"How not to talk to your kids: the inverse power of praise" Summary and Response Assignment Summary (They Say): In the article "How not to talk to your kids: the inverse power of praise", Po Bronson wrote that the power of praise can make the child less intelligence and some other will think that it will help the child to preform better at school. There a child name Thomas (his middle name) who were told by his parent that he was very smart. He was one of the top one percent of the top one percent student in school. His father knew that his son will give up once he try thing that he wouldn't be successful at it. When it come to something when he don't like, he will try to avoid it.
“My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents study from; that is absolutely the saddest thing in the world”. Junior then throws the book at the Mr. P, the teacher. In retrospect, he throws it to show just how poor his rez is and that he now has to use the same textbook his mother used. Junior, feeling even more hopeless, decides to leave the Spokane Reservation and its problems with poverty, domestic violence, and alcoholism; He then finds the school with the most hope, the rich, white school in Reardan, after talking to Mr. P. “You kill Indians?” Junior asks; “No, no, it’s just a saying” (4). Mr. P reveals to Junior that his teacher’s training at the Spokane Reservation was focused on striping the children of their culture; their songs, stories, language, and dancing.
He takes a moment to explain that the girl looking at him represents him as a boy. He was a boy who entered school barely able to speak a lick of English and came out a scholar far beyond what many aspire to be. Although he became very literate and educated, he was never the quintessential intelligent genius. He mentions that his high quality grammar school, help from his nuns to be successful, and encouragement from his parents did not account for his school success. He was a “scholarship boy,” a boy who never thought he was adequate, always anxious to learn, but highly uncreative.
Yes, boys are bad at school; I can say this because I’m a boy and I see everything first hand, my peers are less and less interested in school and college, they often talk about just either dropping out of high school and getting a job, graduating and just work and not go to college or simply join the military. If they fall back on their work they don’t get any special treatment and thus are not helped, they are simply left to fail. I am not one of those boys, mostly because my parents wouldn’t stand for it and no matter how much they get on my nerves when it comes to school, I understand why they push me. They simply don’t want their oldest son ending up in a dead-end job for the rest of his life. I’m lucky, because the other boys that don’t plan for college or simply don’t even want to bother with school usually don’t get support from their parents, so why can’t the school do
“Sadness of Desire” Richard Rodriguez: The Achievement of Desire As I read Richard Rodriguez’s The Achievement of Desire a feeling of sadness overwhelmed me. Typical of what Richard Hoggart terms “scholarship boys”, Rodriguez felt he could not admire his parents and still pursue his desire to be like his teachers; educated and successful. Rodriguez’s desire to be like his teachers caused him to abandon his family. The thought of a human being alienating themselves from a loving, supportive family in pursuit of achieving a personal desire makes me sad. As a “scholarship boy” he allows himself to be embarrassed of where he came from and that his parents were not as educated as his teachers.
As the teacher was going around the room asking how much their fathers were donating for the Community Chest the teacher skipped over him. He wasn’t happy about this and decided to say something and the teacher proceeded to tell him “We are collecting money for you and your kind if your daddy can give fifteen dollars you have no business being on relief”. After saying that, she also told the class that everyone knows that he doesn’t have a father. It made him feel shameful; he was embarrassed to be the person he was. He felt sorry for being himself.
Academically the Saints was expected to do well in school because of who their parents were and family social status. The Roughnecks wasn’t at all concerned about how they performed in school. In the end both groups had the ability to do well but made different choices due to different backgrounds. 4. Compare and contrast the treatment of the saints and the roughnecks by the police.
Her young sister feels jealous and left out when she watches Phoebe get all the attention from both parents. Phoebe is soon taken out of the play by the principal due to her behavior in class; that makes her even more depressed. But with the help of her mom and drama teacher, she is put back into the play. Her odd behavior still continues and she cannot understand why it happens. After she jumps off the catwalk and hurts herself, Miss Dodger is fired.
Uniforms in school, right or wrong? A lot of schools in the United States wear uniforms to school. Some schools think it makes everyone look the same, therefore no one has to feel different; others think it shouldn't matter. This essay will explain the good and bad of wearing uniforms in school. Students that attend schools that choose to wear uniforms have the advantage of looking identical, therefore no one gets bullied due to their economic status.
Advanced Communication Skills Gender Differences: Persuasion Essay Is Single Sex Education Beneficial? What is single sex education? Single sex education is teaching boys and girls in a separate setting, particularly in a classroom or school. Many are skeptical about single sex education because co-education is the first choice of parents and students. Single sex education is also beneficial because boys and girls build their confidence and self-esteem up when learning in separate classrooms, boys and girls have different learning skills, and there is no sexual pressure within single sex schooling.