Growth vs Fixed

The video podcast was about students with either a fixed thought of intelligence or a thought of growth of intelligence. The women speaking was discussing what both terms meant. A student with a fixed basically feels they are born with a specific intelligence. A student with who believed in the growth felt that through learning intelligence is gained. She then discussed how growth class made student excel more than student who were just taught study skills.
I think that with teaching it is important to let students know that learning is the key. No matter what your dealt in the nature of things if you don't nurture by learning and working your brain you will be left with not much. I definitely believe that we grow with what we learn. I also feel that older people should be more aware of this. Most people don't realize when you stop using your brain it doesn't work as well. This is an important subject and I intend on passing it on to my students.