Crab Mentality Analysis

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My Explaining of “Crab Mentality” “Crab mentality” describes the phrase “If I can’t have neither, should you have it. The metaphor has an illustration of a bucket of crabs. Singly a crab tries to escape out of the bucket, but instead all the other crabs pull it back down too. The phrase is compared to human behavior on how a group of people may bring someone else down from there success because they cant reach that, out of jealousy or competitive feelings. In the story of “Harrison Bergeron” they use examples of “crab mentality” from the handicaps, the mask that the ballerinas had to wear because they were beautiful, and the ear devices that over intelligent people had to wear so no one would be smarter than anyone else. In “Harrison Bergeron” wanted to have that dystopian world. By making everyone equal, with having no one be extraordinary. An example of one way we act in our century as the people in the story “Harrison Bergeron” is in the Monroe City Schools System through the reading program. For example; I read on an 11.8 reading level but it would be a big hassle in trying to find a book even over a seventh grade reading level in my library. It cost…show more content…
So, it would not make since to stick kids in classrooms when they already know the work and most times the children dont know what else to do other than act out and get attention. Other people may say that Gifted and Talented are so smart that we would do fine with or without special programs. But this is not true it wasn't until I got into gifted that I actually learned what a true challenge was, if gifted child has never been challenged how will he ever get the opportunity of knowing what a true challenge is? That’s why gifted children should be placed in a classroom filled with other children just like

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