Grit Interview
Overview
This resource can be used as an assignment while teaching resilency, grit or coping with difficult challenges.
Grit Interview with Parents, Sibling, Grandparents, Neighbors, or Other Acquaintances
You can reference "My Orange Duffel Bag" content on You Tube for great materials on resiliency and grit.
In the course, the students have been learning about resiliency, coping skills, how to deal with failures and celebrating our accomplishments. In this assignment, the students will be demonstrating their maturity while interviewing a parent, sibling, grandparents, neighbors, or other acquaintances.
The assignment for this content is to interview someone who has experienced working hard toward a long-term goal. The interview may be with a parent/guardian, sibling, grandparent, neighbor, or family friend. The student will ask the questions below and any others they may think of or feel comfortable asking. Remind them to demonstrate maturity and use good social and communication skills to whom they are interviewing. Tell the studnet to be sure to thank the interviewee for their time and willingness to share a personal experience with the student.