World History Reflection Paper

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World History class in 10th grade, I had a teacher, who always gave her opinion on history with irrelevant topic. She was Hawaiian , which made her very sensitive to events in history such as WWII , the Hiroshima Bombing,and Pearl Harbor because her uncle was paralyzed by the bombing of Pearl Harbor . WWII was the only topic we learned for the entire semester because her family raised her to believe it was a very important event in history. However,she didn’t cover any other historical topics of interest to students. Therefore,I had a hard time passing tests and quizzes because I wasn’t interested ,and I was bored.The questions were really difficult unless students were passionate about this particular part of World History. Therefore, …show more content…

She should’ve connected to the students’ cultures as well . Therefore , Students disliked her because her ideology wasn 't right for a history class because there 's so many views on things such as U.S.A towards genocides,and bombing of Hiroshima.She mentioned that “the bombing of Hiroshima was a courageous act by the U.S. government ”, which made the class very sick.Our class felt so uncomfortable to believe that one 's life is more important than others . My friends and I disliked the class so much, that we complained to the school because the school curriculum wasn’t up to par to such topics as the industrial …show more content…

So,giving students packs of work doesn’t mean their learning because it’s not being retained. Even though,, students are not succeeding because they have too many distractions , lack of preparation , poor time management skills , and procrastination .One study conducted by Jennifer O 'Loughlin, “Many student spend” states [“While most teenagers (60 percent) spend on average 20 hours per week in front of television and computer screens, a third spend closer to 40 hours per week, and about 7 percent are exposed to more than 50 hours of "screen-time" per week”]. Which these problems have been created because of lack of engagement in the curriculum .But,this rein back on to teachers and administration because they are the ones who have students five times a week for 8 hours. Teachers and administration need to take charge and be proactive in students’

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