Breaking Barrier- Fixed to Growth Mindset

On the year 8 Mornington Camp, there were several activities such as the Crate Climbing. People on my team had to stack up crates and one person had to climb the crates and touch the ceiling of a sports centre. The person would be attached to this rope which was held by the belayers. At first, when people were climbing up to the top, I was really nervous to do it as they kept wobbling and the crates often fell and didn’t look sturdy at all. When it was my go, the belayers weren’t really paying attention and when the crates fell, I kept falling and falling until the instructors caught me. I got even more scared and thought ‘I can’t do it, I can’t do it.’

Then all my friends started encouraging me and told me it was going to be alright and I was going to do great. Even though this activity was out of my comfort zone, I kept pushing forward and decided that continuing would be what I needed to complete this challenge. After all, as Thomas Edison said, “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to try one more time.” I had a fixed mindset at the beginning, thinking that it was a really bad idea to take risks but I developed a growth mindset at the end through all the encouragements and help I had.