Never was a yearner
Always put his dreams
on the backburner
She had a growth mindset
Would start to get upset
If the last thing she'd done
Wasn't the best she'd done yet
He thought talent was fixed quantity -
A self-fulfilling prophecy
As, when faced with a challenge,
Retreat was his philosophy
She saw her talent just as potential
That fact was evidential
Because when she faced opposition
A battle was consequential
When he saw success
He found it nothing less
Than threatening and worrying
While she was inspired and impressed
She so desired to learn, he so desired to look intelligent
So he cheated and schemed, she'd say that attitude was decadent
They started off the same, maybe him slightly ahead
The ending to both their stories I'll let you invent
Any guesses?
This poem was inspired by the following article, about the different attitudes people have to intelligence - http://alpine.usskiteam.com/sites/default/files/documents/athletics/freestyle/2013-14/documents/Mindsets_USOCCoach_Winter_2009_Dweck.pdf
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| Picture taken from the above article. Graphic by Nigel Holmes. |
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