Caula Rogers Eng-105 English Composition 1 03/30/2014 Dr. Victoria Smith Impact of ADHD on a Child’s Schooling Children with ADHD generally have trouble in school, only because school causes many trials for children with ADHD. ADHD is not a learning disorder; however it can cause children to have problems with learning. Furthermore, children with ADHD have an excessive rate of learning disorders and will have problems with other school-work like calculation and following a long with his/her teacher during direct instructional time. But with enduring and an efficient plan, the child will be capable of succeeding in the classroom. ADHD negatively can affect a child’s social and emotional behavior and the ability to control them in a positive manner in a school environment.
Instead of reading through long texts, sometimes reading pointless information to get to the information you want, you have the specific information you need in seconds. Another positive thing about google and the internet in general is that learning the information can be done at your pace, unlike in the classroom from time to time. In the classroom, especially in a college setting, a professor will teach at his/her own pace, regardless of the student's pace. This makes it hard for a student to learn the information and having the internet is a great tool to have in this case. In other cases, like Carr said, it does make people lazy.
(Project RED, 2010) The real issue is that some schools/ district restrict students from using technology in school to support their education. It is stated that schools have difficulty keeping up with new technology so they are either behind and have a hard time catching up or they just do not update their technology restricting students from necessary resources. (Education Weekly, 2011) Some forms of learning that students found benefitting them at home as well as in school involving technology is online learning. Some surveys and research has been done that proves that online learning or blending learning elaborates students’ learning and develops their skill. Along with e-learning falls a category called social networking which has increasingly caught the attention of a lot of school board officials.
Teachers and professors think the Web is great to a certain point though. Teachers have noticed students are carried away by the Web because they are focusing less on reading. Carr agrees, “…. They don’t necessarily read a page from left to right and from top to bottom. They might instead skip around, scanning for pertinent information of interest… I can’t get my students to read whole books anymore…” (318).
Traditional students are weak in reading and writing due to the “No Child Left Behind Act” implemented in 2001. Students were passed on to higher grades, not knowing the basics. The adult students were held back grades until they learned what was needed to continue. Traditional students are taught in schools how to use computers and the internet. Computers are now being introduced in kindergarten classes.
The problem arises that cell phones interfere with a teenager’s ability to execute an effective and accurate face-to-face social and written communication in an educational environment. Young people have become so much more comfortable with text messaging that many times, they would rather text someone than talk to them face to face, even when they are in the same room, the same car or the same cafeteria table during lunchtime. Social networking has created a serious breach in the ability of young people to communicate and interact with each other face to face. Most students are not even aware of their surroundings because they are busy texting. For example, Students who are sitting in the same cafeteria during lunch would text each other from one table to another.
Here are many reasons I should not talk in class. All of them affect my friends, the teacher, or me negatively. Some of these reasons include, taking time from the lecture, lowered quality of learning, and disrespect of the teacher and the other students. Talking during class distracts other students and disrespects the teacher. This messes up the learning process.
Should schools allow or encourage students to use cell phones in school? I believe students should be allowed to use cell phones in school for learning purposes, in case of a change in plans or emergency, and just to be able to simply say hello. Schools NEED to educate students on the proper way to use a cell phone because more and more students get them every year. As of 2012, 62 percent of K-12 schools allow cell phones on the grounds and 24 percent of K-12 schools ban cell phones completely, according to T.H.E. Journal.
If someone really needs to use their phone for whatever reason that they can go out in the hallway outside of the classroom even for texting. It’s really annoying when people are texting and you have to listen to them typing on the keyboard and giggling or even getting angry through the text. If they happen to be getting upset or happy they might be shifting in their seat and making a lot of noise which in turn will distract people in class even more (Insley). It is also upsetting that a lot of people don’t understand that some of their classmates have learning disabilities and that they might not speak up about it bothering and distracting them (Insley). Cell phones are a huge disruption in many of my classes because it
Also in most cases the students forget to turn off the volume to their cell phones which will then interrupt the class or test. The kids see it as fun chatting with their friends while they are in another class, but they don’t see all the important notes being missed. If the teacher is assigning homework or informing the class about an upcoming test the student will not hear, which will then lead to failure! Year after year more and more students get cell phones convincing their parents that it will come in handy in case of an emergency. But if anything urgent were to happen at school the student can go to the office and make a phone call there.