I was incredibly fortunate in that I had a high school teacher yank me back from cutting classes, getting further behind in math (her class) with a mixture of "

I was incredibly fortunate in that I had a high school teacher yank me back from cutting classes, getting further behind in math (her class) with a mixture of "you can do this, Mark" and "let's go through the problems together." I believe it was geometry leading into trigonometry, and since these classes were very susceptible to incremental learning and almost impossible without it (new work is based on older work/learning) it saved my bacon. It served to switch me back from "I can't get this" to "I can figure this out" again. I now see that much of my life's successes are due to growth mindset and perseverance. Thanks Mrs. Brown...