I want to help all of my students grow growth mindset brains by modeling my own reaction to getting questions wrong or experiencing challenging tasks. I have strong memories from high school and college when I pretended to know what someone was talking about just so I wouldn't have to admit to my ignorance or feel embarrassed by someone I deemed "smarter than me." It wasn't until I had been teaching for a few years that I finally realized that this defensive attitude wasn't serving me well. I wasn't being authentic, and I was missing so many opportunities to learn and challenge myself. These memories allow me to be even more emphatic about our need to adopt growth mindsets.
In my classroom, we will embrace failure, not dodge it.
In my classroom, we will cheer for one another, not silently create hierarchies and competition.
In my classroom, we will be empowered, not ashamed, of our ignorance.
In my classroom, we will grow to be better learners, readers, and writers by embracing criticism.
In my classroom, we will "reach ever-higher levels of achievement."
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