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Success follows a predictable course, to become successful one does not need to have a high IQ, they just need an opportunity, and the ability to seize it. Marita was given an opportunity and she took it, and has been working hard to seize the opportunity as “She will get up at five-forty-five in the morning, go in on Saturdays, and do homework until eleven at night” (Gladwell, pg.267). To be successful one must have the determination to seize the opportunity that they have been given. The quote also applies to me as I failed the honors testing in sixth grade, however, AVID gave me an opportunity to join the honors classes at Bogle, and I took the opportunity and worked hard to skip a year of math and make it to AP classes in my sophomore

Her previous research states that people with low grit tends to not have college degree. While there is no clear answer, Duckworth argues that grit alone doesn’t contribute to college successfulness, there are barriers like money, family issue, social upstanding that interfere with one’s education, and her goal is to help students overcome their circumstances.

Angela Duckworth’s claims on “Grit” being the fundamental trait of success are easily found false by Marcus Crede. This professor at Iowa State University conducted an investigation of Duckworth’s research under a multitude of her studies including her SAT statistics in relation to “Grit” and where she contrived her “genius” idea from. The deceit of Duckworth’s can be clearly seen by any statistics student with her claimed correlation between students with higher SAT scores and those who were perceived as “Gritty” of only .20 (or twenty percent). Her data can be found irrelevant in this case because in the statistics world, such a small percentage would be considered null once tested. Especially since it is based

For instance, she went to West Point Academy to predict which soldier would drop out, which sales person will keep their jobs, and what teacher would survive in a tough neighbourhood. Based on Duckworth’s studies, she identified one trait that led to success. The trait is known as Grit. Grit takes years and hard work to accomplish a person’s goal. According to Angela’s studies of high school students, grittier kids are more likely graduate. For students in school, Grit is measured on how supportive your parents are, how much money your family provides, standardized test scores, and how safe children feel in school. Angela explains how to become grittier. Her answer is “I don’t know.” However, according to according to Carol Dwek from Stanford University, she comes up with a term known as growth mindset. This is the belief the reading of the brain makes students much more likely to persevere when they

Duckworth’s main point in, “Grit is Better than IQ” is to make the argument that perseverance is more important than just being intelligent, and that the current generation needs to break free from the idea that they do not know how to work hard while learning pure grit. I agree that grit can be more important in life outside of school than test scores were while the students were obtaining an education. Other than that, I disagree with most of Duckworth’s argument; grit cannot be taught in a classroom and it definitely cannot be learned by a student who does not see the value in it. Neither teachers nor parents can teach or force their kids to be grittier.

Passion and determination towards long term goals (otherwise known as ‘grit’) are parts of cognitive development. (Kantrowitz 2016). Grit is seen to be necessary for academic expertise in all fields ranging from sciences to the arts. (Ericsson, Prietula and Cokely 2007). Natural born Intelligence Quotient, also known as ‘IQ’, is described as a person’s ability to complete problems and understand concepts. This is compared across the population to give an average IQ score (Latham 2006). However, can this number accurately measure whether a human will become an expert in a field sooner than a grittier person? The focus of this essay is to evaluate whether grit or IQ has the most positive effect on cognitive development.

Grit, what is this? Is it success, is it failure, or is it talent? As Angela Duckworth said “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day-in and day-out. Not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years. And working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” Grit is a combination of strength, persistence, focus, and dedication that helps a person to maintain the optimism and discipline needed to persevere in their goals even if they are head to head with failure. Grit does not depend on talent, IQ, or success. Grit is the ability to fail and learn from your mistake, in order to come back next

According to Duckworth came to feel it was not as relevant when it came to outstanding achievement people who accomplish great things. The growth mindset with effort certainly effort is key to achievements I think she really means that the more you show effort then you can get better grades.. She also said but most people do not know that when they practice and learn things because when they learn things and they might not practice for it but she wants them to show effort. Like Angela Duckworth said that the idea of grit and self control is that you get that through failure, Randolph explained “Students believe that effort will help you improve to your future.” He said that because I think this quote is really good quote because no one will

Throughout Grit, Angela Duckworth argues that grit is the single most important factor in determining success of an individual. She splits the argument into three parts: the concept of grit and why it matters, the proper use and understanding of the goal hierarchy, and how an individual can develop grit. Duckworth’s argument is important because it replaces the traditional viewpoint of success being determined by talent to one which sees success as a result of passion and perseverance.

Children and young people pass through a number of different stages as they grow and develop naturally. Children will also be expected to cope with changes such as moving from primary school to secondary school, these changes are called transitions. Some children may have to face personal transitions, these could also include a family illness or if their parents are getting divorced. It is important to understand a child or young person in the changes they are experiencing in their life. It is also key to recognize the role of the child’s parents and carers in supporting their child at points of transition, Also to understand the need for advice and support.

Grit is definitely important to be successful, alongside with having a strong work ethic, integrity, and a focused mindset I would have to include high level of self-confidence. I agree that without having a focused mindset it would be difficult to complete anything in college. However, if the students are discouraged, feeling their work isn't good enough, they will lose their work ethic and focus in total. Self-confidence is a difficult thing to accomplish, but without it, students wouldn't be able to strive harder towards the goals they are passionate about

When I will be applying to college in a short few months, I will not be the most intelligent applicant by any means. However I am confident that I am willing to work harder than most people that I am up against. Hard work is what has made me successful in high school and is what will allow me to get into the college of my choice. Hard work in the face of opposition has been especially beneficial to my growth as a student and a person. There have been a few bumps in the road along my journey through high school. The ability to prevail through opposition is what has made me a stronger person. As a college student, this skill would be a necessity. While away at school, family members will pass and bad things will happen. This is just the way

Have you ever set a long-term goal and were so determined to meet that goal no matter what happened? Angela Duckworth states, “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day in and day out. Not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years and working really hard to make that future a reality”. Sticking with a long-term goal, when you seem to have hit every bump in the road possible means that you contain grit. In class, we discussed how talent is inversely related to grit. Angela Duckworth did a study and made high school students take her grit test. In this test, she realized that the more grit that the student possessed, the higher chance that student would graduate.

Dr. Duckworth explains the reason successful people achieve more than others unrelated to their level of intellect but very much correlated with their level of perseverance (Stains, 2014, p. 154). She developed a survey to measure the level of persistence and perseverance and it is called the “Girt” score. The research studies showed that “gritter” people came out on top when facing adverse situations more often than people with less grit (Stains, 2014, p. 154). Some of the keys to accomplishing goals for individuals with higher grit scores consist of the following: establishing goals, working hard to reach the target, and they think positive when obstacles are encountered (Stains, 2014, p. 154).

Angela Duckworth was a seventh-grade teacher in New York Public Schools, and became a psychologist. She is the author of the TED Talk “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance”. The main point of this TED Talk is that having grit is what will help you to succeed in life. She asks herself, who is successful and why, and she concluded that people who succeed in life are those who have grit, which is the passion and perseverance to achieve every long-term goal. She emphasized that talent or social intelligent is not what will lead you to succeed, but the key that will help you to succeed are passion and perseverance. Those who can stick with their future goals for years and work hard to make that future a reality is more likely to succeed. Moreover, she explained in her speech that growth mindset is great for building grit, which based on the TED Talk people who have a growth mindset are those people that do not believe that failure is a permanent condition. In my point of view those people who have growth mindset are more likely to be successful in life.