Everyone that has attended public high school has observed a split in the peers that he attends class with. The same can be said of my own experiences. Sitting in class, I have noticed many different types of students. Some tend to be more hard working and reserved than others. Though there are many more than three kinds of students, I feel that students can be generalized into three fairly common groups: the Hard Workers, the Slackers, and what I call the In-Betweeners. The first (and least common) of the three groups is the Hard Workers. These students can easily be distinguished by their tendency to make high grades. These are the students that vigorously take notes and are sure to turn in their assignments as soon as possible. The Hard Workers spend free-time in class either reading books, studying notes, or working ahead on assignments. Though the studiousness of the Hard Workers is exquisite, they lack in a vital area: social status. The Hard Workers tend to be quiet in class, often having qualities of an introvert. While the rest of class maybe talking about current events...
Some college students might try to be more inclusive of others outside their own racial group by interacting across racial/ethnic lines. Humphrey’s states that although “students today do sometimes choose to live, socialize, or study together with similar backgrounds.” (575, Hoeffner and Hoeffner) however, she believes self-segregation does not appear to be widespread.
...ting them choose their own groups to be in during class, as offering multiple ways to complete projects, different assigned reading topics, and etc. The student can only get out of the class as much as they put in. Even though the students may wish the teachers would give less homework or let them read Sports Illustrated in class, there is a fine line between academic learning that incorporates “street smarts” and academic learning that lacks on the academic part. Teachers must insure their students are learning the required material and that they are not taking detours from learning about topics and ideas that students need to be successful after college.
Society has categorized individuals depending on their financial status and their income; also known as social class. There are three original social classes in America, upper, middle, and lower class. The classes may sometimes be further divided into upper- upper, lower-upper, upper-middle and lower middle; with the working and lower classes at the bottom; working poor and underclass.
Throughout The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth, Alexandra Robbins makes a variety of assertions. Her main claim is that there are many students who feel as if they must fit into certain groups in school to be accepted. To support this claim, Robbins has gathered evidence by interviewing common high schoolers from several different areas. Throughout her interviews, the students tell her about their experience. She observes a common pattern in all of the students, as a result, she has strong proof to support the claims she makes throughout the book. Within this essay, I will explain the specific claim, the evidence, and the form the evidence
As an individual stuck amidst a foundation known for its propensity to breed social congruity, college has opened my eyes to numerous distinctive reasons why individuals decide to act in ways they wouldn't regularly act. Since they ordinarily aren't certain of their character, adolescents are more inclined to similarity than others. In the most essential structure, college is tormented with congruity through the generalizations that learners seek after and explore different avenues regarding trying to uncover their personality. There are two sorts of Conformity: the kind that makes you do your errands when your father authorizes you to, and the less than great kind in which you aimlessly take after the thoughts and tenets of an inner circle or gathering, without addressing the negative impacts it has upon yourself and the improvement of whatever remains of public opinion. Conformity is basic in that people strive for a feeling of strength and acknowledgement in their lives. As a result of this need, “we therefore figure out how to fit in with principles of other individuals. What's more the more we see others carrying on in a certain manner or settling on specific choices, the more we feel obliged to stick to this same pattern.” Despite the freedoms we are supposed to have in American society most adolescents find it difficult to have their own identity.
Explain the characteristics of the different types of schools in relation to educational stages and school governance.
Just like Richard Rodriguez one can have struggles with school and home, for instance at home one is taught to speak their mind, told that everyone will understand. At home formal does not exist; serious and organized is an option. Yet at school one must learn to think before speaking, to raise your hand and to make sure you sound just like everyone else. At school one is taught to not make a fool out of themselves, to be serious and formal to be just like everybody else. But yet again as a student, although one has been taught to be like everyone else, one can still feel like an outsider, like Rodriguez describes you still don’t fit in. As a student one must learn the difference between formal and informal and when to use both, for some students like me formal and serious might be the only way to socialize. And just like Rodriguez one
To begin with teacher-student relationships, teachers in high school have classrooms of about twenty to thirty students in each class. While college classrooms may contain up to three hundred students, making it impossible for a teacher to know every single student in that class. Furthermore, in high school the student may have a more personal relationship with the teacher rather than in college, because high school students see their teachers five days a week as compared to college where it might only be twice a week. Also teachers in college don’t care whether the student pass or fail the class. Whether the student pass the class or not is the sole responsibility of the student. While in high school teachers are constantly on the student’s case about missing assignments and grades. Teachers in high school for the most part will help the student to the best of their ability to pass the course. The student will not see this type of teacher student relationship in college. In most cases teachers in college will not give a student to turn in an assignment late. Unlike high school where at times a student is allowed to turn in an assignment that is several weeks
Teachers and peers Teachers played a huge role in my development because I started preschool at the age of two, so I spent a lot of time in some sort of classroom setting and interacted with the teachers. When I was younger a lot of times I preferred to be around the teachers, mostly because being an only child at the time, that was all I was used to. There were times when I did interact with my peers. Most of the time I spent was with my cousin because we had the same class. Once I was old enough to start kindergarten I was confident that it was going to be a cake walk. I met a group of friends and was excelling in class. However, my friends and I had a very hard time getting along, so we were later separated. Throughout my childhood I recall bouncing between several different types of friend groups, from the “cool clique”, to the
Most likely being the class pet, they take notes on everything the teacher says and are less likely to get in trouble. To insure that their grades are the best that they can be, these students will go above and beyond. In class, overachievers are the students who write down every helpful thing the teacher might say, who always have their hands raised to answer a question, and who always ask for extra credit. Student A, for example, is a straight A student, and when she isn't working on homework or studying, she is participating in or even leading different clubs, anything that looks good on a college application. On the other hand, Slackers will most likely not do anything at all, while uncivil students might only strive for the bare minimum to pass. The real differences in these groups are found in their grades, overachievers’ being significantly higher, slackers on the lowest end of the grade point average, and the uncivil being somewhere in
The third group is the normal group, they are usually typical college students attending their scheduled classes, getting the homework assignments done and turned in on time. The normal group is usually mothers/fathers that have hired baby sitters to watch their son(s)/daughter(s) while they attend the college they are enrolled in. They spend their recreation time studying, exercising, having fun with their friends, spending time with family, or simply offering their time to give back to their community.
I personally think that people have a different mid-set when they are in high school than when the are in college. Students who attend to college have different priorities than the students who attend to high school. In addition, having different priorities makes students experience differences between college and high school. For example, students attending to high school have more leisure time because they have a regular schedule every week, so their weekly planning is considerably easier. On the other hand, college students are busy most of the time because they have to study throughly. Most high school subjects don’t require extra time doing labs or extra work; therefore, most high school students do not struggle because of the complexity of subjects. Mathematics is a perfect example to illustrate the different complexity of such subject given between high school and college. Students in college take mathematics at a deeper level, to point where a single problem could be solved in one or two hours; making students consider math assignments intolerable. in contrast high school students experience mathematics at a more broad level, so the assignments given are mostly done in matter of
In college a student should question what it means to be part of a clique. Although they were popular in high school, many students do not belong to cliques in college. In fact, being involved in a clique simply portrays a student as being scared to make new contacts and expand his or her world. In sum, how a person socializes in college can lead to one’s development or downfall. Losing track of goals is the last thing a student wishes to do. How we socialize tells our classmates and future employers who we are. Socialization in college makes us open ourselves to the world, and in so doing, we must assume responsibility for all our choices.
Regard for the students is a requirement, not an option. First and foremost there has to be a full understanding that they are people, unique individuals with differing characteristics. It would be an awful mistake of anyone to try to mold them into an idea of what someone thinks they should be. Differences are a fact; they must be accepted as the individuals must be accepted for the wonderful part they play in making the diversity or our society such as it is. If everyone fit the “perfect mold” life would be an endless drudgery.
There are many different types of students. All students have their own way of studying and learning material. A student’s attitude is the most determining factor in how well a student performs academically. Some students are eager to learn and try their best; however, some students could care less about learning. Each year students decide whether they will succeed or fail in school. All students fall into one category or another. Students can be classified into three categories: Overachievers, Average Joes, and Do Not Give a Rips.