Golden Growth In High School

The growth mindset is a project in my middle school that teaches us a positive way to move forward in school. If you get a grade you're not happy with, it is seen as inspirational because lessons can be learned from it for further learning. In the former president's speech, Barack Obama had said: “Our nation has been flawless from the start, but that we have shown the capacity to change and make life better for those who follow.” This indicates adherence to a growth mindset because it shows that there is room to learn and change a learn as a nation, especially for the other people who trail behind. The value that I put on freedom, equality and privacy as an adolescent is a lot. If I didn't have these rights, I wouldn't be able to go places, feel safe in my own home, and I would be discriminated by my age or race.

The reason why I felt shorter than everyone else even though I was 6,0 ft and in the 10th grade, the reason why I kept on looking up at everyone. was that I was living in a pit that never stops sinking into the ground, one might say why didn't you realize it sooner? and I would say, I was a child i was oblivious to the world in front of me and I was oblivious to the pit that I was living in. this sparked a fire in my heart and in my mind. Enraged by this knowledge I turned this anger into a passion, where I would first find the ladder to get myself out of that pit and second to never have to live in another pit again. the first phase was complete it was 11th grade I was 6,1 ft and I was ready to start this transition of moving towards and building a strong foundation for myself, to ensure that I would never sink again. I made it a priority to partake in the most challenging courses in my school and also participate in various programs such as the after-school program at the American museums of natural history where that added an extra class. And taken more time. But It was fine, just as long as that adds more things to fill my pit that was back

The fourth grade was a very traumatic year for me. My only sister went to middle school, my mom who always was at home across the street from school got a job, and I didn’t know one person in my class. For the first time in my life I was on my own and I was frightened even by the idea of it. During that year my grades dropped and I wasn’t social with my classmates. I started to fail in my favorite class, math. The work became pointless to me and I started to neglect my work. One day, after I failed another one of those math tests, my teacher asked to talk to me after class. Due to the already annoying grade I had received, my teacher punished me with a detention. Confusion and frustration flooded my body and I just wanted to give up. But,

To be successful there must be drastic changes into your typical life style. Being successful in high school comes with little patience as well as motivation studies show that 49% of freshman students in college work harder that they thought they would. In the media success is thought of wealthy, power, and position this is how the Americans see it as. In order to be successful in school there is discipline, academy's that will show that being wealthy isn't always a way to be successful, there will be different perspectives on going to college, struggle and confidence.

In many moments of my life I have felt small. Even within my brazen fantasies of changing the world I would often snicker and ask myself, "Who are you to be able to do such things? You are only one little person!" It was with this feeling of doubt that I headed to Girls State in the summer after my junior year.

A wise person said, “you don’t grow through success, you grow through what you go through.” The book, Mindest written by Carol S. Dweck, examines how the fixed and growth mindset leads to generating the motivations and conduct of individuals. This book is essential because it educates people on the notion of self- improvement in regard to learning, acquiring, and improving relationships with others as there is always room for progress. A growth mindset is very favorable in regard to improving love, family, friendships, and parenting relationships through many aspects. To begin, a growth mindset helps to enhance a relationship through forgiveness, respect, and self-improvement.

Being a high school student in the tenth grade things a bit hectic all the tests and book reports I have to do I always get caught up in my school work. Since my school life consists of nothing but essays, keynotes, benchmarks and free response questions. Never anything less than teachers pressing on about double spaces, sentence patterns and “Where to put the semi-colon.” I have never really noticed that they fail to teach or lecture me about unique writing skills until I got into this class. “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” That quote was from Napoleon Hill and it means more than enough to me because I thrive everyday to succeed in life and over the years and through this class I’ve learned, Growth and success are the key things. I have learned that if you put effort into all you do that you’ll be surprised with what the outcome may be. That you can start now because you’re never too old or too young to learn how to succeed and have a successful life.

Students of Mount Miguel High School lack the growth mindset because Mount Miguel is known for having low expectations. Students believe by attending Mount Miguel High School they are setting themselves up to fail and seen by other schools as inefficient or incapable. Also how the teachers of Mount Miguel are not pushing their students to the standards they need to be. Teachers are creating undemanding work, instead of challenging students. They are making students become neglectful and hopeless on understanding how life after high school will work.

Walking into school on my first day of high school, I felt out of place. My face covered in acne, my teeth covered in braces, and the callicks in my hair stuck up through the abnormally thick layer of hair gel that coated them. My middle school social anxiety still ruled over me as I could barely speak with any member of the opposite sex. Yet, I still had an odd confidence about me. I had always been one of the best students in my class, even without ever studying for a test. I viewed high school as a slight uptick from the curriculum I had easily passed in middle school. I was wrong. High school exists as a microcosm of society, in which I originally failed to acclimate myself to the challenges posed to me in a setting of increased

I was one of the tallest people in my grade, and was super skinny. With my mild Cerebral Palsy, I had speech problems for a long time. Due to all of this, I didn’t exactly fit in. Every day as I walked in the doors, I would completely shut down. My grades fell, and I blocked most of the world out. I could here the “popular” groups whispering and giggling every time I walked in the hall and notes would be passed around in class. I sat at a table in the corner by myself, I didn’t have any friends in

After a difficult year in seventh grade, I was going into eighth grade nervous since all of my friends that were with me for most of my school life parted ways with me and I felt all alone going into eighth grade that year. When eighth grade year started it was still difficult for me to feel comfortable since I don’t have much of close friends anymore and I was still being made fun of by some people and I took jokes very personally that year. I would also feel very different between certain days, sometimes I would feel confident while other days I’ll feel like nobody likes me and be so down on myself. Soon though I managed to get used to how eighth grade was like and even though I still didn’t have as many friends years prior I was now starting

When I was 12 years old, I started having this constant feeling that I didn’t fit in with the world. This seemed normal, though. Talking to friends, it

In the beginning of middle school, I was a chubby kid. I had a hard time my first in middle school. Girls didn’t like me and I didn’t have a lot of friends. A lot of people used to make fun of me. One of the coaches asked me to play football, so I went to the doctor and got a physical. I’m glad

To whomever may be reading this, I have personal story to tell you about my growth mindset. Up until the ending of my sophomore year my mindset wasn't a growth mindset, I happened to be accustomed to a fixed mindset. I used to be afraid of being judged and I hated the word failure, I hid all my flaws from the world and can you believe I actually thought that was okay? I would be going crazy asking myself what's my purpose? Why am I not good at anything? The truth is, I don't have a purpose and I'm not naturally good at anything. But I changed and it wasn't something I learned in an instant, I took some time to understand and reflect that my purpose comes from within. It comes from passion, hard work, practice, and most of all, a long-term of

Raising the bar for high school will benefit the students in later on in life. I do agree that they should be raise to help the student in education. For their own good in life.