Marcus Credes Criticism Towards Angela Duckworth

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Marcus Crede’s criticism towards Angela Duckworth's viewpoints on grit are effective as well as credible considering his usage of facts and statistics to prove his claim. Crede points out how ninety-five percent of cadets make it through Beast Barracks in addition ninety-eight percent of the people with a substantial amount of grit will make it. Claiming this supports Credes claim since he shows the reality along with the truth of individuals going through Beast Barracks, he proves that grit is not a necessity to pass. Also, this claim proves effective considering Duckworth agreed with Credes critiques to do with grit and success as a cadet in Beast Barracks. Another example of Marcus proving Duckworth’s paper is misleading is in point number

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