...referenced all around the world. The movie is placed in a cliché high school setting where a new girl joins the “popular clique” to secretly scheme behind their backs and ruin their control over the school. She had never been to public school before and was putting her best foot forward to fit in. This is a prime example of a typical teenage crisis, which is fitting in while maintaining your true character and labeling fake friends during the teenage years of life. The search for friendship begins around the age of thirteen because this is age of middle school. Middle school is usually the easiest years of being a teenager due to the fact that everyone is new to the school so they act normal. However, everyone eventually adjusts to the new environment along with the responsibilities and the competition to make friends begins. The...
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...Within my family and my generation, a big change is overriding myself and my peers. None of my parents finished High School and I will be the first one to graduate from High School and achieve higher education. The transition between countries is one thing but moving schools is a whole different story. Indeed changing schools from U.S. and Mexico is quite a change but even a bigger one for a young adult. In fifth grade I was studying in an Elementary school at Desert Sands Unified School District in Southern California. Good establishments, very supporting teachers, somewhat decent friends, overall a good school. I would go to Mexico every summer since first grade but this time around it would be very different. I left California and was sent to Culiacan Sinaloa Mexico, where all my family lives. I was struck with the notion that my mother was coming to join me and I wasn’t going back to California. I didn’t feel sad or angry due to the decision, mostly I felt nervous for the coming events in my life. One of them was entering a new school which was not middle school because in Mexico elementary school goes up until sixth grade. Another was getting...
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...Life has struggles, but struggles allow growth and transformation. Throughout my high school years, I faced challenges to juggle between school works and various kinds of activities and commitments. It has not only caused me to stumble, but it also made a positive impact in my life. By joining the Cross Country team, my passion in music, and serving in the church worship team, I am able to develop qualities that will add value to the UGA community. Participating in the Cross Country team for four years was the best decision I ever made in my high school years. As a young child, I was always shy and timid. Cross Country has helped me overcome that challenge, and I became more open to people. Tough practices and meets on very early mornings...
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...behind an almost ritualized belief that higher technical education leads to prosperity and wealth by opening-up gates for elitist white-collar job. Hence there has been an increasing demand for the same all across the developed economies. A great deal of government wealth along with public wealth is being spent for technological education. It’s beheld as a vehicle for development of the individual and the state. Randall Collins is an American sociologist who is a professor at University of Pennsylvania, U.S. He believes that increased reliance on education for higher occupational attainment has turned education into a potential tool for social mobility as well as for social stratification in America. Hence he tries to find out the link between education and social stratification through a Functional and Conflict perspective as mentioned below. Technical-function theory Conflict theory Technical-function theory According to this theory social origins being a constant it is seen that the higher the number of years of education the more is the occupational attainment. The other implication is that technological advancements have led to the increase in skill requirements necessary for employment, and education system is reflecting just the same. The functionalist approach states that there is a fixed set of jobs with a fixed set of required skills for each. The labour force must acquire these skillsets in order to get hired. Hence the fixed skillset required for a job position...
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...Candles, the plot revolves around a high school sophomore, Samantha Baker, as she struggles to celebrate her birthday whilst her family ultimately forgets her birthday. Moreover, Samantha Baker, referred to as Sam, she secretly wishes for the attention of the most popular high school senior boy, Jake Ryan. However, surprisingly Jake displays mutual interest for Sam, unknowingly to Sam, and he searches for her throughout the night. Nevertheless, Sam undergoes through the typical coming of age story as she attempts to accept the dissatisfaction of her birthday, while understanding this important milestone in her life. Although the movie provides brief insight into the protagonist’s life, Samantha Baker’s development throughout the movie reveal emotional and social regularities during adolescence. Foremost, Sam’s primary issue centers from her family forgetting her birthday, as she was overshadowed by her older sister’s wedding plans. Moreover, she struggles to accept her low social status as virtually...
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...the best predictor of whether a child will gain a high earning middle class job. However, they also point out that there are unequal success rates between social classes at school and unequal entry and success rates in post-compulsory education. -In 2008, 35% of working class pupils obtained 5 or more good grade GCSE's compared with 63% of children from middle class families. - The proportion of poorer children getting degrees has risen by just 3%, the increase among those from wealthier backgrounds is 26%. The gap between achievement between social classes could be due to home or schools, or could be related to cultural or material deprivation. - Bynner and Joshi (2002) used longitudinal birth cohort data and discovered that the link between class and educational under attainment is clear and that years of government policy have had little impact on this inequality. - The attainment of 5 or more GCSE grades A* to C by parental NS-SEC in England and Wales 2002 shows that those in higher professions and therefore more income and a higher social class have a higher percentage of attainment and achieve more GCSE's. Higher professions - 78% compared to those in lower supervisory and therefore lower social class at just 35%. - Due to material deprivation. - refers to the amount of financial support parents and teachers can provide for children in education such as educational books, toys, computers and transport to better schools that will help them to achieve good grades. Those...
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...pertains to students after they graduate from high school. Education does serve as the “the balance-wheel of the social machinery” but this is only true until students reach high school (Source A). Beyond that, it divides students by rich and poor classes, and starts an infinite cycle of distribution. This is a primary effect of the financial inequalities that exist in today’s society. Education is not the civil rights issue of our time, but is certainly one of the most important ones. One of the most foremost concerns in today’s society is unequal economic opportunities. Education is a primary effect...
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...numbers. It begins just moments after you are born. At only one minute old, you are given your very first standardized test, the Apgar, which rates your activity, pulse, grimace, appearance, and respiration. At five minutes old you are tested again, and if you score between 7 and 10, you are considered normal. As a society, we strive for normal and anything that differs is cause for further scrutiny. When you begin elementary school, standardized testing begins. In kindergarten, my numbers and scores fell into the “below normal” range, so I was flagged for more in-depth testing. The long process of public school educational evaluations and scoring began. But ultimately, what would these scores and numbers mean for me and my future? It meant that I would have to work harder to succeed. Because some things are more of a struggle for me, it only makes me more determined, and more imaginative in the solutions I find to the problems that I face. With hard work and perseverance, I’ve progressed from an elementary and middle school student...
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...Bibliography 20 IX. Appendices 21-36 Appendix A – Sample Questionnaire Appendix B – Other Researches 1 ABSTRACT In this research material, we aim to know the problems of a senior high school student especially the K+12 coming. A survey was made containing questions about what we have observed among other senior students. We had 100 respondents from different high schools. We consider you to definitely see the answers to the research questions because we can clearly prove that what we experience are just same with what our respondents face. The result recommends more number of students to participate and a wider area including rural areas. 2 INTRODUCTION It is everyone’s dream to graduate high school. It is because it will be their stepping stone to fully realize their dreams. Graduating high school is not as easy as you think especially when we are on the verge of the K+12 implementation. It is a hard thing to do, especially when something bothers or hinders you to do your main purpose in high school. There are many requirements to pass, hard lessons to learn and different problems to encounter. A senior high school student will never say that it is very easy to graduate secondary education because of the very many struggles he...
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...class, second middle class, and third lower class. Upper class is all the rich people. Middle class is the average people. The lower class is all the poor people. The middle class is shrinking every day due to it being harder to support their families. “The percentage of households considered middle class shrunk nationwide between 2000 and 2013” This shows...
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...Underachievement in schools can be heavily linked to factors that are internalised within the school. Both internal and external factors can contribute to the underachievement of pupils who belong to a working class background, and they may be equally as effectual on the underachievement of the pupil. One of the major causes of underachievement is the lack of economic capital, proposed by Pierre Bourdieu (1984), that a working class family possess. As item A states, ‘sociologists claim that factors outside the school, such as parental attitudes and parental income, are the main causes of working class underachievement.’ Children who belong to a working class background may not be able to afford the necessary equipment or meet the demands of the school that could lead to achieving higher. As well as this, children may not be able to attend educational trips and events organised by the school, so they may miss out on valuable schooling time. This external factor links directly to underachievement in schools because those living in poverty may not be as well equipped to achieve highly in school because they simply can’t afford it. As a result of this, children who don't have the necessary equipment or who don't go on trips with the school, may be subjected to bullying and stigmatisation by peer groups. This may leave them feeling secluded and uncomfortable at school, leading to an anti-school mindset which, ultimately, leads to truancy and failure. Secondly, Basil Bernstein...
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...poverty stricken students who are struggling academically in the classroom. Many of these students are falling behind in their studies and should be provided with extra resources to help catch them up. There are several factors in poverty that can contribute to a student being unsuccessful. However, the school administration and the teachers should do everything in their power to help the students be academically successful and increase their chances of being successful in life. The students suffering from the negative effects of poverty are most likely lacking basic needs at home, and it is most definitely not the fault of the student. These needs should and need to be met at school in order...
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...Comparing and Contrasting Backgrounds of Authors Mike Rose and Richard Rodriguez The biggest similarity between Mike Rose and Richard Rodriguez is they both love books and reading. Personally, I enjoy reading. Reading soothes the mind; it also reduces stress by distracting you from over thinking. From my experience I also came to realize reading increased my vocabulary and spelling. It forced me to come across new words, consequently improving my writing skills and analytical thinking. Rose and Rodriguez became writers mostly because they read all kinds of texts and became critical thinkers and at the same time motivated to pursue higher education. Their stories have common messages about literacy. Mike Rose’s “Lives on the Boundary” and Richard Rodriguez’s “Achievement of Desire” focus on prominent issues of education in society. The former tackles the problem of personal struggles and achievements of student, while the latter tackles cultural differences between home and school most especially for the working class children. Both authors came from a similar background with parents who were immigrants and poorly educated. Their family backgrounds were characterized by poverty and as a result of their upbringing; their top priorities did not include academics. Both use their personal experiences as examples of what they want in life. Mike Rose recounts his personal experiences describing his experiences in vocational education and elaborated on the problems of such a system...
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...confront the challenges of growing up female in America. While revealing differences in race and class they take us through each of their stories. I also noticed that these girls have in common self-awareness and determination to be themselves. From first loves to parental expectations to the gap between poverty and wealth, the teenagers of 5 Girls facing dilemmas shaped by society's ideas about young women as they experience daily changes in their lives. Corrie is intellectual and openly bisexual, from Chicago's upper middle-class who struggles to connect with her very religious father since revealing her sexuality to him. Amber is an honor roll on Chicago's Southside, a world apart from Corrie's world. Not only must she deal with societies' misconceptions of her, based on her race and class, but also the challenges that comes when she is forced to live on her own. Aisha is a high-achieving black teenager in a Catholic girls' school, a basketball star that fights to stand her ground in the face of a loving but over protective and demanding father. Haibinh came to the U.S. from Vietnam when she was ten. A high school sophomore who excels in school and is a community leader, she struggles with the conflicting demands of holding on to her Vietnamese heritage while fitting in to American culture. Toby is the active 12-year-old daughter of doctors who manages to go her own way regardless of the well educated parents. Each of the 5 girls confront the losses and gains that come from...
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...Revitalizing the Future Education Students of middle and high schools are faced with enormous responsibility within our nation; one day they will take over our constitution, they are the future generation. The need for entrepreneurial programs is crucial to the future of society’s education of the United States. Typically children learn by what they are exposed to consistently during their formative years, usually the path they take is revealed before them rather it’s right or wrong. By pointing the students in the right direction and introducing entrepreneurial programs, as part of the school curriculum they have a stronger objective to attain. Such programs as “Reviving Middle Grades Education by Returning to Fundamentals” and “Corps Values” are designed to assist students with purpose. The effects of funding these entrepreneurial programs would allow students to show how the revitalization of education in America is most effective. Strengthening the future generation is imperative, presenting the individual student with aspiration of confidence, potential, character, and self-esteem will allow the student to grow in the right direction for the future generation. Furthermore, connecting these entrepreneurial programs directly to students’ education would demonstrate how vital important it is and how they can make a difference within the community because it directly involves revitalizing society. There are volumes of disadvantaged students that live in major inner...
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