A growth mindset and the power of “yet” is an interesting topic and Professor Carol Dweck’s take on the subject is very convincing. In her talk, Dweck shows us how strong the power of yet can be. She is able to prove how well it works with her many studies on showing kids a growth mindset. According to one of her studies, Dweck says that many kids have different thoughts when they are faced with a challenge. Some students respond with, “I love a challenge” (Dweck 2), and others explain to her how tragic it is and give up on the problem. The children that don’t have a growth mindset get stuck and held back in their learning and that needs to change. If teachers and parents enforce the power of “yet” or “not yet” then kids respond much better when faced with the challenge. This is because the students are able to realize that even though they don’t have the solution yet, they can still work harder to find it. I can’t help but agree with what Dweck says in this talk. She gives a lot of evidence to support that kids learn more when they are told “not yet” instead of they failed. They will then see it as something to work for instead of something they can’t do.
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