying if this is the position I want to play well, let it be. When he got to combine the nfl analysts were saying he should be a receiver. People were always telling what to do. So he had a mindset to not give up has QB and keep his head up. In his second season has a raven he broke a great nfl record. The record he broke was Michael Vick's mark for single-season rushing yards by a quarterback. Jackson eclipsed the record on a 5-yard run in the first quarter of the Ravens' 42-21 victory over New York Jets and finished with 86 yards on eight carries. It was so unbelevie. What am trying to say it doesn't matter what can't you afford or people judging you the way you want to do things. You have to believe in yourself and keep your head up. 

Ariel Romero / Period 1 / 1/27/20

so they think they are capable of anything. You will be eager to improve your knowledge and willing to make changes. Using a growth mindset to achieve success in life is by having the confidence in yourself and believing in yourself. The feedback you received you use it as a good source in order to know what to fix and to encourage you to keep practicing. There were many different famous people that had a growth mindset , which made them succeed in life. For example , Walt Disney was told that “ he had no good ( original ) ideas.” This was feedback he got, but he didn’t take it in a bad way. He acknowledged this feedback and fixed the issues he had. So instead of taking the criticism in an offensive / negative way , he learned from it. Another famous person who had a growth mindset was Dr.Seuss. His first book was rejected by 27 different publishers , but that obviously did not stop him from trying. When he was walking back home from being rejected for the 27th time, he bumped into Mike McClintock , which was an acquaintance from dartmouth college. Mike told him to go to his office so he can take a look at the book and he did not deny that chance. So, it wasn’t for him going to his office he would have been in the dry-cleaning business today.

Period : 7

January 29,2020

A growth mindset is the ability to learn and improve and taking control of those things, even when you fail. There are many examples of people out there who have experienced growth mindset. For example, Oprah Winfrey was demoted for her position as news anchor because she “Wasn’t fit for television”. Micheal Jordan was cut from his basketball team which caused him to lock himself in his bedroom and cry. Albert Einstein was not able to speak until the age of 4 and his teachers said he would not amount to anything. The Beatles were rejected by Decca Recording Studios who also said “They don’t have a future in show business”. Steve Jobs was depressed after being kicked out of his own company. All those “celebrities” that demonstrate growth mindset, cause even after being rejected, demoted, cut and ect. They were able to get to the place they were by working harder than before and not giving up. I use a growth mindset to try to achieve my goals so that I can be successful in the future. 

Melanie Castillo 
Period 7
1/29/2020

Silverstein

AP Environmental Science

14 January 2020

Growth Mindset

A growth mindset is the belief that you can always improve upon your skills, abilities, talents, and passions.  With a growth mindset, one takes advantage of these opportunities and challenges, learn from their mistakes.  In contrast, a fixed mindset is the belief that you must be born with the natural talent to do something; if you weren’t born with it or naturally good at a skill, you can’t and won’t get better at it.  Everyone has the option to choose a growth mindset rather than a fixed mindset.  Changing the way you think can be a defining factor in your success.  For example, improving your grades through hard work and study, rather than just being smart.  When it comes to academics and grades, smarts do not always guarantee success.  With “smart” students, some may be afraid to take challenges in fear of disappointing their reputation, and the less naturally intelligent may be more open to challenges.  To develop a growth mindset, it is important to first acknowledge that no one is perfect, and everyone can grow.  It’s important to ask yourself questions instead of fatalistic statements.  When you think, “I can’t do this,” ask yourself instead, “How can I learn?”  Even some of the biggest and most successful celebrities were called failures at one point.  The Beatles, Albert Einstein, Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, and many others were told they wouldn’t make it, but with a growth mindset and hard work, they became some of the most successful people in the world.  Maintaining a growth mindset has also been an important part in many aspects of my life, such as learning new languages, improving my art, and taking AP/College courses.

Period:7

01/31/2020

A growth mindset is how you perceive your future and goals. Whilst noticing the failures that will appear before you so you can succeed from them. Every successful businessman, athlete, and politician had to work hard to get to where they are at. A wonderful example of this how Abraham Lincoln went through some many defeats he failed twice in business. He lost the elections eight times. He even suffered a nervous breakdown he should everyone that as long you don’t quite you will eventually succeed. He is even considered to be on of the greatest president in the history of United States History. While only given only one example of growth mindset this just made me reassure that no matter what challenges that come my way I shouldn’t let it hold me back. A man who ended slavery failed so many times in his life. These can be shown to young teens and young adults even if you fail in life you will succeed as long you kept trying it took Stephen King 31 submission to a publisher for his book carrie he was rejected 30 times but as soon as he was about to give up completely his wife told him to try gain and as you know, he became a top tier author with best selling books. In schools today we should be taught that it’s ok to fail but to never stop trying to succeed because every successful person has failed but they all succeed in the end by not giving up. Writing and explain growth mindset made me realize that just because I fail once that doesn’t mean I am not going to succeed it just means that I have to get up again and try until I succeed. In this life there is no try just do and once you do it you will go places beyond that you never thought you could reach because you never gave up on your goals and future.

 

Per.5 

1/21/2020

Growth Mindset: I believe that a growth mindset is when you choose your path by expanding your knowledge and you learn from your trial and errors and try to succeed in life. We develop as we grow our mindset changes through time. On the other hand, there are people who are close-minded at first but through hard work and devotion, they change it can also affect people around them it inspires them and others to work harder towards there goal. Usually, for me, I am a very close-minded person because my family believes everyone is already born with a talent you can’t develop one and I guess that really affects me which leads to me giving up easily, luckily for me I have friends who are very open-minded that push me a lot to do my work even if it’s not that good. For example,  Wilma Rudolph she’s an example of an open-mindset she had polio as a kid and doctors said that she didn’t have a chance of ever walking and even running but she was determined and she worked hard and became the first American woman to win three gold medals in the Olympics one of her quotes that stick to me is “Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness within each of us” 

Growth mindset is how your brain sees your problems and how to face it. For example if you fail at doing something the first time you will not give up immediately you take the challenge and try finding a different way to solve it. Another example would be instead of thinking I am not good at this you should think what I would be missing. It is always about pushing yourself even when it seems hard, not just giving up. An example of a famous person who has a growth mindset is Michael Jordan who is the 6th time national basketball association  champion, 5th time national basketball association most valuable player and 4th time national basketball association all star. Another famous person with a growth mindset is Walt Disney who got fired for not having original ideas but he later found his own company. Wilma Rudolph is an example of a growth mindset because doctors said she would not be able to run and walk because of her disease but that didn't stop her.  Since she did not give up she became the first women africa american sprinter.