Growth Mindset Quotes

Carol Dweck’s Brainology sets forth the “growth mindset” as the only factor in a student’s success. However, Alfie Kohn’s The Perils of ‘Growth Mindset’ Education: Why We’re Trying to Fix our Kids When We Should Be Fixing the System, proposes another view. Also, Home Life is a third factor that impacts a student’s success. I believe all three of these are integral to a student’s accomplishments.

“’The next time you work on your trees, don’t think about trees. Think about love, or hate, or joy, or pain – whatever makes you feel something, makes your palms sweat, or your toes curl. Focus on that feeling.’”(122) In the book speak there are many examples of symbolism. The one that stands out the most is the tree as it is mentioned very frequently in almost every chapter of the book. It represents that growth that she goes through as a character from the beginning of the book to the end and her mental recovery after the traumatic event of being raped. The different representations we see of the tree correspond with the state she is in and the emotions she is feeling at that part in the book. When she is struggling with her life she

Walls suggested that they dig it up and plant it near the house so it would have the same outcome. Rosemary, their mother, was displeased with the idea, she said, “‘You’d be destroying what makes it special’ ... ‘It’s the Joshua tree’s struggle that gives it it’s beauty.’” (Walls, 38). Rosemary was essentially saying that the scraggly, permanently twisted, tortured position of symbolized the tree’s perseverance which was the tree’s beauty. One night while driving, Rosemary and their father got in an argument over how long Rosemary had been pregnant. Rosemary, exasperated, gets out of the car and runs off into the dessert, in which their father chases her, with the car. The bystanders, or the children, just readied themselves for the unforeseeable. Walls says, “Lori, Brain, and I braced one another with our arms, like we always did when Dad went on some wild chase that we knew would get bumpy.” (Wall, 42). To Walls her siblings represented a stronghold and force only achieved by being together. Something they did not experience much in their dysfunctional family. So, for persevering together the children were able to gain and benefit from a little bit of stability in their hectic life. This applies to a wide variety of reader that have sibling and can relate to the feeling of needing your siblings to be able to accomplish or get through a situation or

She sees her strength in the trees and the tree’s strength in her. Her ability to persevere and

The pear tree is her inspiration and her first true desire. She longs to bud and blossom, like the tree, and cannot wait to discover herself and all the wonders of the world.

The significance of the pear tree for Janie reflects the view of love, nature, sexuality, been seen as a change within

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. How much effort you put in is how much you get back. You can’t study and get a grade you don’t won’t. Grit and growth mindset, are the key to life. You can master both of these things with the right amount of effort.

In the beginning, the pear tree symbolizes Janie’s yearning to find within herself the sort of harmony and simplicity that nature embodies. However, that

However, in her attempts to grow upwards despite the constant blowing wind are averted and she eventually succumbs like the Joshua tree, and grows sideways, finally allowing her struggle to be

“Mom frowned at me… that gives it its beauty.” (p. 38) When Jeannette devises a plan to uproot the Joshua tree, which has grown sideways in the direction of the constant wind that passes over it, her mother quickly dismisses the idea. Rose Mary claims that the tree is beautiful not because it grows straight like the other trees, but rather because its struggle defines it and makes it unique. Rose Mary is typically unwilling to tamper with nature and she is particularly drawn to the unique form of the Joshua Tree. Through the figure of the tree a young Jeannette learns an important lesson about non-conformity.

With this statement, Melinda once again expresses herself as a tree again that is properly taken care of by stating she “can grow”

Cutting down the tree represents a new beginning for Melinda it gets rid of the old worn out “dying parts” and replaces it with a clean slate. One example from the text is “He's not chopping it down. He's saving it. Those branches were long dead from disease. All plants are like that. By cutting off the damage, you make it possible for the tree to grow again. You watch--by the end of summer, this tree will be the strongest on the block."(187). This quote directly correlates to Melinda because her “tree” will be the strongest on the block because she will regain herself confidence that she once had before the incident. Now rather than having the whole school frown upon Melinda she has the entire schools sympathy and support. Since, Melinda has revealed what happened at the incident now everything will change positively. Another incident of growth in Melinda was when Melinda finishes her drawing of the tree on the last day of school. Melinda's tree finally is able to grow fundamentally and also in real life. Melinda states “My tree is definitely breathing little shadow breaths like it just shot up through the ground this morning”(196.) Her tree does finally grow in her art class but the major point is now she can breath. She can grow again rather than being stuck in her own thoughts all alone. Now she has support and the foundations to make her tree finally

Through the use of reflection, one has the capability to do or become something great. In the Untitled image, this is represented by the man holding the hand of his younger self in a forest of paint brush trees. In brief, the trees represent his personal development throughout the years, as the growth of a tree embodies the growth of an individual. This is due to the fact that a tree must reflect on how it has grown in the past to continue growing taller in the future. An example of this is shown when a tree is crooked near the roots, but over the years has used its strength to straighten its trunk and become a more stabilized organism. In contrast, the same idea happens in humans in which an individual may have a hardship in life, but through

In Flipped, by Wenelin Van Draanen, Juli Baker has a growth mindset. Juli was mad at Bryce, but Bryce was sorry about what he did, h planted a Sycamore Tree in her front yard for forgiveness, Juli says, “So maybe I should go over there and thank him for the tree. “ (Page 212) This shows Juli has a growth mindset

There are many ways a growth mindset can affect an individual. Commonly growth mindsets have a more positive effect on your life. The mindset you attain, growth or fixed, is dependent on the views you adopt from a young age. There are much more pros than cons for a growth-minded person compared to a fixed minded person. One of the ways growth mindset is more beneficial than a fixed mindset is that intelligence is developed over time. A growth mindset is associated with the desire to learn and the ability to continue despite an obstacle, whereas fixed mindset is associated with the desire to appear smart and will give up easier when faced with an obstacle. A few more differences between the two are growth mindset focuses on learning from criticism and is inspired by others' success, while fixed mindset ignores useful feedback and is threatened by others' success.