“[Children] who coast through the early grades under the dangerous notion that no-effort academic achievement defines them as smart or gifted. Such children hold and implicit belief that intelligence is innate and fixed, making striving to learn seem far less important than being (or looking) smart. This belief also makes them see challenges, mistakes and even the need to exert as threats to their ego rather than as opportunities to improve” (Carol S. Dweck, Scientific American Mind - November 28, 2007).
My landmark tells us that people who think intelligence is innate or fixed into their brain often fail at school. The intelligent kids stop trying at school because they think that they are smarter than everyone else and do not need to try as hard. These kids think that their brains will always be smarter that their neighbors.
Kids that think that they cannot get smarter or develop their brains often do poorly in school due to the facts that they don’t have a growth-mindset. Growth- Mindset allows kids to understand that their brain is constantly growing.
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