Breakfast Club Failure

Families in the 1840s left everything behind to travel to the unknown West for a better future. As many traveled to the American West, they faced multiple obstacles, but still trudged on. We have thousands of war veterans who have faced death, yet persevered through it. Jewish decedents have been persecuted and pummeled over centuries and each time they have rebuilt their lives and cities. Walt Disney, Milton Hershey, Thomas Edison had more failures than successes, but their successes have over shadowed their failures. In the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club the character Richard Vernon, a teacher, said “When I get old these kids are going to be running the country. Now this is the thought that wakes me up in the middle of the night”. (Hughes,

One main person who helped me with my research was Angela Lee Duckworth. Ms. Duckworth is a professor at University of Pennsylvania in the Psychology department. She was a Math teacher, who wanted to look at the psychologic aspect of a successful student. I was in awe of her Ted Talk "The Key to Success Grit", interview article, and her research. Angela Lee Duckworth says “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long term goals. Having stamina is sticking with your future day in day out for years, not for week or month and working really hard. Grit is like running a marathon not a sprint. (Duckworth, 2013) This is what I want my students to learn. I don’t want them to give up and ask me easy question, because they don’t feel like putting in the work. I sent out an email to our staff about questions students ask, but should already know the answer. Our Computer Repair teacher I think had the best. His students have come into class and when their computer does not power up, they ask him what they should do. The culinary teacher gets asked "where is the milk?" His answer is “in the oven.” So many of us each day answer those questions. How can we get them to stop? I think it is how you answer their question. Do you give them the answer or make them