Having a special best friend is best thing happening to me when I was kid. My best friend, Grant Berry, he is coolest and grittiest person I ever knew and I do not have as much grit compared to Berry. I believed Grant Berry and I are different in every way, but turns out it was not the case. Recently, I learned Grant Berry and I are similar and yet so different in certain areas such as mindset and skills in reading courses.
One area that Berry and I are similar in is having trouble remembering what we read. When Berry had trouble reading when he was a teenager, he explains, “My eyes walked over words like a snail trudging through mud” (502). It was difficult for him to keep his mind on the reading material as his brain wanders away from what …show more content…
As a matter of fact, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Angela Duckworth defines grit as “sticking with things over the very long term until you master them”. Berry is gritty by going to college, while working and sacrificing time that could be spent with his children. While Berry worked forty to fifty hours a week, he still showed up to his classes and finished his homework. Yet, even with so many obligations in life, he shows lots of grit by putting his main focus on getting a degree. In contrast, I tend to procrastinate on assignments and struggle not to give up. In my head, to be successful, I will have to have a good attitude and put in the effort twice as much. However, I am afraid of after all the effort I have put in, I could still fail; I had this mindset as far as I can remember. Since middle school, I would try to pass all my classes by doing the least amount of work. It eventually caught up to me and affects how I do my college assignments. In conclusion, While Berry and I both developed a growth mindset and had trouble with reading, Grant Berry showed me that being gritty is something I can still learn, and no matter how old I am, I can still change. Grant Berry and I may be similar and yet different, but end of the day we are best friend for
One area that Berry and I are similar in is having trouble remembering what we read. When Berry had trouble reading when he was a teenager, he explains, “My eyes walked over words like a snail trudging through mud” (502). It was difficult for him to keep his mind on the reading material as his brain wanders away from what …show more content…
As a matter of fact, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Angela Duckworth defines grit as “sticking with things over the very long term until you master them”. Berry is gritty by going to college, while working and sacrificing time that could be spent with his children. While Berry worked forty to fifty hours a week, he still showed up to his classes and finished his homework. Yet, even with so many obligations in life, he shows lots of grit by putting his main focus on getting a degree. In contrast, I tend to procrastinate on assignments and struggle not to give up. In my head, to be successful, I will have to have a good attitude and put in the effort twice as much. However, I am afraid of after all the effort I have put in, I could still fail; I had this mindset as far as I can remember. Since middle school, I would try to pass all my classes by doing the least amount of work. It eventually caught up to me and affects how I do my college assignments. In conclusion, While Berry and I both developed a growth mindset and had trouble with reading, Grant Berry showed me that being gritty is something I can still learn, and no matter how old I am, I can still change. Grant Berry and I may be similar and yet different, but end of the day we are best friend for