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¶ … Trouble with boys
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In the article "Are Schools Failing Black Boys," the concept known as "the downhill slide" is the frequent occurrence of African-American student's grades systematically becoming lower and lower by the time they reach fourth grade. What makes this phenomenon all the more remarkable is the fact that when they are in the first and second grades, these students' grades were on par (or perhaps even exceeding) that of their non-African-American counterparts. There are a couple of factors which can explicate the downhill slide syndrome. One is the fact that in the early years of elementary school, there is a social aspect to the way ideas are taught. By the time students reach the fourth grade, that social interaction has been replaced with a staid, sedentary lecture-based approach -- which will largely follow the majority of these students through their academic careers.
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Students are astutely aware of what is expected of them. Thus, if teachers have low expectations of students, oftentimes they may not attempt to exceed those expectations. An interesting aspect of the aforementioned article is that it provides a number of specific examples in which teachers had low expectations of students and did not attempt to help the students to exceed those expectations. For instance, there was the example of young Keith, a fairly bright student who would stay after class to help his teacher and tell the teacher his goals of becoming a doctor. The teacher, however, discouraged the child's dreams and recommended he play sports, instead. There was also the example of the teacher who gave Dawn Holmes' son C's in math, and when she attempted to see what he could do to get better grades, the teacher informed her that C's were perfectly fine grades for her son.
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trouble finding you, as I have been interested in your restaurant for well over a year now. In fact, one of the things I noticed first about your establishment is that you are in a central location that attracts a lot of new customers. Also, your restaurant is popular and most people in the community either know about it or eat there regularly. I heard about the position through word
Developmental Audit (DA) provides an alternative assessment beyond traditional standardized tests and psychiatric diagnosis. It explores a young person's motivations, beliefs, and behaviors within the ecological context of family, school, peer group, and community (Bronfenbrenner, 1986). This paper seeks to determine the intricacies as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the DA and how to effectively employ the DA regarding vulnerable youth. The keys to discerning the perceptions
10-year-old boy, Alec. The child has had pervasive relocations in his life, beginning at age 2 and endured a challenging separation between his parents. Since the separation he first experienced 50% split parenting, living with his mother one week then his father and stepmother the next, until such time as he was school age. He then began to live full time with his mother during the school week and
Louisa May Alcott, Jo's Boys Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott is an episodic novel, which means it does not have a consistent protagonist running through the entire book. However, any reader asked to nominate a main character in the novel would probably select Dan, simply because his character is the most broadly dramatic in terms of incident and action. Dan has a complicated and dark character which changes over the
Here we see Richard is learning the importance of priorities. He is learning what it means to sacrifice. These choices, however, help him reach an ideal he has in his mind of who he wants to be. He wants to understand things because he feels he has something worth saying. At the end of the day, Richard wants to write. To write anything meaningful, one must know his world
(p. 88) Boys and girls also respond differently to stress, threat and confrontation, as girls are more likely to shy away from confrontation while boys seem to at times be motivated by it. (p. 88-89) Lastly, one of the most important issues of gender differences that effect education is in relation to social interactive differences, boys feel less of a need to connect with others in a social way