Growth Mindset
Since I did the growth mindset orientation last semester in the Indian Epics class, this time around I decided to instead write about two new videos that I found on the Growth Mindset Playlist. The first video I am writing about is called "Which mental 'deficits' are really hidden strengths?" The title of the video was really intriguing to me when I was first skimming through the playlist. I enjoyed what Heather Heying had to say pretty much from the start--she points out the diversity of humans. I liked how she did this in terms of our brains all having different connections, strengths and weaknesses. It made me think about how important our brains really are for our outward physical reactions/interactions. The word she uses to discuss all of this is neurodiversity. I quite like that word! It's a new one, but it has a nice ring to it. She then begins to discuss different cases of being the "non-dominant phenotype." Some of these cases inc...