The Importance Of Grit In Education

Most people believe that getting good grades defines your intelligence, but in most cases it doesn’t. Wu Mengyuan, author of A Growth Mindset, points out, “That’s when I understood that if I focused on what I learned rather than what I scored, I felt less stressed and could thus perform better” (5). I would get good grades, not the highest grade, but if someone were to ask me what I learned I wouldn’t be able to tell them because I would only do the assignments to get good grades I wouldn’t actually learn anything. When I would fail, I wouldn’t try to learn from my mistake I would simply move on because I believed that I wasn’t talented enough. I soon started to realize that I could expand my intelligence and that my talents weren’t fixed and that I didn’t know my true potential.

Some students have grit, which means one is determined to face challenges and overcome them to be able to reach a goal. Aaron Hochanadel and Dora Finamore point out, “Grit in education is how one can achieve long-term goals by overcoming obstacles and challenges” (49). All students have grit, it’s not

Teachers should be able to help the students and be able to help those are struggling. When I had a fixed mindset I would see students go and ask the teachers for help, but I was always too scared to ask for help because, to me, I felt as though it was seen as weakness. The teachers also have to have in mind that even by saying something so little it can have an impact on students who don’t really believe in themselves and don’t know their true potential. Thierry Karsenti, et al., one of the editors of ICT and Changing Mindsets in Education, claims, “Learning can become more dynamic as teachers and students become partners in accessing information, constructing relevant knowledge, and representing self and others” (1). In other words, it’s best for students and their teachers to work as one so the student can get the best out of their