Myth-25: Student Analysis

There is a lot to dissect throughout this information, however, I believe that I can say confidently that throughout the classes the biggest factor on how students behaved was the age of the student. Throughout the first two observations (both 9th grade classes) the students were very difficult to maintain but in different ways. In the first class much of the back half of the class and the section farther away from where the teacher was standing at her fixed platform were not paying attention especially if they had already read for class and knew they were not going to be called upon. On the other hand, in the second observation (also freshmen), the students were incredibly rowdy. The students were loud and completely off task. The teacher

Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) has an established community living agreement, which directs all its members on how to carry themselves within the institution’s environment, as well as in the community. The institution’s mission is to offer higher education within a Christian community where character is modeled and transformed to express Christian faith. Students who join the institution are expected to maintain good conducts, which are guided by the Holy Spirit.

We simply took notes as the teacher talked monotone the entire time. No one was paying attention to him which meant I couldn't. I finally gave up and put my head down on the desk blaring my music through my headphones. Everybody just ignored me in that class—I was public enemy number one now that Everleigh didn't like me—so it wasn't like anyone but Zarra noticed.

In my last two years of highschool I duel enrolled St. Petersburg Community College, my local community college. In my senior year I decided to take online classes due to the very long drive to the nearest campus. I ended up taking Calculus with Analytic Geometry and two other classes online. My Calculus proffessor did not teach or provide any materiel to learn from other than the text book and homework questions. For the first quarter of the class I did well and completed all the assignments easily; however, the class got harder and the textbook no longer provided me with enough information to complete the assignments. I struggled through this part of the class and had a hard time mainting my grade which I wanted to keep as high as possible. After several trips to the campus for tutoring and spending hours trying to find other external resources I began to learn how to solve the problems and brought my grade back up and finally passed the class with an A.

Conversations in class were a huge contributor to never getting anything done. Whether the conversation was about when our next food day would be or the outfit she was wearing, it was never important. These conversations did not encourage a positive learning environment and certainly did not reflect into our education well. Students should have liked her better considering that she acted like a friend to many of us. One of the things I hate most is when adults try to be friends with teenagers in inappropriate situations, such as at school where the adult should hold a higher standard of professionalism. There is a difference between having fun with students and losing all authority over them. She is lucky that any students listened to her towards the end of the year because most students would not have been mature enough to behave without a teacher disciplining them. She never threatened detention and she definitely did not give a reason to respect her. So, it actually seems like a miracle that the class was not complete chaos. It could have been much worse if we were not such respectful students. Ms. Fetterman should have been a role model as well as a teacher, and she failed at both tasks. Since she lost respect from her students they no longer put in effort towards her classwork, which ultimately lead to a decline in students’ performance in school. The only effort put into her class was fueled purely by that individual’s desire to learn, despite no motivation to do so from Ms.

The last twelve years of my life, I have spent the last four or five years of my life focusing on improving my academics and learning how to become a better person. The one consistent drive that pushed me to succeed academically is my dream of attending Kennesaw State University (KSU). Unfortunately, in today’s economic climate I have to be realistic and factor in out-of-state fees and the impact these fees would have on my family’s financial health. That was until I discovered this amazing waiver that gives out of state students an opportunity to pay tuition as a Resident rather than a Nonresident. The KSU OutKSU Out-Of-State Waiver will make my dream of attending KSU a reality. However, I’m sure many other students have come across this waiver and learned it is not handed out to every applicant; it is limited and should be awarded to the most

One of the many issues I faced as a collage student was choosing the correct major. I did not know what I wanted to accomplish after collage once I entered the work force. I had always seen myself in business somewhere but I never had a revelation on which major was the best for me. I realized that I needed some direction to my life and that I couldn’t get through collage without choosing a career path to take.

In my sixth grade year I had a teacher named Mrs. Lambert. She was a great teacher and friend. Close to the end of the year we took an advanced math test to see how much we’ve learned. Unfortunately I wasn’t present the day the rest of my classmates took the test. The next day, my teacher was explaining to me that I had to take the test and so I did. When I received the test I quickly rushed through it. It wasn’t that I was being lazy. It was more that I already knew the material. When I was finished I was sure that I had done a great job. My teacher had told me that if the whole class got a good great then we were eligible for a prize. Then, my testing teacher told her that I didn’t use the rubric or the formula sheet. My home class teacher

While an undergraduate at The Ohio State University I was very active in school clubs and recreational sports. I was the Vice President of the Portuguese Club and was a member of the Promotions team for the local radio station. I volunteered at a dog shelter and with foster boys living in a group home. I was also a trip leader in university and led a group of seven university students to Atlanta, GA to work with teenagers in a low-performing school. This involved handling the budget and activities for the group. I enjoy volunteering and doing extra activities to make university life more well-rounded.

In the case with Student #1, college was an eye opener for him and really hit him hard. He was the first one to attend college so he had no knowledge of what to expect. The feeling overwhelmed and that really brought him down, after being at his lowest he suddenly realized that he had nothing going for him and he was determined to finally get something going for him and I believe that really helped in boosting him and his success in the following time after. His realization of needing to speak up and open yourself up to new things really helped him.

The student even missed the maximum amount of days allowed before being forcefully dropped from the class. Then had the nerve to ask for extra credit for attending the class that they did show up too. This is beyond ridiculous. This student’s entire attitude works against their selves. The student was not being a creator when they sat there and continuously did nothing to help improve their grade. They were also not practicing their active listening skills very well. They asked the teacher over and over what their grade was and how to improve it now that there was literally no time left to do anything about it. It was like they were assuming that if they corner the teacher and bugged the teacher enough that the teacher would feel compassionate or something and improve their grade. As a student myself I know that there are times when I feel like I don’t have the time to do the work like I should however to expect my teacher to be responsible for helping my to improve my grade at the very end when I have made no attempt before is unrealistic and completely unacceptable. You need to own up to your own failures and grow

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I enrolled in Expository Writing without prior knowledge that Mr. Litvin was going to teach the course. I went to my counselor early in the morning on the first day to switch me into a different teacher for the class, so I would not have to feel that immense feeling of being hopeless in that class, but unfortunately he was the only one teaching that course. My last class was with him, so the whole day I was in distress and gotten worse when I stepped in. The grading changed a bit -participation was equally the same as the essays. Everyone bombed the first essay, the class got 24.5 out of 40 except one student who got 26. We were so shocked that around two of his expository class got the same grade. Later finding out that he let his college student to help him grade. I was living in fear now. If I could not pass his essays and participation, I’m not going to

I have had the pleasure of teaching Maiyuki Druen for three years; as an 8th grader in Advanced Geometry, as a sophomore in Math 174 Dual Credit Pre-Calculus through Morehead State University, and currently as a junior in AP Calculus. In 8th grade, Maiyuki chose to arrive at school an hour earlier in order to take Advanced Geometry at the high school. She was by far the best student in the class, even though she was in a class of extremely bright freshmen and sophomore high school students. Constantly pursuing opportunities for herself, as a sophomore, she chose to take a dual credit class designed for juniors and seniors. She requested special permission in order to take this college level class as a sophomore, and it was granted based on her stellar academic record. She continues to push herself academically in my AP Calculus class. She accepts the challenging problems I assign to the class as an opportunity to further develop her understanding of the mathematics we are studying. She often spends time analyzing the different approaches to a problem in order to determine the best course of action, and will diligently work the solution discussing her results with her peers. Often I will observe her having a discussion about the problem solving process with a fellow student rather than just conferring about her solution.

Trinity college has the mission that philosophers like Plato and Aristotle tried to find the ways to reach. Since ancient times philosophers tried to find out, how people and societies could live personally satisfying lives. Both of these great geniuses saw the solution in education. Right education would give the individuals tools to become happy, responsible and useful for their communities. After making my research about the school, I am convinced that the education that Trinity college provides brings the individuals out of the Plato’s cave and lets them see the true light of the real world.