The reason my academics aren’t going well as you or I would like is because of the several family issues I’ve had to face during my high school career. It began my Sophomore year, I found out my mom needed surgery in her arm so the chances of her cancer spreading would be reduced. I was under a great deal of stress worrying about my mother, taking care of my four siblings making sure they knew everything was going to be okay, even though I wasn’t sure myself. It was all up to me; while my other brother worked to help with bills, my mom being in the hospital, and my dad working. Taking care of my siblings consisted of cooking, homework, cleaning, nightly routine, and putting them to bed. When the work was done it would be around 10 o'clock. It was already tough to buckle down and focus on homework without all the stress. With all this my first semester grade was less than great.…
For school-age children, their school performance will be poorer, and their interpersonal relationships may get worse. Teenagers are forced to grow faster and take on more responsibility. Also, divorce may lead adolescents to experience depression and risk behaviors. Chapter…
While teachers in the classroom should aim to give students the best education possible they do have many students who have issues outside of school. This may cause a student not to focus on studies when not in class. Many students deal with issues of divorce, drugs, and poverty. These issues in the home can weigh greatly on a student trying to reach their goals of completing high school or earning a degree. Teachers should take into account the students home life and if needed should modify their teaching to help these students succeed.…
Epstein, J. L., & Sheldon, S. B. (2006). Moving forward: Ideas for research on school, family,…
Imagine living in the 1960’s fighting for the chance to be able on a hit dance show series. Now, imagine fighting for equal opportunities between the blacks and whites, in an area where segration between the two races is held up as an important aspect of the community. This is exactly what happened in the hit musical, Hairspray. I was able to attend this amazing musical at Washington Lee High School on April 25, 2015. Directed by Keith Cassidy, outstanding performers showed off their collaboration and effort, transporting the audience to Baltimore in 1962. Through acts of violence, progression in the fight towards equality, and some ridiculous hair, Hairspray was able to speak to audiences both of the 1960’s and of the decades beyond that.…
At age 4 Nic’s parents got divorced. That was during the Preschool stage, where the conflict is Initiative vs. Guilt. In this stage children need to begin asserting control and power over their environment. Nic was doing well in this stage and the school age stage as well. His grades well good, he had friends and was active and involved in sports. His father thought that Nic was coping well because he was doing so well in school and playing sports. “Nic was excelling in school and I could have been happier.” (30) However related to Preschool stage – Nic was able to control his grades, and his activities therefore he was about to successfully show his power.…
If we do not help and support children and young people, this can lead to low confidence and low self-esteem and sometimes spiral into challenging behaviour. When too much pressure is put on a child to do well this can result in the child getting stressed and afraid of failure such as when a parents puts pressure on a child to attend ballet lessons when the child doesn’t want to, the child will not do well in this because they don’t want to do it.…
When her parents are stressed, Riley elevates her stress level in their insufficient care, and thus can possibly undermine her mental health and intellectual development. Although the parents acknowledged something wrong happens with her, they are preoccupied with their own business and cannot immediately fulfill her need. Therefore, Paul suggested the best strategy helping these children is to first help the adults in their lives. I think teacher also plays an enormous role in children's emotional development since kids nowadays spend more time in school than at home. Riley’s teacher should call the parents to inform her crying in the class and provide support at school for her to adapt the new learning…
From the angle that the case study has been presented, I as the school’s social worker have been tasked to look into the case of “Yasmin” a previously high achieving student who has recently been scoring low grades and is reportedly moody. We have been informed that she lives with her mother and five other siblings. Their ages were not presented, and as such, we will be conducting this analysis on the assumption that her mother is in her fifties, her eldest brother in his twenties, her elder sister in her late adolescence (17 – 18 yrs), and that her younger siblings are in primary school. Much of our analysis will be based on Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development [1950; 1968].…
| The teenager/adolescent is socially and emotionally at the stage of a lot of exams in the last year of school and previously under stress because of choosing the right future carer choice. It becomes hard when the adolescent now realises that she has to think of exams and education at this stage as well as being too interested in friends and relationships.…
The different environment and circumstances that pupils are exposed to at school and during their childhood and teens can affect their development. Many families may go through changes, which will have an impact on the way children respond in different situations. Families may break-up, get divorced or a new partner may be introduced which may effect children emotionally. Families may move house or change country, which can affect individuals socially, there could be a bereavement or illness in the family, which can be traumatic and upsetting for the whole family. If a child is looked after or in care it can effect their development emotionally, socially and physically. Changes in a pupil’s behavior may be…
Agnew’s general strain theory is an extension on Merton’s strain theory. This theory argues there are three sources of strain: failure to achieve positive goals, introduction of negative stimuli, and the removal of positive stimuli. These sources and lead to an affective state classified by depression, anger, disappointment, and a withdrawn state. This can also lead to antisocial behaviors like drug and alcohol use, violence and dropping out of school. Agnew’s theory can be seen in Nicole’s scenario. Her failure to achieve success in school can be reflected by detention, trouble understanding course material and assignments, and ultimately dropping out of school. There were many introductions of negative stimuli that can be seen in Nicole’s…
My parents’ divorce crippled me. Endless trips from house to house coupled with anxiety over my personal future as well as my parents’ stole my attention. As a result, my overall academic performance significantly weakened.…
This chapter is trying to show the readers that many students suffer because of school and expectations from people. High school prepares student for college and many students are stressed out from the pressure. The students tried very hard to keep the grades up to get into prestigious universities. This connects to me because I also tried hard to keep my GPA high. Throughout my four years of high school, it was difficult for me to balance my personal life and school life. The pressure was high for me because my family from Burma expects me to attend prestigious universities and become a doctor or engineer. I was not mentally nor physically strong to withstand these stress. Yet, I managed to raise my grades at the last minute and got accepted…
Some parents are at their children’s back daily pushing them to excel academically. Nothing less than As would please them. Parental pressures to pursue academic success have both positive and negative effects on their children.…