Who did I work with to compose my academic mindset project? I actually worked by myself because when we were in class talking about different mindsets, I knew exactly what I was going to say. The project reminded me of the teacher who made me realize that I did in fact, have a growth mindset.
What was the most difficult part of my writing process? The most difficult part had to be getting started. Just like every paper I write, I never know how to start it off. I am always clueless on how I should write the first sentence, but I figured out a good approach and just made everything I wrote flow. I overcame the obstacle by rewriting new first sentences at the end of my paper and I picked the best one out of the five different sentences I wrote down. When did I write this project? I wrote this paper as soon as I got home. Well, started it. I actually sat down on my bed and wrote out ideas for my paper and started it. I did not finish the paper in the same day, but the following day I continued to write and I ended up finishing it. On Wednesday night, I reread it to make sure I was not missing anything that was needed in the paper. I thought this was a great approach because I took the time to plan my ideas out and think about what I was writing. I also went back a second day and continued to write, and the following day being the day I reread and corrected my own work. Where did I write this project? I wrote my paper on my bed the same day, as soon as I got home from school. I shut my door so I had complete silence and I wrote out ideas at first and then followed up by writing my first few sentences. I think this was a good approach because I had quietness and was able to think everything through as I wrote my paper. Why did I choose to write about my chosen topic? I chose to write about this topic because right when we first started talking about mindsets, it made me realize how much of a growth mindset I had. It made me think about my old highschool math teacher who brought me down and gave me a “D”, but since I have a growth mindset I continued to take math courses and ended up learning how to do the things I did not know how to do before. I ended up being successful and got a “B” as my final grade in math during my first semester of college. How will I adapt/revise my writing process for future revision of the academic mindset assignment? 1. Write any new ideas that come to mind 2. Reread my paper and check for mistakes/errors 3. Fix run-on sentences and sentences that do not make sense 4. Erase unneeded words, phrases or sentences 5. Add any new ideas or sentences 6. Reread my paper to turn in a final copy
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The movie I chose for our class project is "50 first dates." The movie is about a man named Henry Roth (Adam Sandler), an arctic wildlife vet, constantly sees different women and has no intentions of settling down with anyone. Until one day, he meets a special young lady named Lucy Whitmore in a diner. He immediately tries to get her attention and thinks of her in a different way. He talks to her and she starts to like him. Everything seemed to be going well, until they end up falling asleep... As the sun comes up and the next morning approaches, Lucy wakes up screaming to the fact that there was a man she did not know in her bed. Henry was confused because Lucy failed to recognize him just after all the time they spent together. Henry left the house and later discovers that Lucy has short term memory loss and can't remember each day due to the accident she was involved in. Lucy has been waking up every morning thinking it's Sunday, of last year and does not remember Henry at all. After realizing all of this, Henry does not let it stop him from being with the girl he is starting to fall for. Everyday he finds a new excuse to come in contact with her and speak to her. Though it takes hard work, fake crying, and friends being beat up, he continues to do it. I chose this movie for our class because our class seems to love humor and there are many hilarious scenes throughout the movie, as well as a few cute parts for those who like romance movies. The movie has a lot of different things that go on throughout the movie and I believe that there would be a lot to talk about in our papers. I believe that everyone in the class would like this movie for all different kinds of reasons. It's a great way to learn about how people interact, how relationships sometimes take time, and also it's a comedy. This movie would be perfect for our papers we have to write later on in the sememster. Writing topic ideas for '50 First Dates' 1. What would you do if you were in Henry's shoes? Would you continue to talk to her? 2. When we talked about different mindsets in class, why do you think that Henry would have a growth mindset when it comes to sticking with Lucy? 3. Do you feel as if Lucy will be able to remember things slowly later on in her life? A Desire To Learn
Your mind is full of imaginative thoughts and every person has different processes on how they learn and how much knowledge they can take in. Everyone in the world learns in different ways and they also believe in certain ways to learn and behave. There are two different mindsets that people take up on. There is a fixed mindset, which is when you believe that you are born to know certain things and your learning cannot evolve. A growth mindset, which I have, means your knowledge can increase and you will continue to learn, improve, and correct yourself. In the article The Power Of Believing You Can Improve, ( https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?language=en) Carol Dweck, a Stanford University professor says, “power in believing you can improve,” which is a way to describe a growth mindset. Dweck gave examples on how a growth mindset and how a person can increase their mind and thoughts in a view online. Dweck told viewers that a person can continue to learn and their knowledge can expand. Dweck gave examples of how some people can have a growth mindset. She told viewers that kindergartners in New York, came into school barely knowing how to hold a pencil, but ended the year scoring in the 90th percentile. Dweck also said that students in school would take a test and those who did not pass, did not fail. Instead of failing, students would receive a “not yet” grade; which meant that they did not fail. They just had to retake that test. On the other hand, in the article The Perils Of "Growth Mindset" Education: Why Were Trying To Fix Our Kids When We Should Be Fixing The System (http://www.salon.com/writer/alfie_kohn/) Alvie Kohn, another writer talks about how families should worry about fixing the system rather than praising children all day. Kohn says that "praising isn't good" and continues to admit that the educational system is flawed. In my opinion, praising someone is something that makes children and adults more successful because it gives them the confidence to put all of their effort into their work. I agree with Kohn when he says that the educational system is flawed; however I agree with Deweck when she says that that mind can grow rather than agreeing with Kohn who says that we should worry about fixing it instead of thinking your knowledge can grow. Stretching your mind out and grasping new information is a great way to learn and is very different than being someone with a fixed mindset. A growth mindset approach helps a student feel more confident and more accepting to their work because they are constantly hearing, “You did your best, awesome job!” Parents and many teachers try to motivate students by telling them that if they put effort in, they will get some credit for the effort they put in the work. After getting half credit on some work that may not be right, teachers often consider new ideas to help a student re-word or redo problems or essays. This process help students move forward and get better grades after being corrected. Instead of receiving a bad grade or failing grade, students will get a “not yet” grade which means to just try again. Dweck said that many authority figures like parents and teachers “Praise for process, not intelligence.” Yet, then again, there is something called the “Cheat vs Study which meant that if a student did not do as well, they would cheat their way through or they would study to get a better grade. Educational experiences, in my opinion, promote both fixed and growth mindsets. In my senior year of highschool, I had a math teacher that constantly got aggravated with students in the class for being confused with the math questions. He often got angry when too many students would ask a lot of questions and rarely stayed after school to help those who struggled with math. I was one of the people who struggled and he constantly got annoyed with the questions I asked, which resulted in me getting low test grades. Thankfully I passed the class by just enough. As a freshman in college, I had to pick classes for my first semester. I was extremely nervous about taking a math course, but I knew I needed to in order to become a nurse. I gained the confidence and picked a math course and I am beyond grateful I took the class. I had such a great professor who actually took time to sit with me and helped me understand math. He even stayed later after class was over to make sure I understood what was going on. He knew I stressed about math, so he was a HUGE help. I needed that extra push and confidence and my professor gave me just that. I ended up passing his class with a “B” and I could not be anymore proud of myself as well as being grateful for the professor I had during my first semester of college. With the “cheat vs study” idea, I was more of a growth mindset who continued to study and get help until I eventually understood what I was doing. A growth mindset helped me learn that my mind can continue to grow and I never cheated my way through. It may have took much longer to study, but I can happily say that I overcame my troubles with math and became more successful and I am still continuing to learn. Everyone in this world has one of the two mindsets, either a fixed mindset or a growth mindset. A growth mindset is when you believe you can learn something and your mind can continue to grow. The difference is, a fixed mindset is based on your inherent nature. When a person believes that they only know something or they do not. They cannot learn new things, it's an inherited trait.
In the article ‘Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research, Carol Dweck Says’ Carol Dweck is a Stanford University psychology professor and works many people to determine if they have either a fixed mindset or a growth Mindset. “Deweck believes too many students are hobbled by the belief that intelligence is a fixed trait.” Deweck learns about children in school and their actions and the way their parents raise them. Deweck explains that teachers and parents should praise a child's process and strategies, and tie those to the result. In the article ‘The perils of “Growth Mindset” education: Why we’re trying to fix our kids when we should be fixing the system’ it says, “students have been led — by things like grades, tests, and, worst of all, competition — to become more focused on achievement than on the learning itself.” You can put in the effort and learn what you would like to. You can learn how to do things you would not think you can do, especially with educators. As a college student, I think I have a growth mindset. I love to learn new things and when I do not think I can do something, I do not just give up. I actually keep trying until I eventually become good at it. There is always room for improvement and always room for learning new things. Out of the four academic mindsets, I would pick the growth mindset. Even though it is only my second semester here at Delaware County Community College, I believe that if I put in effort to work at something, I believe I can become successful. I believe that my abilities and mind can grow and learn more things rather than just having it be “inherited.” The mind grows and there's always room for new facts, ideas and learning. On page 32, it says “In another study on growth mindsets, seventh-grade students in a randomized treatment group participated in a weekly 25-minute advisory group for eight ses- sions in the spring where they learned that intelligence is changeable and that the brain is like a muscle which grows with use.” Having more of growth mindset is a beneficial factor because the mind continues to learn and develop new things instead of just believing you cannot do something.
A fixed mindset is when a person believes that can only know what they grew up already knowing. A growth mindset is when you believe you have the ability to continue to learn new things. Personally, I have a growth mindset. I believe in learning new things everyday. Everyday is a new day full of new things. I believe in hearing criticism and fixing my mistakes. I believe that “practice makes perfect.” A personal example would be me being in math class last semester. My senior year of highschool, I was terrible at math. My math teacher was very strict on learning and believed everyone should be on the same level. He actually got mad when people would ask too many questions and would get mad when people needed more help than others. This was very hard for me because I was not the best at math. I always struggled with it and it took me longer to do problems in class and on homework. I remember spending hours on homework and being stressed over upcoming tests. During my first semester of college, I decided to try to take math again and I am so glad I did. My professor was wonderful. He taught me how to do math and spent time going over problems and always helped me learn. Now, I enjoy math and it's all because of such a great professor! I believe I have a growth mindset because I did not give up just because I could not do something. I decided to take another math course and now I know much more than I did before. There was a strong smell of bacon and eggs that flooded my room. As I open my eyes, all I can see is everything in my room. My room was covered and filled with 101 dalmation toys, decorations, and even stuffed animals. My walls were even white and had large black spots on them. After looking around the room, I realized the smell was coming from down stairs. I get up, open my door and walked down the brown carpeted stairs, I could hear a frying pan sizzling and dishes clunking together as if they were being washed. As I walked down to almost the bottom of the stairs, I looked at the small peachy colored walls full of family photos on them. I then looked over at the table and noticed breakfast was ready. Everyone in my family was sitting at the table, even my grandpa. As I walked around the table, I looked outback at my giant backyard that had a swing set, trampoline, and moon bounce set up. I sat down in the open seat. Next to my grandpop of course and that's when I asked my parents why I had a moon bounce outback. I was about nine at the time, going on ten and my mother said, “Today's your special day! Your birthday party.” As I heard her saying these words, my body felt full of excitement. I knew my mom and dad had special things planned, because they always threw me the best birthday parties every year. It was even better because my grandpa lived with us and he, along with other family members and friends would join me on my special day. I was excited because my grandpa always surprised me with different kinds of entertainment for my party. One year, he hired someone from the actual circus to come over and perform tricks, another year he had a magician come and do magic tricks. It was my tenth birthday and I was sure he had another special thing planned. Around five o'clock, my friends, family, and neighbors started to arrive. My house was full of balloons and a big cake. My backyard was full of tons of birthday decorations. We set up chairs for everyone to sit on and that is when my grandpa told me he has someone with horses and monkeys on their way over. I have no idea how he knows people like that, but then again, he knew everyone. Moments later three men pulled up to my house with a trailer that held two horses and two monkeys. We sat down and took turns riding on the horses and holding, feeding and taking pictures with the monkeys along with playing on the moon bounce and everything else I had in my backyard. Everyone had a great time and it was yet again, another wonderful party. After about three years, my grandpa needed to get his knee drained because he hurt it and there was too much fluid in his knee. He went into Taylor Hospital for the procedure and after he was done, he had to stay in the hospital for a few more hours after a nurse had given him pain medication. That “pain medication” happened to be bleach. Mistakingly, the nurse did not realize she switched bleach with liquid pain medication and my grandpa had drank it. He went into cardiac arrest and immediately hooked up to all different kinds of wires and machines. Days later, he passed. If it was not for his knee drain and the nurse accidentally giving him bleach. (I don't understand how you can mess something that serious up) He would still be here today. My grandpa always loved his family and did so much to help whoever was in need. He was an all around great guy and it just saddens my family that the cause of his death was because of a knee drain. My heart aches with the loss of such a genuine person. About a few months later, We moved out of our house to a house right across the street because my mom was pregnant with my brother Dylan, and later on three more other brothers. We needed a bigger house for my family. Why can't I go back to the house that's only right across the street? It's simply because it was not just a house across the street, it was a “home” full of memories and stories with an unforgettable person and that is something I can never get back. "Writing what, when, who and where. They're basically descriptive and writing about them does not contribute to useful reflection. Instead, you should write about your thoughts."
In a reflection paper, I did just that. I explained the feelings I felt along with descriptive things that went on. I cannot really say who helped me think of my idea, because the topic I decided to write about just popped into my head. I can say that during one of our class periods, my professor had given us time to quickly flood ideas from our head onto paper without erasing. That helped a lot and helped me realize how I felt during a certain time in my life. It was a great approach to get me started. What was the most difficult part of my writing process? I would have to say getting started was the hardest. After I finally thought of a topic/idea to talk about, it was impossible to come up with a first sentence. I knew exactly what I was going to talk about in my paper but the first sentence was the most difficult part. When did I write this paper? Believe it or not, I actually started this paper right away. Normally, I wait a couple days to start just so I can get my thoughts together, but after the one class period we had on writing non-stop, it helped me think about all the different things that happened that day and the feelings I felt. As soon as I got home that same day, I began to write out more ideas and began writing my paper. Where did I write this paper? I began writing ideas for my paper in class, but I started to write the actual paper in my room as soon as I got home from school. Why did I write this paper? I wrote this paper because I finally knew what I was feeling and what went on days before my grandpop passed and it made me miss my old house that was full of such wonderful memories. I really enjoyed writing this paper because I finally got to write memories, feelings and emotions onto paper. Shockingly, the paper did not take me as long as I thought it would to write. As soon as I got my ideas together and thought of a first sentence, I barely pulled my pencil off my paper. I knew exactly what I was going to write about and the class period we had together on different topics was a great approach. The approach did not only help me write my paper, but it helped me reflect back on old memories. The ‘Neverland’ is a great example of a hiraeth because it's a magical place full of beautiful things.
A yearning for a home that you cannot find again, or in other words, a “hiraeth” relates to my old house that I lived in from birth to the age of eight. Weirdly enough, that house happens to be right across the street from my newer house. Weird, I know. This house across the street that I had lived in for years has memories on top of memories inside and outside it. From learning how to walk inside, to running around in the backyard with friends. Growing up, almost every year, my parents always liked to have big birthday parties for me with many people. Since we had a big backyard and a decent sized house, we invited everyone in my classes along with family members from all different states. We had different kinds of entertainment for the party. I can remember having horses in my backyard for kids to take rides on, having monkeys at my party to take pictures with, watch them do tricks and bottle feed. I had a magician at my party and I can also remember having a guy that worked at the circus come over and perform tricks on unicycle, juggled and many other awesome tricks. My parties were not the only things that I miss, I remember getting my first dog and bringing her home to my new house. She was a teacup Yorkie and I remember playing outback and inside with her. I also remember having movie nights in my livingroom. There were so many things I miss about my old house, but once my four other brothers were born, we needed a bigger house which happened to be right across the street!
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AuthorMy name is Samantha Hawkins and I am a college student studying Nursing. This is my blog post for one of my classes! Archives
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