The Big Fish Little Pond Effect For Academic Self Concept

Self concept refers to awareness of their own characteristics, and of likenesses and differences between themselves and other children. We help promote this by having the children use names. We have them call each other by name as well as the teachers by their names. We also help by making up news stories with the children in them and use their names in them when telling them, we also

While reading Ken Bain’s book “What the Best College Students Do” of the five different types of students he describes, I feel like I fall under the label of one having mediocre grades but achieving success. I make good grades, however I do not necessarily believe my grades always reflect my hard work, determination and effort put in, similar to his theory on false hope in standardized testing. Throughout my school career, I have consistently made A and B grades. I can remember only one C grade, which was a quarter grade, and very disappointing, but a lesson learned. At the same time though, and as Bain helped me realize through his text, grades are not everything and making a C is not something that is going to kill me; there is simply more to school than a letter grade. In fact he points out through most of the 1800s schools only used two grades, pass or fail. As seen nowadays, schools have since adopted the letter grade system.

My first year of college I was devastated because I didn’t pass my math class due to procrastination. Not because the class

That these grades students were so worried about didn’t prove how intelligent or talented I was. They only tested how a student had the discipline to retain information. I knew I was making excuses to avoid working in school. Instead, I took a less conservative point of view on school, and searched for motivation to help push myself to be someone who has more to offer to the world.

In high school, being a nerd is a fine line between being acknowledged or becoming a loner. As you enter the school you will see a few students sitting on benches. Each of these benches will have one student, each

"But something that stung even worse than a towel-snap was often getting labeled a "nerd" or a "geek."" Ryan Britt opens up his series of essays Luke Skywalker Can 't Read and Other Geeky Truths talking about being in middle school in 1994 in the boys locker room. Being called "queer" and "loser" were common but the label of "nerd" or "geek" was something even worse. Little over 20 years ago such words were not quirky little things you used to describe yourself as would be used now. Nerd is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as someone who is "a foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious." The image of a

As a student in high school, you have your nerds, jocks, and the regular students. When it comes to work and activities some things the nerds won’t necessarily do. Nerds tend to be much smarter than the jocks. Not really saying that Jocks are not smart. Jocks are more into sports rather than nerds. They both will get their work done to be successful and to have grades they would want. Sometimes I just feel as if I'm just a regular student because I'm not a nerd nor a jock. I realized there is a difference between a nerd and jock but with little similarity.

I am a Nerd. In the social hierarchy that is public school, nerds are typically placed at the bottom. They are written off as awkward, unattractive, and unsociable. This common misconception of what a nerd truly is often completely ignores or overshadows the truth.

I know, *I know*, that the vast majority of you were the “nerds” in high school. You were the ones taking all-nighters in AP classes while others slept. You were the ones studying for tests or preparing for competitions while others had something called a “social life.” But that was high school, and this is an entirely new chapter of your

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

In high school, we have always seen the few people who tend to stick out more than other people. These people seem to have an answer for every time the teacher has a question and receive A’s on every test, quiz, or homework grade. These are the people who are classified by society as nerds. Many nerds are well known through-out society. Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, and Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, are just a couple of the many nerds in the world who have impacted society in a huge way; however, many nerds are ostracized from the world. Because nerds study rather than socialize and think on a faster pace than the average human, nerds are typically ostracized from society.

Gaining education enhances a respectful life for an individual to live respectfully in the society. In this modern era, every individual needs to be educated. Education is one of the ways where people can know about the history of their country and also about the latest technologies. In the essay “Grades and self-Esteem”, the author Randy Moore, argues about self-esteem in students and their grades. He also claims that teachers should be genuine in giving grades to their students rather than focusing on their self-esteem. I agree with the author’s view regarding the grading system and disagree with the Moore, regarding building self-esteem in students.

Instead of learning being a chore, it becomes a necessity. Being a nerd pretty much makes you a lifelong learner. Most people will not go out of their way to figure out how anything works, but a nerd will because that’s what makes them a nerd. Learning new information is always interesting, especially when it involves something as interesting as space. A nerd won’t ever really be satisfied when it comes to learning in class, and will always strive to learn more stuff. A nerd is always ahead of the game when it comes to educating themselves on subjects that will be discussed in the next week. A nerd is a person who saves you from being called on in class because ultimately they know that they are the only ones that know the answer. Nerds have a wide range of topics that they find interesting. For me, personally, it’s space and computers. Both of these areas fascinate me more than anything else in the world. Usually, nerds tend to gravitate toward each other which means that usually a group assignment will be better than every other groups because they all have similar interests. Homework, quizzes, tests, and finals all become relatively easy because a nerd is like a walking encyclopedia of all of the information that everyone has learned in the last few

First, since my very first year of school everyone considered me a nerd. I was called a try-hard, a geek, and so on. I have never cared much about what people think of me, so I just kept embracing the good grades I was getting. All my teachers told me how good I was doing and how well they liked having me in their class. From then, I just kept doing well because I liked the credit I got from it. Being categorized as a nerd makes me want to always stay in this category. I don 't think this is a bad category to be in, even though some people may

Scholastic journalist, Carla Poole, writes that “they are transitioning out of the egocentric "me" stage, to a stage in which they have a greater understanding of the "me" within the "us"”. Kindergarten students’ are beginning to realize that there is a little more to life than their family. This means that they [the students’] are analyzing what is all around them. Thus leading to the -link between self-concept/esteem and 5 or 6 year olds.