We Have To Do Students in Anaheim have a worse chance of graduating compared to kids who go to KIPP who spend way more time doing school work and homework till very late. According to Gladwell in “Marita’s Bargain”, “just over ten years into existence KIPP became one of the most desirable schools in New york city” (4).There's a reason for the success of KIPP in this story we analyzed, the children succeed because they come from tough backgrounds but are given the opportunity to succeed by testing their work ethic and passion to succeed in an experimental school. Also, Gladwell meant was, “Schools work. The problem for the schools, for the students there isn't enough of it”(10). The work that our Anaheim schools give us isn't the easiest
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Dweck was trying to tell us,”children who get challenged every day have a better chance to succeed even if they fail they keep trying”(23). This is clearly an argument for what our school needs to change, we need more effort out of our schools students. Anaheim has some of the brightest students in California, but we need to develop a “growth mindset” to succeed in school. Dweck also said, “our society is full of children who believe that they are not smart, but they need to have a growth mindset”(23). I've seen too many students in the few schools i've been to say, I can't do it”, or I'm just not as smart as those kids. Our students need to make changes in their confidence. I don't know what causes us to become so self doubting like this, but it's clearly harming our …show more content…
It was pretty fun and i got to play the thing i loved at school but it did come with some positives and negatives. When u used to play i would come to practice really early and work on my game. It showed me how to have a lot of of discipline and hard work to get what i want out of my life. But it did become a distraction to my school work and i was coming home really late from practices making me tired and not want to do any homework or study. So my dad and i decided that i was gonna quit the team.it took an emotional toll on me though because they didn't let me play because of my
Dweck was trying to tell us,”children who get challenged every day have a better chance to succeed even if they fail they keep trying”(23). This is clearly an argument for what our school needs to change, we need more effort out of our schools students. Anaheim has some of the brightest students in California, but we need to develop a “growth mindset” to succeed in school. Dweck also said, “our society is full of children who believe that they are not smart, but they need to have a growth mindset”(23). I've seen too many students in the few schools i've been to say, I can't do it”, or I'm just not as smart as those kids. Our students need to make changes in their confidence. I don't know what causes us to become so self doubting like this, but it's clearly harming our …show more content…
It was pretty fun and i got to play the thing i loved at school but it did come with some positives and negatives. When u used to play i would come to practice really early and work on my game. It showed me how to have a lot of of discipline and hard work to get what i want out of my life. But it did become a distraction to my school work and i was coming home really late from practices making me tired and not want to do any homework or study. So my dad and i decided that i was gonna quit the team.it took an emotional toll on me though because they didn't let me play because of my