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Growth Mindset
Michael Wesch. The Sleeper The Sleeper - YouTube
A very powerful video exposing the faults in forming judgements of others as well as a major problem in the educational system - the expectation that all students should fit the same mold. As a student watching this video, I am in awe of the humanity of this teacher. I find it interesting to follow his emotions and actions regarding the sleeping student - curiosity, anger, acceptance, outreach, transformation, and resolution. In the end, the teacher and the student are both transformed in a positive way.
My favorite scene is where the teacher throws out all semblance of a classroom and engages the student as a human and seeks to explore what is meaningful to the student. I am not a traditional learner, partially due to a medical diagnosis and partially due to what I consider a misidentification of my best learning style. I struggled early in school, compensated and persevere through high school, and have experienced some struggles in college. Time helps, as well as your finding passion within a major and experiencing upper division classes that require thought rather than rote memorization. I applaud this teacher, I love the video and just the acknowledgement may be the catalyst to signal a change...even if it is just one student at a time.
IMAGE of student reading under a tree
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