Chapter six is all about the issues we as teachers are going to have getting our kids to school everyday, and making them interested enough in the material we’re teaching to keep them there. It discusses the facts that schools offer opportunities for academic and social growth, the importance of passionate teachers, and to have them show pride in there work, but one thing jumped out at me. One of the things that motivates kids to do well is when teachers make learning a social thing.
This jumped out at me because of how simple, yet important it was. I feel like this aspect of schools that is often over looked even though it is a huge reason why middle school girls even bother showing up every day. If teachers can somehow make doing well in classes the cool thing, like it was at my high school, many of the “popular kids” would be more willing to be engaged in their learning. If the “popular kids” showing that they want to be engaged in school the rest, or at least most, of the other kids in the schools are going to attempt to follow. By making this connection for the students it would not only help them, it would also help the teachers- win win situation.
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