Comparing Stereotypes In Elementary And High School

The true value of education is lost as grades and numbers become top priority. In a spoken word, Suli Breaks shares that students have becomes zombies in schools that run everything in a routine. They lose sleep to hand in assignments and meet the dead-line yet by that time the students are also half dead. The grade is all that the student starts to care about because that is what the school is directing their efforts towards. With all of their focus on the grade no one remembers to remember what they learned and apply it in life. Thus, it is in one semester and out the next. In one study teachers witnessed “unprecedented levels of school-related anxiety, stress, and mental health amongst pupils, particularly at exam time”. People may think that only college students do all nighters but it actually is not surprising to find high school and sometimes even middle schools staying up late nights trying to finish up assignments. All of this leads to sleep deprivation which affects the student’s health and in turn propels their stress as time virtually elapses out of existence. Likewise, the school system runs in such a way that mistakes become feared in an unhealthy manner. It is fine to have the fear of failure but one must learn to accept it because once it is accepted, children are not afraid to take a chance at trying something new. Ken Robinson makes the point that “we

As a young child I learned what the good group of kids looked like and what the bad group of kids looked like. In movies, the bad group of people are portrayed in high school as boys who wear really big clothing and girls that wear too dark of makeup. However after my junior year, I now know that you never really can tell between who the good and the bad people really are. Starting from when I was very young, my brother began changing my entire life for the better because I grew up with him in and out of jails and prisons for theft, drug use, and underage consumption. During his time in jails and prisons, it killed my mother and father. However for me, I never really knew the person labeled as my brother. He was a shadow with a name for me.

Kids in middle school, are enduring a time period in their life where they're becoming teens, who are becoming adults. Kids going into middle school are at a point where boys being friends with girls was somewhat acceptable, to adults thinking if two 11 year olds of the opposite genders are gonna have sex with each other if they're left alone together for 5 minutes.

Although the schools portrayed in media were all different, they all had the same type of social set up. There were the evident jocks, the theatre kids, the nerds, the jokesters and more. I entered middle school and then high school, along with the rest of my generation, thinking that this was normal. The people you sat with in 4th grade began to divide. People began to develop cliques and groups. The “You can’t sit with us” became very

Have you ever been judged before for the smallest and unimportant things you can imagine? Or maybe you have seen others getting judged for the way they act or dress. On September 16, at James Giles School 7th and 8th graders were having lunch and recess. The students were having a good time talking playing games and eating lunch naturally having a good time. A group of 7th grade girls were talking and suddenly another girls joined them. The girls that joined them was their friend because they would go to the park together and walk together after school. The girls didn't like the idea of joining them. The girls started being mean and judging her of what she wore to school. People that judge others in a mean way know that its mean and hurtful

Many people endure three years of middle school and four years of high school. It is an eventful time for children between 11 to 18 years old. During the adolescent years there are hormonal changes, environmental changes and emotional developmental gains. Middle school is the beginning of transitioning towards independence under the constant eye of adults. During high school they are challenged with real-world challenges that help them transition into adulthood. The behaviors of these individuals change as the factors change around them. For every person, the experience of high school or middle school may be different. Either way, both have the same goal of wanting the student to succeed and evolve. Even so, the similarities and differences vary. Middle school and high school are alike in the areas of receiving an education, socializing with others, and having teachers while different in areas of maturity, difficulty in work, and independence.

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Some see school as a fun environment to come to everyday, while others dread to wake up and count down the amount of days until they are out of Hell. The author of “3 Destructive Things School Taught You Without You Even Knowing”, would have picked the second option, based on his article about schools. While there are some good points made throughout the article, to support his feelings, I have to say that he did not convince me.

The two high schools I went to during my time in Arizona and Virginia, consisted of a racial composition of either a majority of White Americans or African Americans. The impact this had on the social makeup of each high school made each experience unique in its own way. As you read, the demographics of the city or town, high school, student body, and social hierarchy amongst that student body reflects on its relation with Milner’s data. Both were public schools with a homogeneous mixture of students, that understood how to fit in by conforming to the social norms. The crowds within the schools were based on an overall establishment of what was “cool” at the time, and this affected your social status. Despite there being an establishment

It’s crazy to me to think about how much a person’s thoughts revolve around how they look, what name brands they are wearing, how athletic or intelligent they appear, or especially how others perceive them. As high school students, we are probably the most materialistic group of people out there. We spend hours on end making sure every inch of our outfit, makeup, and hair is perfect, and that there is no strand out of place. Every one of us cares about what our peers think of us, and if you meet someone who says they don’t, they are most likely lying. Being a high school student myself, not caring about other people’s opinions is one of the toughest battles I have faced these last three years.

Imagine you were told by society that because you are a female, you are not able to perform as well as a male profile. How would this affect your mentality? Stereotypes like this one can negatively affect one's performance. Although many students at VCIS felt negatively stereotyped at some point. Most students hold a growth mindset and don’t let the negative stereotype affect their performance in school.

The participants in this research project are the number of students in my first grade classroom, as well as myself who is the teacher and action researcher, participant. The gender and ethnicity will be incorporated in the demographics of the participants. Additionally, the makeup of my classroom participants’ percentages, participating in free or reduced lunch will be identified. Finally, the demographic percentages of the students who are repeaters, % of students who have an IEP (Individual Education Plan), and the % of students who participate in PGA(Primary Grade Academy- participate in a pullout Reading Recovery Program- due to low test scores.) Furthermore, the demographics of the whole school will be recorded and will incorporate all of the categories above to show the representation comparative to my classroom.

The experiment in the journal indicated that academic failure is primarily environmental not genetic (Bijou, 1963) as it might have being speculated. It also established that for children to be more efficient in language skills, the environment has to be created in that fashion. To prove such assertion, this setting was created where objects of different colors and shapes were gathered to test the descriptive skills of the participant. The participant between 4 and 5 years of age from culturally deprived communities were selected and given IQ test to establish the baseline of each participant for the purpose of measuring progress and reinforcing behaviors as the study progresses. Even though, these children were not culturally deprive as its being alleged, their languages and cultures are not used in middle class oriented school books and systems which rendered their culture less important to pre-school learning.

When I was a kid, school for me was waking up early in the morning. I also have to study a lot in school, then after school I have to do homework. I remember my first day at school. My mom and dad, both were so happy and prepared but I was so nervous and cheerless. I didn’t like to wake up early in the morning for school , but as time flew by I started loving school which made me wake up with energy instead of tiredness. I began to enjoy the school as I made new friends and I got to know how it is like when you meet people out of your neighborhood. With my friends I had lunch together and study together. I started to understand what the purpose of the education system. Based on what I understood I think the purpose of education is really aimed at helping students get to the point where they can learn to be on their own. In this journey of education I had a lot of positive and few negative experiences,but the negative experiences also helped me growing. Positive experiences are my teachers helping me improve, and I improved more when I moved to the United States.

School, to me and among many peers of my age, is not a distant term. I have spent one-third of my life time sitting in classrooms, every week since I was seven years old. After spending this much time in school, many things and experiences that happened there have left their mark in my memory. Some are small incidences while some have had a great impact on me. However, regardless the degree of significance, things that happened all contributed to shape the person that I am now.