Essay OneHow Do You Feel About College?

In chapter two of The College Fear Factor, Rebecca D. Cox concludes: "... the fear of failurerather than actual failure or evidence of unsuitabilityprevents full commitment and engagement" (41). Consider what this statement might mean in relation to your own feelings about college and your ability to be successful. Are you experiencing any of the feelings of anxiety or fear described in this chapter? If not, why do you think that is? If so, why do you think that is? How do you think the "growth mindset" described by Carol Dweck in "Brainology" might help you to be successful this semester regardless of whether or not you are experiencing these fears?

As you get started on this assignment, think about how your past experiences with learning both in and outside of the classroom have affected and shaped your perceptions of yourself as a student today. You might think about what you wrote in your literacy narrative from the last module. Your essay should be focused around a specific thesis that addresses the prompt above, and you should provide specific examples and explanations from your own life as well as both of the readings in order to support and develop that thesis.