Mythology and Folklore

                                        Charlie Mike--Continue the Mission My mother was in the army, and one thing that I have heard countless times over the years is Charlie Mike. It means continue the mission. I have told myself that when I am struggling with motivation to do schoolwork, or struggling to make myself do things that I know have to be done, but won't be fun, like chores. I have told myself this over and over, and its always been what I fall back on. 

  I have never heard of Carol Dweck’s method of Not Yet teaching. However, I think it could be really useful, especially to children who have been told they are dumb because they are not doing as well as other students around them. That leads to children giving up and not trying anymore, because what’s the point if you already know what’s going to happen? My parents, especially my mother, have always encouraged problem-solving. I think that ties into Not Yet. If you fail at something, what can you do now to be better prepared to take it again? I did taekwondo for over a decade. I started when I was five and I stopped when I got my black belt. I remember learning the first form. It’s the simplest one, and everyone around me, including my twin brother, had gotten it already. I had gotten to the point where I was upset every time I was asked to do the form, because I already knew I would not get it right, and that would lead to embarrassment in front of the rest of the class. My par...