School Socialization Research Paper

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School as an Agent of Socialization Socialization is when people interact with others which help develop their human potential. Socialization is a basic need in human development and it starts during the childhood stages. Although it begins in adolescence, it does not stop there for it is a lifelong process. All social experiences someone experience in life affects them and their thoughts in some kind of way. One of the most important agents of socialization that contribute to a person or child socialization skills is school. School is made up of gender roles, different learning environments, peer groups, and teachers or authorial figures that contribute to school being an agent of socialization. It helps children on specific skills and values in society. School helps children learn and relate to different personality traits (Pearson, 2016). Whether it is high school or elementary school, this is In elementary school is where children are put on different sport teams so they can build team work and just get the new experience of playing that sport. In these recreational games for the elementary kids, everyone is considered winners no matter who actually won or lost. The kids who participated in this event all get a reward. As these kids get older and are in middle and high school, they start to see who are the real winners and losers. They see that everyone cannot be a winner; someone has to win and someone has to lose. School shows that everyone cannot win all the time. If someone happens to lose they just have to see it as minor setbacks for a major come back. This lost should make them want to go out and do better so the next time they can be better prepared to win. These win or lose scenarios just do not happen in sports but also in real life situations and they have to be able to understand and not let a lost keep them down. Having a winner or loser also creates

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