How can we develop Endurance in our school community?

January 6th is the feast of the Epiphany when the Three Wise Men visited the baby Jesus in Bethlehem.  The visit of the Magi is described in the second book of Matthew’s Gospel:

Epiphany also means “a sudden realisation” and we have looked at the “epiphanies” experienced by Archimedes, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.

However the “sudden realisations” of Archimedes, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein didn’t happen by accident; instead they happened through people thinking about things really deeply.  Similarly, it is suggested that the Three Wise Men deeply studied and interpreted the stars in order to be at the birth of Jesus.

Such momentous realisations come about by showing great endurance in our studies.  It is only through such endurance that we can show our commitment to growth mindset.  Albert Einstein said: “ “I have no special gift,I am only passionately curious.”  We need to think how we can show the necessary endurance in our studies so to constantly grow and improve our thinking about the things we are studying in order to realise epiphanies in our own learning.