Week 11 Growth Mindset

This will be my final post! I can't believe I'll be done with this class after I post my last growth mindset challenge. This class has taught me so much in just a few weeks. I decided to make my last post about growth mindset because learning about growth mindset was my favorite activity each week. For this week's challenge, I browsed through the growth mindset quotes by Carol Dweck. I loved her one of her quotes so much that I made a quote poster out of it as shown below:

Quote by Carol Dweck. Source.

No one wants to fail. There is such a negative connotation when it comes to the word failure. It's almost synonymous to quitter and good-for-nothing. But is that what failure really means? It had me thinking. What is the definition of failure? According to Dictionary.com, the first definition of failure is the "lack of success." So if you failed, you didn't succeed. Nowhere in the definition did it say that you can NEVER succeed once you have failed. My failures don't define me unless I dwell in them. My biggest academic fear at the moment is being rejected from medical school. I need to remind myself that if I fail to get in, I have to face the problem, deal with it, and most importantly learn from it.

Week 10 Famous Last Words

It's been a nice week overall. Halloween was last night, but I had to work all day. That's fine since I went to a Halloween party the Thursday night before Halloween. It was quite a party! I met some new people who were really genuine and kind. Some of the costumes I saw were Batman, Snow White, a droog (Clockwork Orange), Minnie Mouse, a Dragon, a gift from God (that was pretty clever), villains from the purge (they made a scary entrance), a chick magnet, and more. My friend and I dressed up as Mario and Luigi which was really fun! Let me say finding clothes to match Mario is a piece of cake, but finding clothes for Luigi was tough! Green hats were impossible to find for cheap. I ended up dying a white hat to look green, and it came out decent.

Reba as Mario and me as Luigi for Halloween. Personal Photo.

I have two exams next week back to back. I have my pathogenic exam tomorrow morning then I have my colloquium exam. I'm more nervous about my colloquium exam because I didn't take great notes on two chapters. I have attended class which gives me a great foundation for notes though. So far I'm happy with my grades, but I'm still trying my best to maintain them.

On a different note, I had lunch with my older brother and his girlfriend. For those of you who don't know my older brother (and I'm sure no one does), he's a lone wolf. He keeps to himself, and he works all the time. He also maintains his personal life very private. I'm guessing he has been seeing this girl for a couple of years now, but I had no idea who she was. Honestly, I never asked. Then out of nowhere she's inside my house! My brother introduced me to her, but I already forgot her name. She's nice and witty. It's just so weird to see my brother to be so... human. He was actually nice to her! I do have a great relationship with my brother. We just avoid talking about relationships. It's just weird that he's opening up to me about it. In short, it makes me nervous of where this is all going.

Overall, I had an interesting week. I can't believe it's already November. This semester is almost over!