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mars-ipan · 2 months

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did anyone else’s public school system have like an obsession with the word/acronym “grit” and just like constantly shove the definitions of the words gumption resilience integrity and tenacity down their throats or was that just mine. either way what was up with that

#marzi speaks #what was with the grit thing. why #we would have like pep rallies about it. in middle school we’d spend library days talking about grit #makes no goddamn sense in hindsight. why did they do that #they always used like the same four images too #gumption was an image of a cat walking past 4 dogs #resilience was a dandelion growing in concrete #integrity was clipart of a kid choosing not to cheat on a test even though they could #and tenacity was clipart of a frog choking out the crane trying to eat it #wh. why did they hammer that into my head for 12 years #i mean like those are good qualities to try to instill in kids sure but. ????????#why Always Those??? it was that and Have A Growth Mindset but they were garbage at actually teaching you with a growth mindset #have a growth mindset kids! anyways i’m about to base your worth and my perception of you on a number and there is nothing you can do about #it except change the number you show me. have fun keeping that self esteem up #public school is so fucking weird

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