Grit

At 27 the author left a job in _________________ to become a teacher.

• shipping

• the police

• banking

• management consulting

The author changed jobs and became a:

• science teacher

• maths teacher

• English teacher

• PE teacher

The author taught maths to a _________________ grade class.

• fifth

• sixth

• seventh

• eighth

Angela, the author, believed that IQ was the only thing separating the best and worst students.

• True

• False

What got Angela, the author, thinking was that:

• some of the smartest students were doing so well.

• some of the smartest students were not doing well.

• all the smart students were doing well

• all the poor students were doing badly

Angela believed that a student's motivation is more important than a student's IQ.

• True

• False

Angela became a psychologist who studied why students become:

• dropouts

• successful

• failures

• unhappy

The author found the most important factor in people becoming successful was:

• good looks and physical health

• social intelligence

• grit

• IQ

______________ is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals.

• IQ

• grit

• social intelligence

Angela knows how to teach grit.

• True

• False