Carol Dweck's 'Flowers For Algernon'

Due to the fact that almost everyone has wanted to be smart at one point in their life, it is important to learn about potential ways that can increase intelligence or increase your chances to be successful. Researchers and education enthusiasts have mentioned ways on how to be successful or how to learn, the most relevant are ; failure,practice,and effort. These methods are used across the globe by universities and other schools who believe in making children smarter.

The controversial idea that just about no one wants to experience, although it may be necessary to success is failure. The author of “Flowers for Algernon” stated that “.. what I did wrong maybe its becaus I dint try hard enuff… but if I try and practis very hard maybe Ill get a littl

Carol Dweck mentions in her article that “Just like a weightlifter or basketball player, to be a brain athlete you have to exercise and practice.. by practicing you make your brain stronger.” Practice is essential to improving as Carol Dweck just stated. Carol Dweck suggests, “But most people don’t know when they practice and learn new things, parts of their brain change and get larger a lot like muscles do when they exercise.” Carol Dweck makes a perfect analogy between physical strength improvement to brain growth which can be obtained when you learn something or practice. Carol Dweck provides yet another suggestion, “...the more a person learns, the easier it gets to learn new things because their brain “muscles” have gotten stronger.” She basically means that practice can make things easier, it also makes it easier to learn new things. Jay Mathews states, “Brad... earned his black belt in tae kwon do by practicing two hours a day, six days a week for two years.” Jay Mathews provides a great example of success after numerous time spent on