I liked the overall idea of the video and agreed with most of what what said. I found the overall message, that students can learn anything and should be encouraged to have a growth mindset, was encouraging and refreshing. In my experience as a tutor, many students did poorly in school because they had been told they were not smart and they believed it. They did not put forth effort to learn hard material because they did not believe they could learn it. Over a long period of time, with much encouragement, a lot of the students improved. They grew to have bigger dreams for the rest of their lives because in changing their outlook on academics, they were able to change their outlooks on their entire futures. A growth mindset in essential, and I have seen first hand its power to change a young person's life.
This being said, I do believe there is still room for encouragement in areas in which students are naturally gifted. Students should be encouraged to work through hard material, but I do not think they should be ignored if a task comes to them easily. Instead, they should be encouraged to pursue more difficult tasks in the same field. While people do have the ability to learn anything, they are still gifted in different areas. A person might quickly understand music but struggle in science classes. It would be right to encourage them to work through the difficult science lessons and expand their learning, but I do not think it would be right to ignore their accomplishments in music simply because it comes easily to them. I believe a growth mindset should be encouraged and that students should be encouraged in all areas of their learning-easy or hard.
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