The Secret To Raising Smart Kids

Author Ralph Waldo Emerson once sad " Unless you try something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow". On past experiences in my life I would agree with Emerson because one will never truly master something but people everyday have said people have mastered a sport or a instrument but everyday that person practices on that one thing all the time. Look at some great sports players like Messi or Stephen Curry both are spectacular at what they do. Messi was looked at by many people when he was young at not able to play due to how short and small he was. He started to practice on end to help him get to a point where a small soccer team picked him up and play for them at this point he wasn't done so he got even better and now competes with some of the other worlds best

Geoff Colvin, the author of What It Takes to Be Great, once stated “Greatness isn’t handed to anyone; it requires a lot of hard work.” This statement is undeniable because it is proven multiple times in the story, “The Smallest Dragonboy” by Anne McCaffrey, the Duracell advertisement with Derrick Coleman, and the article, “What It Takes to Be Great,” by Colvin himself. Deliberate practice will greatly improve their adroitness on one’s field of profession and perseverance will play a great role on achieving one’s goals. Talent is insignificant compared to determination and meticulous practice. Colvin’s claim on how success is only achieved with perseverance and certitude is indubitable.

Practice can be the key to improving. In every area of education, in every sport, with every musical activity, anything that requires a good performance, those who practice tend to understand the material more. Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers states just how important this can be. Going off of the idea that “practice makes perfect”, his entire second chapter is dedicated to persuading his audience to believe 10,000 hours is what it takes to succeed. Examples Gladwell provides include how Mozart didn’t create his greatest works until later in his life after he had gained experience, how the Beatles performed in multiple practice concerts in Hamburg, Germany before becoming musical sensations, and how Bobby Fischer and chess grandmasters

“The Secret to Raising Smart Kids” by Carol S. Dweck is about the development of a child’s mentality when it comes to their self-confidence as well their capability of learning and working hard. Dweck informs the reader that there are two types of children and people in general when it comes to learning as well as growing. One group are the helpless people and one group are those with a growth mindset. Whether a person falls into the helpless or those willing to grow greatly impacts their success as well as their future.

Dweck, Carol S. "The Secret to Raising Smart Kids." Collections, Kylene Beers, Martha Hougen, Carol Jago, William L. McBride, Erik Palmer, Lydia Stack, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015, 21-26.

If one practices enough, then one will be able to do anything he sets his mind to. People who wish to achieve success must be willing to spend the time on what they wish to reach success in. For one to be successful in what he wishes to do he must be good at what they are trying to be successful in. The only way to be good is to practice, practice, practice.

Oftentimes, human beings picture successful people as rich and powerful. Liz Spaulding, a loving mother, wife and teacher’s aide, however, is successful not only because of her college degree but because she is hardworking, understanding, and caring. After being asked when Spaulding considered herself a success she responded, “I considered myself a success when my children began to make names for themselves throughout their high school careers. It was at that moment that I realized I was both a successful mother and wife.” Clearly, Spaulding’s opinion of when she considered herself a success is agreeable. Any parent that can positively raise children is a success. Parenting can be difficult at times, so the fact that she raised a high achieving family is impressive.

Thank you, for sharing your personal experience. I agree with the article, "Raising Smart Kids" was enlightening and detailed on the topic of fixed mind-set and growth mind-set. I learned that if we nurture a growth mind-set in our homes and at schools we will give children the “tools to thrive in their quests and to become accountable employees and citizen” (Dweck, 2007, p. 6). In the long run my goal as an educator is to prepare students to become responsible citizens and help them thrive. Carol Dweck, stated, educators could improve their students' learning if they “persistently encouraged them to think about their mental skills as malleable, rather than as properties fixed at birth” (Glenn, 2010, p.5).

We often believe that success is created due to luck; however, this is frequently not true. In Geoffrey Colvin’s article, “What It Takes to Be Great,” he describes that greatness is not gifted to inherited because if needs continually practice and time in order to be achieved. First, Colvin explains that when people practice more with their wills, then that will help them to improve, achieve their goals, and be experts; and that what he called “deliberate practice.” For example, he shows “For example: Simply hitting a bucket of balls is not deliberate practice, which is why most golfers don’t get better. Hitting an eight-iron 300 times with a goal of leaving the ball within 20 feet of the pin 80% of the time, continually observing results and making appropriate adjustments, and doing that for hours every day--that’s deliberate practice” (Colvin 2, paragraph #13).

It’s what he wrote his college essay on. He is on the club team at Providence and is one of his biggest passions. He plays every week and it is a passion of his that he can’t imagine living without. But the love he has for golf didn’t appear magically out of nowhere. It manifested after a heartbreak with another sport that he loves, hockey. When Jake was 15 years old, he tried out for his high school varsity hockey team. The results didn’t go as he had planned they would. They did for all of his friends however because they all made it. Jake was the only one who didn't make the team. This was devastating for him to hear. He started to cry as soon as he heard the news. His friends tried to console him but it didn’t work. He knew that they had made it and that he didn’t. They didn’t know how he felt. He felt ashamed and embarrassed. Hockey was his number one sport. How could he have not made the team? He felt left out because all of his friends now have another thing in common. They were a part of the hockey team and he wasn’t. He felt as though he had let down his dad who was his biggest supporter. Of course Jake knew that deep down his dad would always still be supportive. His dad said, “It’s their loss.” He went home crying that night. His mom even said that if he didn’t feel like it, he didn’t have to go to school the next day. Jake contemplated not going to school, but he felt that it would be the best if he did. He showed up the next day and

In the article “The Secret to Raising Smart Children”, by Carol Dweck there are strong statements about growth and fixed-mindsets. Growth mind-set is important for children with impressionable minds, with the right amount of focus, effort, and praise they can shape their minds for success. Without this they can become lazy and discouraged making them not want to try at all, a fixed-mindset will not let them continue in a progressive manner. Dweck goes on to discuss that talent is worshipped in our society so children often feel that if they do not do exceptionally well they are unintelligent and should not try. Other times students do well in graded school where not much work is required, so when middle school or high school hits they lack the motivation to try harder.

Summary & Response #2: Dweck Why are some people more successful in life than others? In “The Secret to Raising Smart Kids,” Stanford University Professor Dr. Carlo Dweck explores how people’s mind-sets are affecting their lives and their achievements. One of the major contributors she describes is how people with growth mindset are the ones who are working harder and willing to accept difficult tasks, even if they will fail. For example, in one study, “[ One of the students during one of the researches] pulled up his chair, rubbed his hands together, smacked his lips and said, “ I love a challenge!”

I can’t help but think on the definition of success by Maya Angelou, for her “success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it”. I would like to encourage everyone here to continue to be trailblazers and overcomers in spite of the challenges that may come. You may encounter many defeats but you must not remain defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter those defeats so that you know who you are, how you can

Dweck, Cords. “The Secret to Raising Smart Kids” Collection, Edited by Beers, Hougen, Jago et Al, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015, PP.21-26

Tiger Wood told his father he wanted to play golf. “Tiger Woods told his father he wanted to play golf so his father quit his golf career to help him with his.”(Greenstein). His father quit golf to help his son with his. By Tiger Wood telling his dad he wanted to play golf, his dad decided it was time to quit his career and help his son with his. His father led him to get a masters in golf. “Tiger Wood wins a third masters golf title, due to the help of his father’s coaching.”(Greenstein).His father helped him with everything he needed to be a master in golf. Tiger Wood practiced and got tips from his father to win a third masters.Coaching from his father helped make him the 6 million dollar man. “The coaching from his father, helped Tiger Wood make history in Spain by becoming the first 6 million dollar man.”(Greenstein). His father's coaching and all his practice help him win the 6 million dollar man title. With the tips that Tiger Wood got from his father he used to help him with winning that title. Tiger Wood tells his dad he is ready to play golf, his dad quotes to help him, and he makes great achievements, by doing all this he shows the proverb “When the student is ready, the master will