In chapter two the self in human relations I read about the Sociometer theory which is “Self-esteem acts as a gauge, or monitor, that measures the level of acceptance a person feels from his or her social environment” (38). This reminded me in Eduardo’s Ted Talk he mentioned Dr. Dweck and Dr. Claudia Mueller had an experiment on students praising half of them for being smart and the other half for working hard. The students then when faced with a more difficult problem to solve the kids that were told they worked hard did better than the kids that were told they were just smart. I bought this up because I believe the environment that students are taught in are very important for them to develop a growth mindset. Not only learning environment, but home environments as well. Most kids develop to the environment around them. After realizing how important the environment for you at home, and school is I reflected on my own. I grew up poorer than others and slowly went from lower class to middle