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HELLO, my name is Brian Lee, currently a English student at Foothill. This blog consists of some of the works that I have orchestrated in my college career. But first, a little about myself. I consider myself a hard working student with a growth mindset. Throughout my life I have always been put in a growth mindset environment. I always believed I could learn anything I want as long as I put my effort into it. Then around high school I started my transition towards a fixed minds-set. I believe that a fixed mind set of knowing that your extremely smart and intelligent is better than a growth mind set, because not only do you suddenly feel more confident in class but you are also motivated to work harder to not only prove that you are smart you others, but also to yourself. It may sound kind of arrogant but what is really hiding behind that arrogance is a surge of motivation that cannot be achieved in the growth mindset.
 Over all I think I have grown a lot in this class. During the beginning, I thought my writing was good not perfect but good enough to earn A's, consisting of little to no mistakes. What I didn't realize was that my writing had many flaws. Evidence was inserted with no background info or explanation, and reading long writings only ended with me understanding 50% of it, but trying to convince myself I understood 100% of it. As the course progressed, so did my reading and writing skills. We tackled all aspects of reading and writing in order to improve ourselves and become better English students.