tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post540939820393148829..comments2024-03-18T20:31:25.408-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: The limits of gritMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-861048637710917762016-05-10T20:10:40.268-05:002016-05-10T20:10:40.268-05:00Duckworth addresses this question on her website: ...Duckworth addresses this question on her website: <a href="http://angeladuckworth.com/qa/#faq-63" rel="nofollow">Does the message of grit imply that poverty and inequality don’t matter?</a> I would hope that the question is addressed at length in the book (which I haven’t seen). It must pain her to see the uses made of her work.<br /><br />I found the idea of grit tremendously helpful in teaching writing, often to students whose history with “English” was unhappy, sometimes humiliating. (Example: a high-school teacher returning work with a McDonald’s job application attached.) Carol Dweck’s work was hugely helpful as well. In so many cases I was able to persuade students that they really could get better. And they did.<br /><br />It’s unfortunate that “grit,” a useful idea, expressed so succinctly, should be turned into a cudgel with which to beat children.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-75449976511002725382016-05-10T18:18:52.790-05:002016-05-10T18:18:52.790-05:00It must be frustrating to be a researcher and find...It must be frustrating to be a researcher and find your work coopted by forces beyond your control. I haven't followed the Duckworth/grit debate closely enough to know if she is somewhat willing or is being used, but it clearly is used to bolster the no-excuses, poverty-doesn't-matter wing of the reform movement.Daughter Number Threehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.com