"Of course, there were ups and downs, and not all of David’s math grades were As. “After I left your class, and switched into the more advanced one, I was a little behind,” David later told me. “And the next year, math—it was geometry—continued to be hard. I didn’t get an A. I got a B.” **In the next class, his first math test came back with a D**. “How did you deal with that?” I asked. “**I did feel bad**—I did—**but I didn’t dwell on it. I knew it was done. I knew I had to focus on what to do next**. So I went to my teacher and asked for help. I basically tried to figure out, you know, what I did wrong. What I needed to do differently.” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[adversity]], [[resilience]], [[progressing-slowly]], [[feedback]] **Source** -- [[20241030 - B - Grit]]