“A positive attitude for teaching adolescents is a necessary element for becoming an effective middle level teacher. Because of its elusive nature, teacher attitude is difficult to teach, but by all means needs to be incorporated into teacher education programs to instill a sense that middle school teachers can make a significant difference in the lives of young adolescents. (176-177)”
This is a quote in the article You Wang to be a What? I was slightly terrified half way through the article when I read it and feeling completely helpless because the adolescents depicted in the article seem so similar yet also different from those in my country or when I was in middle school. Continue reading Stay positive?
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Why medication?
The article talks about the issue of prescription drug abuse and its impact on adolescents. What I find fascinatingly confusing is the comparison of similar situations in China when I grew up is somewhat completely different and yet thought-provoking. Continue reading Why medication?
Girls Girls Girls-Effy
The article of Why do girls engage in those terrible friendship wars? indicate the situation that girls tend to get hurt by friends and the difficulties adults have, including parents, teachers, and school counselors, to solve the problem due to their sensitivity and natural tendacy to take things more personaly than boys especially adolescents. Continue reading Girls Girls Girls-Effy
Whether Boys or Girls
The article talking about the differences of boys and girls in school seem to have brought up a dilema to educators as to how to perceive this topic. If insisting that boys and girls are the same and that everybody is a unique individual then it is easy to omit some obvious facts that could help with our teaching. If acknowledging the differences between boys and girls in both psycological and physical aspects, then one faces the risk of falling into the stereotype trap. The difficult thing is to find the balance. Continue reading Whether Boys or Girls
About Stereotyping
I found the passage about stereotyping Asian American students to be very insightful. I realised that the situation could be that apart from all the expectations, name-calling, being excluded from mainstream, what is also true is that, many people from their original countries don’t see Asian Americans as their people either. Continue reading About Stereotyping