The Adolescents at School offers an assortment of essays, research summaries, commentaries, interviews, and profiles of diverse group of authors who were influenced by their students’ identity information from American secondary schools.
The book presents varied aspects of youth identity that happen within modern US school systems. Most of the youth identities and voices presented were African-American, immigrant, Asian, homosexual, underprivileged, and others. These identified youth have found themselves separated from the traditional American identity.
Educators tend to practice the idea that our youth identities are acceptable and normal. However, Sadowski’s collection of researches, profiles, interviews, and commentaries requests educators …show more content…
By guiding students toward being positive role models within the society, educators can support more students appreciate their full possibilities and inhibit adolescents of becoming victims to stereotypical problems.
As Sadowski stated that by building real, genuine relationships with adolescents, educators can provide alternatives to the limited possibilities that adolescents may see before them in their community.
I found this book to be a thorough analysis of adolescent culture. I am Asian, thus the section about Asian students was particularly interesting for me. The conversation of Asians as the "model minorities" and all the challenges and misinterpretations that were discussed made sense to me. It perfectly tied up with my experiences in the classroom.
After working in education for 10 years in places like metropolitan area Wichita, KS and urban area like Kansas City; these alternative identities speak to me directly. I have heard voices who have cried for care and nurturing throughout my career – African Americans, Hispanics, Caucasians, Asians, underprivileged, homosexual, and special
The book presents varied aspects of youth identity that happen within modern US school systems. Most of the youth identities and voices presented were African-American, immigrant, Asian, homosexual, underprivileged, and others. These identified youth have found themselves separated from the traditional American identity.
Educators tend to practice the idea that our youth identities are acceptable and normal. However, Sadowski’s collection of researches, profiles, interviews, and commentaries requests educators …show more content…
By guiding students toward being positive role models within the society, educators can support more students appreciate their full possibilities and inhibit adolescents of becoming victims to stereotypical problems.
As Sadowski stated that by building real, genuine relationships with adolescents, educators can provide alternatives to the limited possibilities that adolescents may see before them in their community.
I found this book to be a thorough analysis of adolescent culture. I am Asian, thus the section about Asian students was particularly interesting for me. The conversation of Asians as the "model minorities" and all the challenges and misinterpretations that were discussed made sense to me. It perfectly tied up with my experiences in the classroom.
After working in education for 10 years in places like metropolitan area Wichita, KS and urban area like Kansas City; these alternative identities speak to me directly. I have heard voices who have cried for care and nurturing throughout my career – African Americans, Hispanics, Caucasians, Asians, underprivileged, homosexual, and special