Before this assignment, I had never heard of Growth Mindset. However, the more I watched and read, the more interested I became in the concepts. I have a deep passion for learning and try my best everyday to be intentional about not only receiving the information in my classes but also using it to "grow" or deepen my overall understanding of life. It is important to me that whatever I learn here at OU, I am able to take with me for the entirety of my life after I graduate. However, I think at times everyone can fall into having a fixed mindset. As much as I try and be alert and aware in class. I do occasionally find myself falling into a fixed pattern of merely getting the information only for the grade, especially in classes that I have limited interest in. It is not always correct and unfortunately, it is often the cause of missed information or even forgotten assignments on some occasions. One of the things we were taught growing up was the importance of expanding on o...