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Dearest of dear NYT and NYT author and NYT editor:

All of you, unfortunately, get an “F” for using the term “grit”* as though it is settled use for the term instead of an invented and manipulative term so that a scale which will be assumed to ber “perseverance” can be made and used to claim “grit” as a reason for accepting DEI instead of actual achievement or test scores, etc.

Grit will make people not ready for a particular college class able to do it.

Yea! Those students can skip all the pre-requisites.

Then the professor can grit its teeth trying to do grades and not dissatisfy the gritty administrators.

Here it an OK non-woke version:

grit /grĭt/

noun
Minute rough granules, as of sand or stone.
The texture or fineness of sand or stone used in grinding.
A coarse hard sandstone used for making grindstones and millstones.
Indomitable spirit; pluck. [<-— traditional John Wayne version before the word-stealing]

intransitive verb
To clamp (the teeth) together.
To cover or treat with grit.
To make a grinding noise.
To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.

transitive verb
To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate. “to grit the teeth”

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Ed

Here is a description of the WOKE version
that is obligated to be used to fit in
have GRIT in using GRIT all the time,
you want to run with the in crowd, right?
The GRIT SCALE? Wowsies.

I quoted one little section below.
Slightly nauseating, but not full blown intractable nausea and vomiting.
If you really want to get the full blown version, click the link and read from the super scientific most famous psychiatric and psychological publication, also the main

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/grit

Who came up with the concept of grit?
Psychologist Angela Duckworth brought the concept of “grit” to the public, providing evidence that talent and luck aren’t all that matter for succeeding in a challenging institutional context.

Duckworth has defined grit as the passionate pursuit of long-term goals. [She gets to define an old word into a new word!]

She and her colleagues published research in 2007 introducing the Grit Scale, which they used to analyze educational achievement, persistence at a military academy, and success in a spelling bee.