Robert F. Yeager notes the facts that form the basis for these questions:
That the scribes of Cotton Vitellius A. XV were Christian beyond doubt, and it is equally sure that Beowulf was composed in a Christianised England since conversion took place in the sixth and seventh centuries.
In a study measuring the same personal and noncognitive qualities listed above, such as grit and self-control,
researchers Angela Duckworth at the University of Pennsylvania and Charles Yeager at the University of Texas at Austin concluded that,“there
is a scientific consensus in the behavioral sciences that success in school and beyond depends critically on many attributes other than cognitive ability.”.