The speaker defines grit as passion and perseverance toward long-term goals, recounting a grandfather who walked 40 kilometers barefoot for schooling in pre-revolution China and his own struggles after immigrating. He describes building a website collecting video stories of educational perseverance and argues educational technology should incorporate human motivation, citing Angela Duckworth’s research.
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