Essays on Grit

In its most basic meaning, “grit” is the bravery, strength, and resolve inside a person. It is the one thing that many public schools try to crush, because it is the single biggest cause of trouble, especially among middle school and high school students. Too many educators believe it is a “spirit” that must be broken, spoon-feeding material to students that isn’t always relevant to the student, or to the student’s career goals. As John Holt explains in his article, “How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading”, “(I asked) questions designed to bring out the points that I ...

Duckworth (2013) became interested in a motivational aspect of learning during her job as a math teacher in the public school. She noticed that IQ did not determine the success of students at school. This is why she began to research to find the answer to the question: What predicts the success of people in various challenging situations? She found out that passion and ability to work hard to achieve long-tern goals – the characteristic, she called “grit” predicts success in various areas. Other characteristics, such as IQ, nice appearance, talent, or health did not play as an important role ...

Essay for Business School

The urge to excel in life and perform exemplary acts has led people to tread paths that were arduous but filled with learning and wisdom. I am no different since I have always managed to tread difficult paths in the face of insurmountable obstacles and always managed to achieve unbridled success in such attempts. At present, my aim would be to gain entry into EBS for a variety of reasons. EBS school is a world renowned business school that is known for its Executive MBA program. This program is a top notch program that is combined with the Durham ...

It needs to be reckoned that one of the main aspects of a fictional literary work is the characterization that goes on to bind the entire text together accentuating its affective appeal to the readers. Literary artists too have come to exude their aesthetic and literary quintessence when it comes to the question of penning characters in their respective stories. For the purpose of proper comprehension of the matter in context, one can take into reckoning three very popular short stories that have come to gain the accolades of the literary critics as well as the avid readers all ...

The grade point average (GPA) can be considered a negative force in the American educational system. It is based on the assumption that human beings are fundamentally thinking creatures (Brooks). This means that learners must be enrolled in teaching programs to train them to become self-disciplined. This is the initial integral step towards the acquisition of knowledge by school-going individuals. Even though this is partly true, the fact that human beings are driven by their individual desires is inevitable. People have the need to satisfy their particular needs in the manner they want. This is the basis of human ...

Psychology

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According to test result, my grit score is 3.17 (from 1 minimum and 5 maximum points). This fact means that my grit and perseverance is somewhere in the middle, due to this estimate. Moreover, it is actually true. Remembering my life and my actions, I can state that sometimes I was showing the wonders of persistence. During that time, my motivation was as high as a sky; my goal was clear and reasons for doing that were certain. Nevertheless, there were situations with opposite effect. After having spent some time working on ...

{Author Name [first-name middle-name-initials last-name]} {Institution Affiliation [name of Author’s institute]} The present paper reviews three different articles that are focused on teaching and learning concepts. The first article is based on fixed versus growth mindset which is written by Popova (2014). In this article, the author discussed the fundamental belief that is most common among people. Most of the people believe that the character, intelligence and creativity are the hereditary blessed traits that cannot be changed. These people are classified as fixed mindset individuals who believe that striving for success is worthless and it better to avoid ...

In the world of Jane Austen adaptations, Joe Wright’s 2005 film Pride and Prejudice proves itself incredibly innovative in its approach. Prior attempts at adapting Austen works, including Pride, focus on a clean-cut, ornate and incredibly stately world of Victorian England, with upper-class characters spending the entire film in eloquent settings and speaking in decidedly unapproachable manners. Wright, along with screenwriter Deborah Moggach, eschew this aesthetic in order to provide their adaptation of Pride and Prejudice with a more casual, approachable take on the classic Jane Austen romance, complete with a greater emphasis on naturalism, grit and approachability. ...

There can be no debate over the fact that Phillis Wheatley was one of the representatives of the marginalized communities during her time. She belonged to be African American community and was sold as a slave to a family. She went on to become an eminent poetess as she grew up exuding her creative skills. She was encouraged by the family that bought her as a kid. It needs to be noted that in spite of being from the marginalized community, Wheatley came to be a celebrated creative artist through her grit and resolution. Now, in the present day ...

“We rarely left our house to play because Mom said there were many bad people waiting to hurt us. When I did go out to buy food in the commune’s grocery store a few blocks away, I always walked in the middle, safely flanked by my three sisters as we hurried in and out.” (Chen 2) In this passage, the author discusses about his childhood days. He was born in a town that was hit with drought and lack of food. The conditions in the locality were quite grave with the economic problems reflecting in the actions of ...

The Karate Kid, a quintessential film portraying the journey of an adolescent through the odds of life and the final triumph of life, serves to cinematically describe the stages of development of an adolescent individual. It would be extremely interesting to apply the theories of Erik Erikson in deciphering the cinematic essence of the film and having a comprehensive view of the matter.

Erikson describes the stage to be one when the adolescent is concerned about how others perceive of him or her. The superego of the adolescent grows as does the confidence of oneself. The child finally develops a sense of ...

Life is a process that entails continuous learning not only through difficult and horrifying moments but also through continued our past successes. This learning process remains throughout our lifetime and only disappears when we take an eternal slumber never to see the rising sun again. This paper intends to focus the learning moments in life by exploring the lessons learnt from both the worst and darkest moments and also through the different successes achieved in life.

Focusing on the worst darkest moments that I have experiences in life, my mind flashes back to the summer of 2009 when I visited ...

The questions of learning and intelligence have long been debated since education has ever existed. That learning leads directly to intelligence is an assumption which has not been subject to adequate scrutiny. Typically, an "intelligent" student is one who invests less of almost about everything to not only succeed but also to achieve outstanding results. That is, by studying less an intelligent student is expected to know about study subjects enough, which requires least effort possible of her. Talent, moreover, has long been praised as an exceptional gift which one is helpless to develop, let alone initiate. To help ...

Abstract

Solid waste and wastewater are primary sources of pollution from food processing industries. The wastewaters usually contain high suspended solids, organic starch and sugars that may contain toxic substances to the environment. Solid wastes come from organic materials while the mechanical preparation processes need biological treatment before releases into the environment. When untreated, they find their way into other water plants like lakes and streams. Since they have higher nutrient content, they result of eutrophication of the water systems hence causing algal growth. It, therefore, compromises the stability of the aquatic ecosystems as the water quality is changed. It ...

Answer each question separately with short answers

1A) Describe the difference between grit and conscientiousness? Grit is the persistence and desire for the accomplishment of long-term goals whereas conscientiousness is a personality trait describes individuals who are reliable, organize themselves, have self-control and thorough. In addition, grit emphasizes on a long-term intensity whereas conscientiousness often focuses on short-term intensity. 2B) According to Duckworth et. al., what is the relationship between grit and education? Grit relates with education in such a way that more adults who are educated are higher in grit than those who are less educated but of an equal age. The authors add the ...

The global expenditure on the health system is very high, where governments strive to better the health of their citizens. However, the accessibility to health care is very different from one county to another; in some countries such as the Scandinavian countries universal health care is a right if every human being, and is provided free if charge to all. On the other side of the other side, countries which follow a more capitalistic model, like the USA, believe that healthcare is a service and not a right; thus it is every man for him. The government does not guarantee free health care ...

Dr. A.B.C The purpose of this case study is to explore the reasons behind the growth and advancement, of a corporation in aviation industry that has successfully evolved, in spite of technological advancements and challenges since 1937. Air Canada is a case in example how a fully government owned company can go on to become the best airlines in North America, and a force to reckon with in the whole of the world. From humble beginning in 1937, with a fleet of Lockheed L-10A, it now has the most modern fleet in North America. I would like to stress, that their failures ...

I acknowledge that this research is done by me with the help of my tutor. Therefore, I would like to convey my gratitude to all those who helped me and encouraged me to finish this task.

Employability

Employ ability is a set of skills of a person to gain and maintain employment. For individuals, employ ability is a set of abilities, persona skills that help in maintain, gaining and upgrading employment. The set of abilities are individual controlled. There are four basic components of employ ability: Assets, Deployment, Presentation, and Personal Circumstances (David, 2006). Employee assets include what they know, their skills ...

Perseverance is being able to conquer all hardships and stand face up no matter how tough a situation you have to go through is. Indicatively, the online Oxford Dictionaries define perseverance as “persistence in doing something despite difficulty” (Oxford University Press), which also gives a satisfying definition to my life’s path as of now. Living a normal and happy family life and then being forced to live on the streets from one day to the other, due to various family issues, can become a devastating milestone in one’s life. In fact, it could as well be the very last phase ...

Life is a process that entails continuous learning not only through difficult and horrifying moments but also through continued our past successes. This learning process remains throughout our lifetime and only disappears when we take an eternal slumber never to see the rising sun again. This paper intends to focus the learning moments in life by exploring the lessons learnt from both the worst and darkest moments and also through the different successes achieved in life. From Wegener’s explanation to ironic errors which are also referred to as counter intentional errors I am able to relate this with personal ...

The western and the war film are both distinctly violent films – they are basically about revenge, defeating the adversary, and operating in a wilderness of sorts (the Old West, compared to the jungles of Vietnam or the beaches of Normandy). In many films of this genre, the protagonist is unfamiliar with the harshness of the environment around them – they are not accustomed to violence, and must find themselves in the process. Two such characters are, respectively, Mattie Ross in the 1969 western True Grit and Chris Taylor in the 1986 war film Platoon. Both are young, idealistic characters who slowly ...