Analysis Of Mindset By Carol S Dweck

In the email to Dr. Herrera, the mother Linda Mitchell is asking to have her son 's math grade changed to avoid summer school. In the book Mindset by Carol S Dweck, It teaches the importance of the psychology of success. The text makes it apparent that George must learn a different type of mindset. The book talks about two types of mindsets and the teacher should encourage George to have a growth mindset as suppose to a fixed mindset. Dr. Herrera should not change George’s math grade from a F to a D so that he does have to take summer school because he should improve his math skills, he should be well rounded and he should learn that things will not necessary be handed to him easily without effort. Furthermore, George should want to attend summer school to improve his math skills. Dr. Herrera would not be doing George any favors by passing him. In the book Mindset it states “Becoming is better than being” (Dweck 25) George feels that there is no point in getting help with math because he simply can 't do it. He feels that by getting forced to improve his math skills it will have no other result than making him feel less intelligent, but …show more content…
His mother writing an email for George’s math grade to be changed is just trying to “protect him from failure”(Dweck 181) while his mother might think she is doing the right thing by keeping him from disappointment, she is just harming him in the long run. George feels miserable when it comes to math because his seventh grade teacher made fun of him for not knowing the times tables. By not knowing his time tables George should have come to a realization and tried harder. Dr. Herrera should not change his math grade because “there are no shortcuts” (Dweck 199) and passing him will only cause him to think that he can easily manipulate someone in order for him to succeed. Thus, things should not be handed to George so that he learns to be an independent young man with a growth