RECONSIDERING GRIT AS A TWO-EDGED SWORD FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS

Michele Mills
2017 Journal of global engagement and transformation  
This article reviews the current literature on grit as a term trending in the world of education, and is depicted as an unrelenting, hardworking approach to academic, personal, or professional goals. Although grit is a personal trait that many schools have begun to teach as part of its character education program, this author suggests that there are unseen emotional and physical risks for historically-marginalized students to be gritty. In the article, she will define the terms grit and
more » ... ally-marginalized students, describe how there is a possible relationship between grit and anxiety for historically-marginalized students that are considered gritty, and offer possible supports that can be put in place for those students.
doi:10.52553/10002a fatcat:pdukrselt5ggvelae3jxe53m6a