Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Chapter Eight

This was a very interesting chapter for me. It is very true that children are rapidly losing a self-concept, but if the reason is because of a lack of support from extended family and the community, it seems like a hopeless case. I definitely see parents trying to shelter their children from frustration and consequences.

I have a student who is always avoiding work and then gets angry when he has to take work home or miss fun activities because he has to finish work. My cooperating teacher has sent home several notes and made calls to the parent who simply says he's the same way at home and nothing comes back finished. It's extremely frustrating when you don't have the parent's support.

It's sad to see kids give up so easily. They are always groaning about assignments and spend more time thinking up ways to get out of work than actually doing it, therefore making more work for themselves. Or they end up doing it so fast and getting a bunch wrong and end up having to redo it anyway! I wish they would take more pride in their work.

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