Grit - spoken by Angela Lee Duckworth

 Grit 

    Angela Lee talks about something I've always believed in. That is that the students who are doing better in school than others, doesn't necessarily mean they are smarter. I've always believed in that because the students who do better in school are the ones that are only able to memorize, rather than actually understand. They are not trying to better themselves with knowledge that they can seek by themselves. They take the knowledge from their teachers and just apply it on tests. 

    

    Not that I wasn't one of these students, I very much were. I sued to study just for the sake of passing, nit worrying about if I'll remember the things I've learned after applying it on the tests and quizzes. However, as I've grown and realized that I was passing school in a very wrong way, I changed that habit. A very big part of changing that habit was changing school systems. Everytime I talked with anyone about school systems, they say that the Canadian one gives students the opportunity to think outside the box and not have a strict curriculum. Whereas, the American one is all about doing 1, 2 and 3 in only one way, which will then turn out to be the only right one.  Agreeing with Angela, I also think grit is one of the most important qualities a student should have so that they van succeed in life, or in school