How Children Succeed?

Success for certain students relies heavily on the parent and their overall childhood as well. What was your childhood like? Was it safe, impoverished, happy, or could you refer to it as madness? Every child you ask this question to most likely will have different answers. Each young student is born differently, brought up in various ways and receives excellent to minimal education. Why is that you ask? Many factors can affect a child’s education. It could be the environment, family, growth of the child and most importantly behavior. For example, in the article by Anna Sopko, “Writing Standards: Finding One’s Ways with Words”, a child has lived through a traumatic childhood and his behavior is greatly affected by this. Another article by Daniel T. Willingham, “Teachers Aren’t Dumb”, addresses how teachers are trained

He believes that many teachers are left in the dark and this is why they do not use successful techniques when educating students. The book by Paul Tough, How Children Succeed, brings all of these points together. He discusses how the student –teacher relationship works hand in hand for a child’s success. The author also discusses how the classroom environment plays an important role in education. The learning environment should be positive for children. They should not be worried about anything when they get there and they also should be treated no differently from anyone else. Understanding the learning environment is the interaction between physical surroundings and behavior. For example, if a child lived around an airport, they would not be able to receive enough sleep. This would then cause a child to become disruptive in class. The overall environment of a classroom depends on the teacher. If a teacher is mostly negative, then the children will absorb the negativity. The author of the essay “Writing Standards: Finding One’s Way With Words, Anna Sopko discusses how her