Have you ever failed a test when you studied very hard for it? Don’t you think it is a fallacious idea to be judged by your score, but not your perseverance? In the article, “The Winning Edge”, author Peter Doskoch argues that perseverance is more important than talent, or intelligence. There are billions of people that are being judged by their test and quiz scores, but not by their hard work. This habitual practice is all around American education, despite its wrongness. This wrongness that scores are more important, than hard work makes people to eschew grit. In my opinion, children should be honored for the grit they put into a work, not with the scores they get. I think that American education should honor kids who show perseverance in
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If a student failed a test, and the teacher never taught about perseverance then that student is eventually going to give up in everything. In American education perseverance should come in first than anything, because that is the key to intelligence. To illustrate this, as Albert Einstein said “ Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all facts” this quote conveys that a person should never give up, and will eventually be successful than the intelligent person. People who have perseverance in themselves never quit in anything and they just keep on trying until they get whatever they want. As proved in this quote “They just really believe in the end that they’re just going to keep on pushing, keep on making the phone calls, writing the letters, whatever they have to do” (Pg.165). As the quote expresses people who have grit are going to get to whatever they want in life because they are never going to surrender. They are always going to try until the very last moment, where whatever they wanted comes true. A person should always have perseverance and grit in themselves because that is the only way to be very successful in life! In conclusion a person should never give up in life and should push themselves until they reach their
If a student failed a test, and the teacher never taught about perseverance then that student is eventually going to give up in everything. In American education perseverance should come in first than anything, because that is the key to intelligence. To illustrate this, as Albert Einstein said “ Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all facts” this quote conveys that a person should never give up, and will eventually be successful than the intelligent person. People who have perseverance in themselves never quit in anything and they just keep on trying until they get whatever they want. As proved in this quote “They just really believe in the end that they’re just going to keep on pushing, keep on making the phone calls, writing the letters, whatever they have to do” (Pg.165). As the quote expresses people who have grit are going to get to whatever they want in life because they are never going to surrender. They are always going to try until the very last moment, where whatever they wanted comes true. A person should always have perseverance and grit in themselves because that is the only way to be very successful in life! In conclusion a person should never give up in life and should push themselves until they reach their