At the beginning of the school year, I always have a few students who want to give up quickly. It breaks my heart when I hear my students use phrases like "I can't read." or "I'm not smart." Many of these students have what Harvard Psychologist Carol Dweck calls a "Fixed Mindset." She says: "Fixed mindset assumes that intelligence and other qualities, abilities, and talents are fixed traits that cannot be significantly developed." (Carol Dweck, 2007) Students who have a fix