I started my 10th grade year in Ms. Rolle’s class off on the right note, I’d say. I thought it’ll be like my freshman year in English, very lenient, nice, and basically a teacher who doesn’t give an overload of work. But of course, I was wrong. She’s actually the opposite.
One step to starting off on the right track in her class is to actually come to class. Coming to class is quite important, especially to a core class. If you don’t come to class and you’re at school, it’s very seldom that you’d get a chance to make up work that you’d missed. Not coming to class means you’re missing educational lectures and information for the English subject that can be used for your assignments and also EOC and ACT test that you would be taking this year. Not completing work because you decide to skip class isn’t good because you can actually fail, at least come to class and try to do work and get some credit. One thing you should keep in mind is that you have a slim chance of not getting caught while skipping during instructional periods so you shouldn’t even risk the chance of getting in trouble.
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You need to bring all needed materials to class to complete your work. If you don’t have your material, you won’t be able to do your work; therefore you’re likely to fail the assignment. you also need to be expecting pop quizzes and unexpected journals and essays. You need to have your own supplies because Ms. Rolle won’t keep supplying you every time you are in need of more supplies. Another to keep in mind as in being prepared is to be very organized. Being organized causes you to keep all work and materials in a neat and clean place you can later come back to find, because at a later date you will definitely be asked to pull it out
assignments. In the case of Miss Hiller, she was becoming very discouraged because she didn’t seem to know how to motivate her students to learn. She is also bothered of the fact that the students didn’t seem to like her, and that she is having problems disciplining her students. Stansbury and Zimmerman (2000) suggests that to make life less stressful for new teachers like Miss Hiller, the principal may reduce the number of students in a beginning teacher’s classrooms, refrain from assigning them the most challenging students, and minimize their extracurricular and committee assignments.
The thesis of Class Dismissed is about how the working class people on television are portrayed. Many people wanted to be part of a particular social class. The programs in the Class Dismissed changed people’s perception of certain groups. For example, The Jefferson’s , is about how a black man grows his business and become successful. From watching the film I never thought how TV shows frames us. Now, as I think back to watching certain shows like The Cosby show, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The George Lopez, The Hughley’s, My Wife and Kids, and The Bernie Mac Show they all are working class people who are successful. However, Good times, is another show that I have watched, although Good times the family are still living in the projects,
One advice I wish I have had when I started this class was to ask questions when I did not understand something. I wish I have asked more questions during class, because I spend a lot of time on me own trying to understand the topic by reading the textbook. If I had done this earlier I would have understand the topic so much better, hearing Ms. Fellows explain it to me would be so much better from reading the textbook. One advice I would liked to have early in the semester was do not wait till last minute
Walkout; what is a Walkout? According to the website Dictionary.com, it defines the term walkout as “the act of leaving or being absent from a meeting, especially as an expression of protest”. Some people may say it is an act of retaliation, and others may say it is standing up for what you believe in. A walkout it is not only an act of leaving, it is a form of expression. People who are involved in a walkout bring attention or raise awareness for a certain issue that is taking place. That’s what happened in 1968. A group of East Los Angeles students walked out, in order to have their goals met by the L.A.U.S.D School District, which was, a better education for the Latino community.
The first hour of school was a disaster. Mainly because of Mrs. Laurel my new history teacher. At the sound of the bell she carried a pile (2ft. high it seemed) of papers from her desk to all the students. "Welcome to the wonderful world of history," she announced, "My name is Mrs. Laurel and these here few papers are the requirements and rules of my class." She passed out what amounted to be forty papers for each student. Then she smiled and said, "We will start with you." She pointed directly at me. "You start reading for us and then we'll circle all around the room so everyone can get their chance." My face flushed red, my heart pounded through my chest. I was sitting way in the back but some how or another she picked me. She noticed me. This was the worst first day of school in my life.
I was always classified as the quiet, humble type student, often hiding in the back of the classroom counting down the minutes until the bell would ring. Participating in class was a challenge because of my introverted nature. Being born first in my family, I was the child who loved to please my friends, family and teachers. The highlight of my days in grade school was receiving little smiley face stickers on the top of my math papers or a simple pat on the back from the teacher. Progressing through middle school, I started to come out of my shell and blossom into a teenager who had a high aptitude for reading, science and mathematics. My intellectual interests have always been perpetually shifting but I always knew that I had a knack for
Putting off Until Tomorrow What is Better Done Today: Academic Procrastination as a Function of Motivation Toward College Work conducted by Sheila Brownlow and Renee D. Reasinger, was a study that looked at the impact of the two types of motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic, and personality variables such as perfectionism, locus of control, and fear of evaluation or failure on academic procrastination in college students. Specifically, the researchers hypothesized that the presence or lack of presence of important intrinsic and extrinsic rewards may determine whether or not procrastinatory academic behaviors will occur. The researchers also predicted that high procrastinators may fear failure which then leads to task avoidance, which then lowers self-esteem, and overall delays the
Katrina Lewis was our professor, and each of us had heard rumors of how picky she was (“anal retentive” were the exact words, I believe). There were horror stories of her always giving the class busywork, and expecting total perfection, despite our lack of knowledge or experience. I pictured in my head a short spinster who wore horn-rimmed glasses and nothing but black pantsuits, but my eyes widened with surprise as she walked in the room. A tall, thin frame accompanied by short, stylish blonde hair took the place of my gray-haired visions. She couldn’t have been more than 30 years old, and she wore cute plastic-rimmed sunglasses (which, by the way, she wore every day of class…and never took them off). She called us over to the area where she taught, and we all grabbed chairs, being careful not to pop anybody’s bubble. She proceeded to lecture the entire three hours of class, while each of use struggled to keep our eyes open. I knew by the end of class that the rumors were true, and this would not be an easy first semester.
Going to classes is a problem I face every day. Sometimes I won’t go to classes at all for a day. The reason for me skipping classes could be explained on an emotional and behavioral level but I’m going too stick to behavioral. It can be categorized into multiple reasons but I’m going to stick to four. One being motivation. Motivation is the desire to do something. Second is stress. Stress is pressured cause by events on one’s emotions, immune system and brain. Third is learning. Or the way I obtain knowledge and information for the outside. And last is social psychology. Social psychology is the study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by others. Using these four categories I will state the behavioral problems that make me skip classes.
Students Attendance Reasons for being late in class and other factors affecting the punctuality of a student vary. There have been some theories that pointed out that tardiness is caused by the personality of a person. Santillano (2015) stated that psychological theorists considered some “personality traits, including low self-esteem and anxiety” as triggering factors of tardiness. Some theorists considered tardiness as an “inborn quality” since our being early or late is “partially biologically determined”, which she also agreed, other experts also believed that some people are “chronically tardy” for the reason that they consciously and unconsciously get good things from it. In the book cited by Santillano, “Never be late again: 7 cures for the punctually challenged”, the author Diana DeLonzor suggested that some personality traits could most likely lead to a person being often late.
Growing up and attending Sauers has completely shaped me into the person I am today. Sauers allowed me to experience many experiences that most people never will experience or even think about experiencing. Attending school in such a closely knit environment, partaking in sports, and most importantly learning the word of God helped me learn my true values and appreciate the people I have in my life. All of these things went hand-in-hand in helping build my knowledge and attitude to be the very best. While at Sauers I learned perseverance, dependability, and the significance of loving all people, but most importantly of the three, loving all people.
Bonnie the secretary introduced me to my new teacher. As Mrs. Bonnie was leaving the room, my new teacher Mrs. Evaheart introduced me to the class. As I stared at the class I couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed. I wanted to go back to my old school where I had friends, knew almost everyone, a place where I didn’t feel lonesome, a place anywhere but here. As I saw each and every one of my new classmates faces the utter dread that I felt slowly began to fade as I saw a familiar face. Seeing one of my former friends give me a renewed hope that maybe being in this school won’t be so bad after
Among the stressed college students, the busy teachers, and the common people in the workforce, one question stands to be asked and asked again; is procrastination natural? Is that why it comes so easily to most people? It goes without saying that millions of people have stood awake in their beds at night contemplating if the habits that come with procrastination are normal. Another question that is likely to follow, is are they worse than average? Can anyone else in the entirety of the world relate to them? The fact that other people may be going through the same thing is reassuring to them.
In like manner, if students become apathetic about attending school, they will reap the consequences of a poor education and, in turn, will not attain a degree. Hence, the question arises, why are they [students] not attending school? Though, the explanation may not be a simplistic one, some jump to the bias conclusion that these particular students are delinquents or quite frankly despise school, but, the issue may be more complex that that. In the case of such apathy towards school, bullying could be the culprit. In addition, clothing choices may or may not have something to do with said bullying. In this case, uniforms could greatly improve attendance records due to the roadblock they place between issues at school, such as bullying, and lack of
Similar to how there are many reasons why a student drops out, there are multiple effects that occur because of the drop out rate; when a student drops out, it can negatively affect the country financially. With the increasing amounts of students dropping out, the nation is struggling. “The nation can no longer afford to have more than one-quarter of its students leave high school without a diploma. High schools must be improved to give all students the excellent education that will prepare them for college and a career, and to be productive members of society” (Alliance). As mentioned before, people expect things to be handed to them by the government, they think that they are entitled to it. But the only problem with that is, it that the