There are always the studious students, who will still succeed no matter where they are. But the majority of students will only succeed based upon their teachers. Of course, there will still be those students who will never care and not succeed, but the number of those who do care will multiply if the teacher shows that he/she cares. During my high school observation, I noticed how one of the teachers was very “down-to-earth” with the students. He would go around the room and answer their questions, and after class he would ask the students “how everything was going.” He listened to their stories, asked questions, and added…
Mary Kurcinka book “Raising Your Spirited Child” Identifies Five temperament traits of a spirited child. A spirted child often have very high intensity. They are physically passionate and highly dramatic. For example, their laughs or cries will appear to be louder than others. Spirited children often have rough challenges in adapting in a new environment. They do not like many changes and often times takes longer for the child to except the changes. Their emotions are very fragile and can become frustrated extremely easily. A spirited child is also persistent, they are committed on getting the things the way they think it should go. For example, they are very picky with food and will not eat if it is not what they want. Another characteristics…
Children succeed despite numerous obstacles and exceptions, but having a teacher and schools support makes a world of difference. Learn from children as often as they learn from you. Be inspired by the child an they will be inspired by you.…
In this era of hypercompetitive parenting, more families are choosing to delay their children's entry into kindergarten, under the impression that the children will have an academic and social advantage over their peers. This thought is referred to as kindergarten redshirting, named for the red jersey worn in intra-team scrimmages by college athletes kept out of competition for a year. Nowadays there are many different opinions on redshirting children. In this essay I will discuss two articles by different authors with opposing views on the topic.…
“Students will float to the mark you set,” said Mike Rose (Rose 110). Every day students are being held to a lower standard. Not only does this happen at school, but in the home life as well. Today’s generation seems to have a lot of things done for them. We just hand out A’s, and allowance that hasn’t even been earned. From these poor examples being set for us, we lose the motive and drive that it takes to succeed. People are going through life with a sense that they are owed something.…
In The Smartest Kids in the World (2013), Amanda Ripley reports how countries with the highest scoring students are able to get the highest scores and how much importance is placed on education. Throughout the book, Ripley makes it clear that education around the world can vary and it can affect the social life of students. According to Ripley, “There is no better way to prepare for teaching than to actually teach and get meaningful feedback on how to improve” (94).…
In his essay, “I Just Wanna Be Average,” author Mike Rose says, “students will float to the mark you set” (164). From my past experiences, I completely agree that students will work harder if their teachers set the standards high. Generally, teenagers do not have high goals or standards for themselves, so it is up to the teachers to encourage and push the students towards success. Throughout his excerpt, Rose shows through numerous examples that teachers are a vital part to a student’s success in life.…
An intervention study was conducted on a group of 20 under- privileged children to see if environmental enrichment wouldimprove their intelligence levels. Ar the age of three years, the children who were all from impoverished and overcrovded homes, began the intervention program, attending a special non-residential day school in which particular emphasis was placed on the development of social and cognitive skills.The children attended the school for 4 days per week until they began inflant school.…
America is a country that currently spends more money on public education per student than any other nation in the world; nevertheless, these good intensions have achieved only slight positive outcomes. For instance, in PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), an authoritative test used to measure the education levels of students from 53 countries, American students ranked 12th in reading, 17th in science, and 26th in math. No doubt, a question like this one has been argued for decades “ what exactly is happening in foreign countries that allows them to out-pass America in terms of academics?” The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way is an illuminating book by Amanda Ripley that answers the question by showing how other countries educate their kids in a much more effective way than we do.…
“Anti-Intellectualism: Why We Hate the Smart Kids” by Grant Penrod is an essay written by a college student from Arizona State University, who writes about his perspective on a particular high school ideal. His thesis explains the three reasons he believes society dislikes intellectuals. His first reasons are the social stereotypes that are present early in high school with physical activities and intellectual activities. His second reasons are the public’s examples of celebrities that have became successful without an education. His final reason is the monetary obsessions that are desired rather than intellectual prosperity. It is for these reasons, Penrod explains, why we hate the smart kids.…
After reading the article, "What do Students Lose by Being Perfect? Valuable Failure," by Holly Korbey, my views on parent-student relationship have changed entirely. Every parent should read this article because it is truly eye-opening. It's time for parents to start giving their children more freedom when it comes to their kid's school career.…
I am able to work with children. It is not an easy way because children have different characters and behaviors. Moreover, I am ready to deal with any kind of behavior. I have the knowledge and aptitude to find the best solution for them. I know I am the tool to children build a strong self-esteem in their lives.…
Winston Churchill said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.” You are not guaranteed to be successful so you must work hard to succeed. If you happen to fall along the way, get back up and try again; failure won’t kill you, it will only make you stronger. What counts the most is that you continue to do your absolute best even though there may be obstacles in your way. This can be seen in each of articles I read as well as in my own experience. Each person in the articles, and myself have had some sort of obstacle to overcome when it came to our education but we never gave up until we were where we wanted or needed to be. If we want to be successful and get a good education we must have determination, encouragement, and fulfillment.…
Being an American means that everyone is treated equally no matter what race or skin color someone has. Also being an American means that you have the right and freedom to do anything that you want to do. If you are American people look up to you to see if you are doing the right things you should be doing and also doing things to help people or your community. One thing about being American is that you can live your life to the fullest. Another thing that Americans do is that they tend to capture the beauty in everyday life. Lastly, if you are an American you should have pride in the country that you live…
Such students who may become bored in the classroom because they’ve already learned the material or have the lack of motivation to excel often need other incentives to try harder because of teens needs for independents and new experiences. When a student thinks they know it already they will shut down and not listen to anything new. Ricky Neil also believes giving total effort in school in not worth the stress because he has already got into college. Ricky Neil doesn’t think he needs to learn anymore stuff the school is trying to teach because he already got into college. Because students aren’t being taught anything new to challenge there self they think they know it…