Students are no longer looking to a teacher for all of the information. Most of what I hear about education in my community is negative. We start children in school at a very young age due to fears that they may “fall behind” or “not be on target” in relation to their peers. We require them to site in a classroom that follows the same format as a classroom from the 1800’s. This includes, 4 walls, desks, a teacher facilitating the lesson, and little ears and eyes tuning in and out.
I was afraid to approach my teacher that morning because of her mood that I decided to remain uncomfortable and suffer in silence. Miss Y turned to the class and said there is to be no talking for the rest of the day and anyone who talks will be punished. Being seated at the edge of the seat I quietly whispered to the other student next to me to move around a little so that I can get space to write properly as half of my book was off the desk. Miss Y turned around and asked me why I was I was talking when she said no one was to speak. I tried to explain to her the situation and she shouted at me to shut up.
It does not matter if individuals are at work or in school. They often spend a significant amount of working hours in groups (West & Turner, 2004). Faculty at the school is able to gather in small groups to either have lunch, discuss lesson plans, or discuss both favorable and unfavorable topics. Informal conversations are commonplace happening through hallway chats, online instant messaging, or while having a meal. As in every work environment, these information conversations can be productive but some are counterproductive because as in life, not everyone in the workplace environment will get
I attended Twin Valley High school for all four years of my high school. I came to the school in 9th grade. Twin Valley high school has about 500 students and 60 class rooms. The students were in general friendly, but as every school, we had some of the bad cookies in the batch. Luckily I did not get sucked into that bad group of kids.
Many students don’t like to communicate with teacher’s in-front of their peers for fear of being made fun of, therefor technology makes it easier to ask questions and get help when it’s needed. Although it is very helpful with communication and teaching, it can also create distractions that hinder learning. The article Distractions in the Wireless Classroom by Michael Bugeja, he talks about the parents of a girl observing her class, and being amazed by the amount of typing and copious note taking that seemed to be
After talking with several parents, and reading up on what the experts are saying about the issue, self expression, cost and being comfortable in the learning environment are reasons why I vote against making school uniforms mandatory. An important part of child development is self expression. Many students express who they are through they way they dress. Students begin to develop their own sense of personal style, wanting to fit in and distinguish themselves from one another. Many teenagers use clothing to show, or prove their individuality.
Stress can cause illnesses in later life, for example, heart disease, hair loss, whitening of hair and cancer. Though this may not be directly connected to middle school students it will still have an impact to them in life. Homework is also a main cause of stress for high schoolers. Stress from working too long, stress from anxiously hoping to get a good grade. Studies have shown that homework for elementary – high school should not have homework but work on some special project or reading at home after school for only a satin amount of time depending on what grade the student is in like forty minutes to two hours a day after school.
Some of the seniors said “that they would actually come to school and not get signed out early.” On the other hand teachers and maybe even some parents wouldn’t be happy with this situation. Why? Because teachers wouldn’t get pay as much as they do now, it would be less. Some parents would not want to have their kids at home all the time; they would like to have some free time by themselves. Starting school at 11:30 in the morning would be great.
He soon realizes that his diverse group of poor students is embroiled in a careless and aggressive attitude toward any authority figure. Without the positive support of family members and low academic expectations from school administrators and teachers, Mr. Clark tries to teach rules and high social and academic expectations. One of the rules is that the class is a family and no one is quitting on each other as long as they have respect for each other. He tries to show them that learning can be fun when they cooperate with each other. As the students read books and did their homework, they began to recognize the value of school.
My teacher stood in the front of the room and read the class syllabus in the same monotone voice while my classmates and I drifted in and out of consciousness. My teacher started her rant by going over the course and warning us of the vigorous work load this class entailed. The most pressing of all this work would be the research paper we had to construct. She warned us endlessly that if we did not do well on this paper we would fail the course. I didn’t know how I would survive this course, or write this paper.