The Importance Of The Ideal Family, Peer, And School

What would have been the ideal family, peer, and school contexts in which you could have developed as a child? I believe that my childhood was very ideal. This is not to say that I had the perfect environment when it comes to a family, peer, and school contexts. I grew up to a single mother in a small town where everyone knew everyone. I had friends, a good mother, and a wonderful community around me. I would also move at the age of 10 where I would experience new challenges and trials that would come to shape me as I am today. This leads me to my point that everyone has an ideal childhood. The things I wasn’t given, the challenges that I faced, the hardships that I endured all have strengthen me as a man, friend, person, and future father. …show more content…
It is one of things that I looked back on for many of years not realizing the severity of how that affected me. Before the bulling started I was a happy sweet child with no care in the world. After the bulling I would be a reclusive, timid angry child that would find it hard to have relationships with people. I lacked confidence, self-esteem, and it showed. It reached emotional damage on me for many years. I remember one specific time where a teacher of all people joined in with the kids and made fun of me for crying when my finger was slammed shut by a medal door. This made me feel horrible about myself. I remember crying that night in my room to myself saying “I’m such a loser, no one likes me”. The constant rejection and teasing by my peers added up till there was nothing left. The sad part is no one noticed how much this bulling took a toll on me. I didn’t even recognize it until years later when I was old enough to comp rend what had happened to me. This story goes to show that more needs to be done to educate kids about the harm of bulling. Children need to be taught to be nice to one another. Teasing can be okay but when it is done again and again it wears you down. If I could change one thing I would make it mandatory for all children to go to some type of counseling, where they can speak freely and let their feeling out. With a professional talking to these children …show more content…
Numbers show that the school system is broken. It is of my personal believe as well as many others that the one size fits all method does not work. I was a stellar student, who had all the ability in the world. Although I had much lability as I got older my grades started to slip. I couldn’t be reached on a level that I could be now. I had no interest in school and it stunted my academic development. If you can reach a kid and bring out the full potential then the sky is the limit. I think about how much time I lost, or how much better I could be today if a specific academic plan what put in place to suit my needs. My needs were different from every other child. Take a look at college majors for example. So many kids today get degrees in worthless fields that won’t help them in the future. All their talent is being wasted by not having the right direction. This is no different at the young age of 7. I understand there has to be basic classes that establish basic skills that everyone needs. But with this being said I also believe that each induvial student needs to be looked at and directed in a way that is beneficial to them. Aptitude tests, life skills classes, and counseling are just some of the ideas that I believe should be put in the curlicue. These inventive ideas could really help the development of