- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Henry VIII
- Julius Caesar
- King John
- King Lear
- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
- Pericles
- The Rape of Lucrece
- Richard II
- Richard III
- Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
- Twelfth Night
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
Although the experimental evidence on the subject still isn’t rock solid, Duckworth strongly believes that extracurricular activities are one of the best ways for parents to instill grit in their children. Her reasoning is that people develop grit when they face situations that are both challenging (which helps them build perseverance) and interesting (which helps them build passion). But young people often don’t find this combination on their own—they do some challenging things (like school) and some interesting things (like spending time with their friends) but nothing that’s both interesting enough to inspire passion and challenging enough to teach perseverance.
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