My MVP for this week is a passage split in two because one part represents the cause and the other the effect of this type of behavior. The behavior I’m referring to goes into what we as educators may be subconsciously promoting in our classrooms. The sheer length of time we spent in school often times, as previously read and mentioned in class, affects our teaching style more than teacher preparation degree programs and that means that sometimes we might perpetuate ideas that aren’t so universally accepted anymore. This MVP specifically talks about how implicitly instilling in students the idea that success is based solely on academic achievement and then furthermore that intelligence is a “fixed entity rather than a modifiable skill”, we are setting up many students for failure. Yes, some students may thrive in this sort of setting and yes, maybe we could have been one of those students growing up, but that doesn’t make these ideas universally true. As educators we must strive to be as receptive as possible in our teaching styles to the many different ways in which students learn. If we place students in an education system that immediately rejects and belittles their type of intelligence, we rule our their input into the class and stunt their socioemotional and psychological growth in that setting. In order for students to develop, they must be given the space to do so.