Sunset Park High School: Student Analysis

The author compares today’s school system to that of the past, which concerned itself with teaching students,

3. The author compares today’s school system to that of the past, which concerned itself with teaching students,

I got used to the idea that I was a worthless person that would be lucky enough to own a house at all. I had nobody show me any difference of my future not being the struggle the rest of my family had. I met a man who had been through hell and back with the child abuse as a child to the horrifying cancer pain. Mark Rongstad, taught me that it does not take intelligence taught in school to become successful. He worked for a construction sheet metal company and worked his way up from the bottom, all the way to head supervisor. He made a lot of money To be successful, it takes hard work and dedication in a focused path. Now I have hope in my future ss I bring confidence into my work. I take pride in everything I do to get a good result. I will

My journey involved not only me but many others. My journey started when my father let our home country to come to the USA, my mom didn’t want to leave so she stayed. I was left with my mom and was lonely and a bit mad at my father. At age 3 my mother left to go to the US to be with my father, I was left with my grandparent. I guess that being without my parents for 5 years changed me a bit; I can recall sometimes feeling lonely seeing how others had their parents with them going to place and enjoying being with them. Most of the time I didn’t really mind being with my grandparents because after all I couldn’t cry about it and if did, I knew that it wasn’t going change anything. Then in 2008 I came to the US, I started going to school and later on noticed that being in a new country didn’t mean that things were going to be well, I realized that no matter where you are in the world you still have to work hard to get to places, I didn’t feel like that at the time. After many things happened, many happy and bad times the journey that I have has made me become aware that one must work hard so that one can become a somebody. I have also learned that most people take things for granted, even

The purpose of this paper will be to explore the role of education and politics, in these authors' lives, as tools used to create paths of advancement and as the bridge that spans the abyss that now lies between themselves and their respective cultures.

Consistency and dedication. Two qualities that saved me from a significant drop in my academics in my sophomore year. I was doing just fine at Cajon High School, my grades were not as good as I wanted them to be, but they were still acceptable. Overall I was very delighted to be there. However, this all changed when my parents told me that we were moving from San Bernardino to Hesperia, California and I would be transferring high schools.

Education is a topic that can be explored in many ways. Education is looked at in depth by both Richard Rodriguez in his essay, “The Achievement of Desire”, and by Paulo Freire in his essay, “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education.” After reading both essays, one can make some assumptions about different methods of education and exactly by which method Rodriguez was taught. The types of relationships Rodriguez had with his teachers, family and in life were affected by specific styles of education.

Mass public schooling has traditionally proclaimed among its goals the following: (1) to help each student gain personal fulfillment and (2) to help create good citizens. The two goals they claim here are for the betterment of the individual and the other for society that have an odd relation with one another. These two goals are what put schools at tough ends. The schools do not want to limit the students’ individuality but also want to encourage conformity to allow for students to mingle with other students. The issue that causes most tension in schools is the strict scheduling students must follow which by allowing the students to choose several electoral courses in their schedules levitates. Individualism is also encouraged in the school system with allowing the students the freedom to represent themselves through their own clothing. These points will be further and thoroughly discussed through the remaining of this essay.

Though a generally overlooked and unappreciated field of work, career counseling has made significant impact in the field of psychology. Frank Parsons’ 1906 lecture, “The Ideal City,” emphasizes the need for young people to receive assistance in choosing a vocation (Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, 2013). Further, Parsons was one of the pioneers in linking personality traits to vocational success, thus coining him as the father of vocational guidance (Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, 2013).

Throughout my life, there have been many influences that have challenged and uplifted me into the person I am today. These experiences have brought about making me stronger and guiding me into the career I want to pursue. There have also been many individuals and situations that I’ve been a part of that has made me the person I am today pursuing my masters in community counseling. Everything that has happened to me was for a reason and has shaped my career path and outlook on life, it has helped me be a better person and to also build my own identity of being a counselor. This paper will be a guide to my career path and how it has progressed throughout my lifespan. In this paper, I will also give examples and situations that I was a part

Abstract: As the necessity is regarded as the mother of inventions, so has today’s cut-throat competition has come-up as the mother of endless expectations. When the things are already in hot water, parent’s concern proves to be fatal sometimes, esp. when it is with a student. As we have seen many falling victim to this, we take it as a responsibility to make others aware of the issue so that no other would have to suffer akin them because it takes eras to heal of the sequelaes. Since the student mass is regarded as the prime concern, it is, thus, we focus on how a child’s education is affected with the interference of their parents and what impact it leaves back on them.

At this point in my life, I have an obligation to my family to fulfill my duties by paying the bills with our limited income. These responsibility has taught me a lot about work discipline and family values. I know with the support around me I can overcome any obstacle with the determination for success and using helpful resources. Even though my low income status will cause me to take a sufficient paying job to supplement my family needs. I just want to manage my time efficiently with my classes and overcome any bounds or obstacles which might await for me in my path to be successful in the future which lies ahead for me. I pray my strength in the Lord for guidance and wisdom which will foresee me to have the will and strength to keep thriving each and every day to pursue my dreams.

In 1980, Donald Super introduced a theory that described career development in terms of life stages and life roles. Super was one of the first theorists to discuss the constantly evolving nature of career development, and the importance of finding a balance between career and personal life. Super’s developmental model emphasized how personal experiences interact with occupational preferences in creating one’s self-concept. Super discussed how each of us progress through various life and career development stages, including growth, exploration, establishment, maintenance, and disengagement. He also discussed that each of us take on different roles as we go through life, such as a child, student, leisurite, citizen, worker, parent, and spouse. Each of these roles has an impact on our personal and professional development, and on our work/life balance. Finally, his “archway” of career determinants detailed how both personality characteristics (intelligence, needs, values) and societal characteristics (labor market, school, family) influence our career choices and have a major impact on our career development.

I cannot write this essay without reference to study of my own experienced and my daughter’s- placed in the harsh environment of the government schooling system and its observations of the stark belief systems of “the child to fit the system” and not “the system to fit the child” with reference to the what education should be about. This means different things to different people. To some this means a teacher teaching and passive learning taking place, the outcome is expected at the end of each year that each child has to achieve the same outcome and is graded accordingly.

Before the 18th century, there were no systems of public education, which were paid by taxation, remained compulsory to everybody and were free in terms of delivery. This revolutionary idea was conceived in the intellectual culture of the enlightenment and in the economic circumstances of the industrial revolution. Due to widespread misconception that working class offspring’s are not able to learn or could benefit from education, what was influenced by economic interests of the time, speculations in regards to social structure and human social life start to appear (Ken Robinson 2008 n.p.). Education had series of reforms before it obtained its current form. Through the time, national curriculum broadened as additional subjects and qualifications were added e.g. politics or introduction of ‘Tripartite Education’ in 1944. Also, initial pattern of having different curriculum for boys and girls has changed. Nevertheless, despite all the alterations, key functions of education remained. Developing socialisation abilities, academic knowledge, job skills and cultural understanding is the aim of contemporary comprehensive curriculum in almost all countries in the world. Yet, education sphere is not without flaws, many sociologists are in debates trying to resolve issues of alienation, class conflict, gender and ethnicity as well as improve vocationalism and lifelong learning practices.