Growth Mindset- You are Capable

For this last Growth Mindset assignment I decided to talk about how capable you are.  With finals and big life decisions college can be very stressful.  This stress sometimes causes us to think that we can't do it, or that thing get to hard.  Well I'm here to tell you that you can do it!  The more you tell yourself you can do it, you will succeed.  I truly believe that we can do anything we set our minds to.

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SO next time you find yourself stress and felling down your confidence remember everyone goes through hard times and you just gotta find a way to fight through it.  

Growth Mindset: Memes

This week for growth mindset I chose to use the challenge with the memes.  Memes are all over the internet these days.  You can see a meme in a matter of 5 seconds of being on social media.  I feel that memes can have a lot of different impacts of peoples.  Most of them are meant to be funny but sometimes having a picture in addition to meaningful words can help that thought stay with a person. When you associate yourself with things you tend to remember it better.

When looking through memes I found these two that I felt applied to my life right now.  With graduation close and finals are basically here I am pretty stressed.  Did I mention GRADUATION?! That has its own level of stress, and it's important that I remember to keep a good attitude even if I am stressed and grouchy from trying to figure out life.  The second meme is always a good reminder to be your own cheerleader! You gotta believe that you're awesome to be awesome!!

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Growth Mindset: Embrace Challenges

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With my major I have done a lot of learning about fixed and growth mindsets.  I have never actually taken the time to place myself in one of these categories.  I think that I go back and forth between a fixed and growth mindset. Some days I am really motivated to move forward with my life while others I just want to lay under my covers all day and wait for good things to happen for me.  I am challenging myself this week with the growth mindset post.  I am challenging myself to embrace challenges instead of lay under the covers.  With graduating in a month (yes a month) I find myself always wanting to stay in bed.  But I am changing that from here on out, it's time for me to start embracing the challenges from here on out. 

 

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Growth Mindset: Multiple Intelligences

For this week's Growth Mindset Challenge I watched a short video about Multiple Intelligences by Marek Bennett.  I have been introduced to the term multiple intelligence before, but I have never taken the time to actually write out all of the different types.  This video did exactly that and I was able to see that there are so many different ways an individual can learn.  I for one know that everyone has their own personal learning style that works best for them.  I am dyslexic and apart of being dyslexic is that you have to learn the best form of human expression and communication that works best for their brains.  This video serves as a great reminder that we should focus on expanding and learning how to approach all the different learning styles.

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Growth Mindset: 50 Ways to Cultivate Creative Habit

This week I decided I needed to get my head in the game and start keeping up with my online classes. To get that started I am doing some extra credit to get me caught up.  I thought since this is a class that I have to be pretty creative in it would be beneficial for me to learn some creative habits.  This is why I chose to read "50 Ways to Cultivate Creative Habit" for my growth mindset.

I like to think as my self pretty creative, and this article hit some interesting points that I agree with.  First off it mentioned that creative people tend to see things that others miss, and I know this is true.  When being creative you are looking at something from all aspects and not putting any judgement towards something.

Something that I picked up from reading this blog post that will be helpful for this class would be that creativity is about connecting the dots.  I sometimes find it hard to complete stories, but If I just remember to keep the dots connected it will be easier to complete a lesson.

 

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Growth Mindset

This is the first I have heard and learned of Carol Dweck and the growth mindset.  The videos were interesting because I actually find this topic to be something that I'm passionate about.  School and academics do not come easy for myself, and they never have.  I have been diagnosed with dyslexia since I was in the first grade.  My kindergarten teacher recently expressed to me that even at that age she could tell that I was "at risk" for dyslexia, this is surprising because you technically can't be fully diagnosed until your second grade year.  My point is that I have struggled with this part of my life for my entire academic career.  I know what it's like to fail an exit level test, and I understand the feeling of nothing and going no where that Professor Dweck discusses.  I have pretty much been forced to have a growth mindset, or I wouldn't be where I am today.  I have had to strive harder than most students, and have had to redo and try and try again just to reach the goal I aim for.  If I had an fixed mindset I would't have the aspiration to try over and over again to achieve my goals.  Since being at OU I have learned (and still learning) one of the hardest lessons I think I will ever have, and that is to keep going, to never give up (even though you want so bad) until I have reached the goals I want.  I also have learned to be proud of a B or even a C in a class that I know is extremely hard for myself, to be proud of all the steps I have taken, because that only motivates me to keep moving forward.  I love the idea of the "not yet" grade, I believe that it shows students that trying again isn't a horrible thing and that you shouldn't judge or define yourself on your first try.  I also believe that if I would have learned that lesson at a younger age I would be more confident in my academics, once you fail a test you can become fearful and unconfident in your ability to test, and I think that the "not yet" grade shows students that it's okay to fail as long as you try again.   I am extremely interested in learning about the growth mindset this semester, as I believe that it will help encourage me to finish strong with my college career.

  

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