Before a student becomes an adult, their main goal in life is to do well in school. In school, teachers and other higher officials have a level of expectations for them to uphold. These expectations can be a variety of things that can determine a person's success. Generally speaking, people work only as well as other people expect them to work. For example, when a teacher assigns an essay that must contain a minimum of three body paragraphs. Because of this, there is not much room for creativity and unique content from students. In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, a Native American boy named Junior attended a school in his reservation called Wellpinit High. After realizing this school offered him
…show more content…
The demographics of this school was made up mostly of white students and staff. Junior’s story illustrates that certain expectations from a school community, can affect a student's academic performance. Firstly, expectations affect the academic performance of a student when the student is encouraged by his peers and teachers. An example of this in the book is Juniors performance in basketball. In the seconds game, while him and his team mates were discussing a game plan, Juniors coach states, "Really. And you're going to guard Rowdy. The whole game. He's your man. You have to stop him. If you stop him, we win this game. It's the only way we're going to win this game." (...)Wow. I was absolutely stunned. Coach wanted me to guard Rowdy. (..) "Coach," I said. "I'm really honored by this. But I don’t I think I can do it." He walked over to me, kneeled, and pushed his forehead against mine. Our eyes were, like, an inch apart. I could smell the cigarettes and chocolate on his breath. "You can do it," Coach said(187-188). Juniors coach was incredibly supportive of Junior and his teammates. Juniors teammates also encouraged and supported him. The crowd supported and cheered for him as well. They all believed that he could do it from the …show more content…
A Harvard study done by a professor named, Robert Rosenthal, who wanted to test and see if high expectations from teachers really did increase a students I.Q. He first began with making every student in a classroom take an I.Q. test, but he did not actually tell the students it was an I.Q. test. In fact, he changed the cover of the test so that the students would think it was just a regular test. After allowing them take the test, he randomly selected a few students and informed their teachers that they were going to have a dramatic increase in I.Q. After observing the students for the next two years they, in fact, had a dramatic I.Q. increase. The article states,”As Rosenthal did more research, he found that expectations affect teachers' moment-to-moment interactions with the children they teach in a thousand almost invisible ways. Teachers give the students that they expect to succeed more time to answer questions, more specific feedback, and more approval: They consistently touch, nod and smile at those kids more.”.Showing students more attention and allowing them take their time was all that they needed to intellectually grow as human beings. The teachers expected more from the students and they actually
The demographics of this school was made up mostly of white students and staff. Junior’s story illustrates that certain expectations from a school community, can affect a student's academic performance. Firstly, expectations affect the academic performance of a student when the student is encouraged by his peers and teachers. An example of this in the book is Juniors performance in basketball. In the seconds game, while him and his team mates were discussing a game plan, Juniors coach states, "Really. And you're going to guard Rowdy. The whole game. He's your man. You have to stop him. If you stop him, we win this game. It's the only way we're going to win this game." (...)Wow. I was absolutely stunned. Coach wanted me to guard Rowdy. (..) "Coach," I said. "I'm really honored by this. But I don’t I think I can do it." He walked over to me, kneeled, and pushed his forehead against mine. Our eyes were, like, an inch apart. I could smell the cigarettes and chocolate on his breath. "You can do it," Coach said(187-188). Juniors coach was incredibly supportive of Junior and his teammates. Juniors teammates also encouraged and supported him. The crowd supported and cheered for him as well. They all believed that he could do it from the …show more content…
A Harvard study done by a professor named, Robert Rosenthal, who wanted to test and see if high expectations from teachers really did increase a students I.Q. He first began with making every student in a classroom take an I.Q. test, but he did not actually tell the students it was an I.Q. test. In fact, he changed the cover of the test so that the students would think it was just a regular test. After allowing them take the test, he randomly selected a few students and informed their teachers that they were going to have a dramatic increase in I.Q. After observing the students for the next two years they, in fact, had a dramatic I.Q. increase. The article states,”As Rosenthal did more research, he found that expectations affect teachers' moment-to-moment interactions with the children they teach in a thousand almost invisible ways. Teachers give the students that they expect to succeed more time to answer questions, more specific feedback, and more approval: They consistently touch, nod and smile at those kids more.”.Showing students more attention and allowing them take their time was all that they needed to intellectually grow as human beings. The teachers expected more from the students and they actually