Is Talent Is Potential?

Talent is a recurring pattern of thought, feeling or behaviour that can be applied productively.

Mr. Wray was the first teacher and the only male teacher I observed. The class was a 7th grade Social Studies academy class. Throughout the observation I noticed he really cares about his students. He took his time going over the topic of discussion, and when some of the students couldn’t catch on he stopped to help the individuals. His class was very well behaved. The only time I really noticed any of the students socializing were when Mr. Wray put them in groups to complete a study guide. The second teacher I observed was 6th grade teacher Mrs. Dunn. She was teaching English to her students. She went over verb phrases and helping verbs throughout the class. I noticed whenever she asked questions quite a few of the students participated by answering. Mrs. Dunn had a positive attitude throughout the class period. I felt she truly enjoyed all her students and treated them the same. Even when some of the students didn’t answer questions correctly she didn’t make them feel dumb. She would just tell them good try. I could tell her students really liked her as a teacher also. The last teacher I observed at Westside Junior High was 7th grade Science teacher Mrs. Dugas. This lady came off as a very strict teacher compared to the other two I had observed. Her students were very talkative, which only made her become more annoyed when having to fuss at them. At the beginning of class the students had a bell ringer to complete. On the particular day I went the bell ringer

The reason I ask this question, is because I think that in some instances, talent does not matter, the connects that we have matter just as much if not more than the talents that we possess.

It was sixth grade and an advanced English class was chosen. I was discouraged because I actually enjoyed reading and writing but found out I wasn’t smart enough to be in that class. However, I would say that seventh grade was my favorite year of English. We still had vocabulary, which I wish we still did because I always have boring essays because I don’t remember the words we learned. I wouldn’t say that I disliked reading yet in middle school. I’d even say the most exciting part of middle school would be reading The Hunger Games with Mrs. Young, especially since she was kind of a nerd and got overly excited about all of our

While reading Journal 1 of The Alternative and reflecting on the assignment giving, memories of teachers flooded through my mind. I am unabashed to admit that I believed some teachers to be poor at their job, and have more than once thought that perhaps this wasn’t the correct career path for them. One such teacher was my 7th and 8th grade science teacher, who believed public shaming to be the preferable way of teaching adolescents. When a student would answer a question wrong in class he couldn’t help but laugh as well as bring it up throughout the lesson, refusing to let the student move past their mistake. He chose to

A talent is defined as something that comes natural to you and you enjoy doing. A talent is something you grow on and develop and always work towards strengthening and improving in. Everyone, no matter how different or unique, has a talent. However, most people do not incorporate their talent into large aspects of their life and keep it as something minor.

The exuberant and laid back Miss Hancock made for a great elementary teacher but not so much for secondary. The high school students quickly strip Miss Hancock “of [her] 15 years of overblown confidence” (77). In reality, the students need a sterner teacher that can balance laid-back with discipline. Moreover, Miss Hancock is too dependent on her confidence; as soon as her confidence is broken she becomes pathetic. A “desperate

Which is more important, talent or hard work?. Other people refer to this question as Nature vs. Nurture (Taylor). Throughout the years there has been debates about the topic and it will go on in the future because of different beliefs and thoughts that people have. This argument can be compared with democrats and republicans, some believe one thing and the others something else. Hard work always comes out on top of talent because of the time and dedication a person utilizes to work hard and get to a high level of skill and knowledge.

Talent is defined as the natural skill or aptitude one has in a specific field. In Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, Gladwell argues that talent doesn’t play a big role in determining

The trick to success is not talent it is passion, nobody is naturally talented enough to be outstanding, the only way to stand out is with practice and the only motivation to practice is passion. A large sum of people does not search for a career that they love, instead they search for a career with a large salary, by choosing the first path people can raise a great deal of money by doing better than the rest.

At the beginning of my ninth grade, I started to feel and sense I was in a different environment from Jr. High. I became more serious about my school work. I started performing at such a higher level than ever before. I became an A-B Student and score advance on my SATP Algebra I test and proficient on my SATP Biology I test.

Entering ninth grade I still felt like a kid, my future career wasn't my top priority, but when I became an junior, I matured. Looking back at freshman me

Talent is someone who has amazing skills on something like piano or art. Does Talent play a role in success or not? Well, talents do and don’t play a role in success. You could have no talents but you can be hard worker. You can grow up with no skills throughout your whole life but if you show effect and work hard every day, it will lead you to being successful in the future. However, it does sometimes play a role in success. People with amazing skills can be successful. People can use their talents to get good careers like a piano player. One person who didn’t have talents but became success was Chris Langan. He grew up in an unstable home and was poor. According to Chapter 4 “The trouble with Geniuses, Part 2” Chris says, “We didn’t have

    It's June, and another graduating class is hoping, among other things, to achieve high grades. Of course, "high" is a subjective target. Originally a "C" meant average; today however, the expectations and pressures to give and receive "A's" and "B's" takes its toll on teachers and students alike. This nullifies the value of the traditional grading scale and creates a host of entirely new problems. The widespread occurrence of grade inflation seriously affects the credibility of secondary and post-secondary education in America.

“I look out at all of the fresh young faces in this classroom and I can think of one thing to say: none of you have ever read Dickens, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, or heck, just any classical literature.” That was the very first thing my 8th grade teacher said in class in my third year in O’farrell middle school. He said that quote with a joke, but I only took the most important part of it and he didn’t say it to get a laugh, in fact he glared at anyone who so much as smirked. I know, because I smirked. He went on to say that he had worked long enough at this school that he was technically un-fireable, and since absolutely nothing could touch his job security being well-liked was not important to him. His stated goal was not to teach us about English, nor was it to prepare us for college. His only ambition was to spend the two semesters getting us “ mentally equipped enough to properly read a basic classic novel.”