In the second paragraph of the March 2006 article by Patrick Welsh, he stated that, “Kids who had emigrated from foreign countries often aced every test, while many of their U.S.-born classmates from upper-class homes with highly educated parents had a string of C’s and D’s.” Social status does have a little to do with what grade a student receives, yes, but if s/he wants to excel in school s/he will set their mind to it, regardless of what sort of background they come from. If Welsh’s students really don’t have the motivation, our country should be blamed, not the students who follow the low standards that we have set. I’m not just blaming the students and I’m not just blaming the students. Nor am I blaming our countries government or our foreign students. I’m blaming all of us as a whole because we have done this to ourselves and we just watched and let it happen.
Due to individual beliefs, there are three different approaches and treatments that Jake’s psychologist could recommend. If the psychologist uses a humanistic approach, which focuses on self-actualization and free will, he or she might suggest that Jake is freaking himself out. He might say that Jake has low self-confidence and is not studying enough. As treatment, Jake should study more and take practice tests after studying to boast his self-esteem and realize that he can understand and repeat the information he has learned. On the other hand, if a psychologist would take a behavioral approach, which focuses on behavioral responses, followed by enjoyable consequences being enforced or strengthened.
Cultural deprivation theorists would blame this on the lack of parental guidence and encouragment to succeed in education. This could of been developed from the results of an experiment A famous experiment was one carried out by Willis Douglas. He claimed that parental interest was the most important factor; he claimed that middle class parents had higher expectations than working class parents and they attatched higher values. Along with providing more support for their children. This was seen to increase
In the United Kingdom, a group of teachers hope to ban the word fail and replace it with “deferred access” (Smerconish 65). Teachers believe that using more politically correct words is better for students. They also believe they can ease pressures on students by changing their grading tactics. Grading papers in red ink has been commonly accepted since the 1700s. However, society has come to believe that the color red is harsh and can be demoralizing to students.
Critical Analysis In “The War Against Boys” the author, Christina Hoff Sommers, stated that times are changing and boys should “watch out” in school. She states that girls are starting to be more benefited in school then boys in the educational system, that girl aren’t considered the “second” sex anymore, and that girls are statistically better than boys in academics. I personally agree that times are changing and that boys aren’t getting any special treatment and girls are on the same level as boys, and that they also are better in school then most boys. This to me has a lot to do with that growth gap that there is between both genders, girls start developing at a much earlier age then us, thus letting them learn things at a much faster rate
The following day she reversed the situation and found that a similar scenario occurred but with the blue-eyed pupils achieving better marks than the brow-eyed pupils. In a follow up to the investigation ten years later, Elliott found that the experience had made the participants more tolerant to differences between groups and that they were opposed to prejudice. The implications of Elliot’s informal study were investigated by Weiner and Wright (1973, cited in Eysenck, 2002 pg 194), by a similar study. They also found that exposing children to prejudice in a protected environment helped them to understand it and therefore reduced it. However, both the investigations were carried out in school environments
In 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, a third grade teacher named Jane Elliott conducted an experiment with her class. This experiment helps others understand how people change when they are being treated unfairly. This experiment can help us better understand why and where Grendel went wrong and turned from good to evil. In the experiment, a third grade class was divided into two groups, one group with brown eyed children and one group with blue eyed children. On the first day of the experiment, the teacher told the brown eyed group that they had the superior eye color, which meant that they were smarter, more athletic, and better than the blue eyed group.
“For Once, Blame The Student” The article “For once, blame the student” by Patrick Welsh expresses the idea that American students are falling behind academically not because of the common excuses themselves. I agree with the article and have seen through first-hand experience as a student that a large portion of American students have lost the internal motivation and determination needed to succeed academically, i.e. my 7th period. In “For once, blame the student” Welsh talks about the way students who have emigrated to the United States often do better in school than the middle and upper class American students. Welsh says the reasoning behind the emigrated student’s success is the self determination and motivation to do well in school, as well as hard work exerted by the students.
* About two-thirds of children reported having been smacked at some point, with children being smacked more often when they are younger. (This might suggest a bit of minimisation on the part of parents in the parental survey, as only 24% said they used smacking!) * Many children accepted that discipline and punishment were an important and necessary part of growing up. However, most felt that smacking was out of place in modern childhood, and that other punishments were more effective in bringing about reflection, changing behaviour and supporting good and close relationships with parents. * While smacking was the most feared form of punishment, it was the emotional distress and humiliation that can be caused by smacking, rather than any physical pain, which children feared.
Holland, V. (1998) Underachieving Boys: Problems and Solutions. Support for Learning. 13 (4) 174-178 Holland outlines principle factors that may be contributing to boys underachieving, such as male stereotyping, the difference between girls and boys' attitudes towards learning, as well as statistics. Holland also investigates into her own school. When looking at the Equal Opportunities Commission’s report Research Findings (1996) by M. Arnot, M. David and G. Weiner (p. 174) that it was indicated that girls seem to be outperforming boys at Ks1 and 2, especially in subjects such as English based on evidence from Standardise Assessment Test statistics.