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Chelsea Eareckson- The Entity Parasite (Chapter 3)

The Entity Parasite 
“I’m just not good at math!” I told my tutor after an exhausting session of trying to get through the standard homework assignment in my high school calc class. That statement is something I believed deeply, and it greatly a…

It’s All In Our Head

When I first started reading this chapter, the first thing that immediately got my attention is the approach that Dr.Dweck took that is different from that of previous authors. He brings up the idea of how “bright girls don’t cope well with confus…

Greater Understanding of Gender Differences

 
 
by Lillie Mucha

Some research on Carol S. Dweck led me to confirm that she was the first researcher to coin and popularize the fixed mindset and growth mindset theories (Popova, 2014). It was very helpful for me to read about these theor…

Math as a Gift

It seems that society has committed an injustice against this generation of young girls; by teaching them that intellectual abilities are something you are born with and either have or don’t have, girls become downtrodden into the stereotype th…