When you where in grade school were you a lover of going to school? I think that I had more of a yearning for learning than a love for actually going to school. I only wanted to learn about the things that I was interested in. I would really not say that I wanted to be in school and learn about everything that you learn about in school. And after reading this article I can see that I really should be in the love for school and learning category and I really feel that I am not. I am not saying that these statistics are wrong but I am saying that they are just statistics and they are not true and every situation. This article that I read stated that the children that most love school are
“Asians and the children of parents who are married, make the most money, have abandoned academic degrees and live in the suburbs of the Northeast”
It is also stated that these students are the ones that like school and to do their school work the most and are most interested in the work that they do.
The statistics in the article stated that . . . “Among racial and ethnic groups, non-Hispanic white parents were most likely to say their children never like school, while Asian parents, followed by Hispanic parents, were most likely to say their children like it often. The children of parents who were separated, divorced or widowed were most likely to never like school. Children whose parent worked part-time generally like school most often. Those growing up in rural areas like it less often.”
Another topic that was talked about in the article is the statistics about the most prominent students that take part in Gifted and Talented programs in schools. They are very much the same students that like to go to school. I really think that there is a strong correlation between liking to go to school and doing well in it. I think that this correlation is the same in many things in life. If you like to do something you are going to put more effort into and they’re for you are going to do better at it. I am not saying that everyone who loves to go to school and tries hard at it is going to be at the top of their class, but I think that might do the best work up to their own potential. All in all I found this article to be pretty interesting, it made me really think about the students that we have in our grade schools today, is there a trend to the good and the bad of them all and are there reasons that the students are the way that they are?
The article . . . A love of learning
