Essays on Perseverance

How can students develop and use grit and/or growth mindset? “On the off chance that you envision less, less will be what you without a doubt merit,” Debbie Millman advised in a standout amongst other initiation talks given, encouraging: “Do what you cherish, and don’t...

The book, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, starts the process of having you evaluate your evolving interests and determination to them. I rated myself on the “Grit Scale” and had a score of 43. Overall, this scale is a really good tool to...

Throughout the United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s speech to the graduating female class of Mount Holyoke College, she elaborates upon how she used her knowledge and education to benefit more than herself. She covers a wide variety of topics such as nuclear weapons,...

The perseverance of a definitive truth about the nature of human experience is inhibited by subjectivity and the intrinsic obscurity of man. Citizen Kane demonstrates this struggle for the perseverance of truth through the failure of subjective testimonies, such as those explored in Thompson’s interviews,...

Life is full of situations that challenge people to overcome the odds and achieve what they thought was impossible. Such is the case in Sherman Alexie’s short story, “What You Pawn I Will Redeem.” The narrator is faced with what seems to be an impossible...