#115 The Grower vs The Fixed Learner

He was a fixed learner

Never was a yearner

Always put his dreams

on the backburner



She had a growth mindset

Would start to get upset

If the last thing she'd done

Wasn't the best she'd done yet



He thought talent was fixed quantity -

A self-fulfilling prophecy

As, when faced with a challenge,

Retreat was his philosophy



She saw her talent just as potential

That fact was evidential

Because when she faced opposition

A battle was consequential



When he saw success

He found it nothing less

Than threatening and worrying

While she was inspired and impressed



She so desired to learn, he so desired to look intelligent

So he cheated and schemed, she'd say that attitude was decadent

They started off the same, maybe him slightly ahead

The ending to both their stories I'll let you invent



Any guesses?

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