Lazy learning

avoid them. I, like every other human-being in existence, has made my fair-share of failures. Most of them a result of me being lazy, and most of them didn’t bother me all that much. Until one, during my Eagle Scout project proposal. Eagle Scout was something I worked to reach for over 5 years. Doing community service, cleaning up trash, guiding younger scouts, and learning all the necessary scout skills. I did everything but the project. For those who don’t know what an Eagle project is, it’s a service

All throughout middle school and high school teachers will always assign a group project where an uncooperative student causes a whole group to come “crashing down,” leaving the other students with a huge hole in their grade. I am against group work because they have more negative characteristics, such as, that it takes more time, dealing with difficult people, and struggling with trust of others. Many group projects leave students feeling frustrated and angry which diminishes the educational value

Seagull: I’m currently a seagull, since I’m lazy, creative, and loud. I’m lazy because almost every weekend I barely move and I sleep almost the whole weekend. Not to mention I’m a pro at procrastinating, and waiting until the last second to do homework and projects. I’m creative because if you didn’t know I really like to draw and I have to be creative to do that. Lastly, I’m loud because when I’m around my friends I’m very, very loud. (teachers you wouldn’t know this.). Mouse: I’m currently a

After reviewing the literature, there were seven categories: Student beliefs/willingness, engagement, disengagement, warning signals/signs, motivation, ways teachers can improve motivation, intervention. These themes will be discussed in the order they are listed. Student beliefs/willingness Students are considered to be engaged in class when they are involved in their work, continue trying when challenges arise, and take joy when accomplishing the task at hand (Bomia, Beluzy, Demester, Elander,

The majority of students say that school is boring because of what they are learning or because they just don't understand the subject. As a result, they fail to understand that school is a priority for them to be successful in life. This is true for me because I also think That school is boring and the result is that the grades that I receive are not perfect as I know they can be. There are three Reasons that students think that school is boring and they are; under-challenge, under-motivated, and

the college's requirements, for me it seemed it was a learning experience. First, I did not think that a day like this could occur in a regular school. I have never been on such a day. In addition, it showed me how important it is to teach English in fun and creative ways. Through the day, I saw how students could learn English without even noticing that they were learning! It seemed that this day was actually part of the process of learning

agree completely that you can pretty much tell whether your students are engaged in the learning process or if they have checked out. As you explained student participation is a major indicator of student learning. I like that you gave the example of doodling because I read somewhere that doodling can help some people stay focused. You also made a valid point about outside factors affecting students’ learning process. Since I work with at-risk students I see a variety of outside factors that influence

Schools are the backbone of our society, or rather, they should be. With modern day technology, schools have been slowly degrading and are slipping away from their original purpose. Although, new technological developments tend to be not only fun and inspirational but also somewhat educational, factors such as a child's attention span, a student's work ethic and also a child's use of time management hinder particular technologies in curriculum and instruction. Social media, a technological development

My greatest challenge in semester 1 is the rap I had to do for my history class and it was hard because I had to make a rap about a certain topic in history. What made it a lot harder for me was that I told my whole group to meet at the library so we can finish the rap but none of them would show up on any of the days I told them to come, so I pretty much had to do the whole project by myself. But what got me mad the most of all was the fact that they still got their points when they pretty much

A service-learning project would be amazing to have in Crawford County High School. New things are what make a great county. This county needs a service-learning project. The service-learning project that Crawford County High School needs is to tutor younger children. This would be a good project for Crawford County because the students in elementary school are simply not catching up. Students in junior high are not catching up. A change needs to be done, and the best way to make a change is to