Learning is one of the most imperative aspects of a child’s life, they begin learning far before they even comprehend what it means to learn. As they grow, their parents teach them good and bad and right from wrong, the most basic forms of education. Soon enough they are exposed to daycare and other social settings, and are learning to separate from their parents and cooperate with other children. Finally they start school and are ready to complicate their education with numbers and words that will slowly start to make sense. To help analyze this process, I interviewed an eleven year old girl named Sasha Brown. She is in grade 6 and goes to a catholic school not far from her home. She is tall and seems quite mature for her age, but has a very
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She began to brighten up as she started to name her favourite subject. To my surprise science was the first thing to come up, I was eager as science was also my favourite subject in elementary school. She explained that science was interactive and she enjoyed working with her groups to do projects and experiments. I analyzed that science may have been her favorite subject because she gets hands on learning experiences. I understood that some kids learn better when they are able to use their senses, like they would be able to in science. She gave the example that one of her projects was to comprehend how the human body would react in outer space for a certain period of time. She was able to do research and experiments to help her and her peers understand this concept. To my surprise Sasha was not too enthusiastic about gym as she described it as her least favourite subject. I was shocked because kids seem to love being outside, playing and getting physical activity, but Sasha was not one of those kids. When I heard this I immediately thought of the article we read in class, about Canada not placing to well in a race with all the countries in the world. My classmates and I discussed how gym teachers don’t train kids to win marathons but allow them to play sports and get necessary physical activity after sitting at a desk all day. Although for many kids gym is there only form of exercise, Sasha later explains that’s she participates in swimming and dance outside of
She began to brighten up as she started to name her favourite subject. To my surprise science was the first thing to come up, I was eager as science was also my favourite subject in elementary school. She explained that science was interactive and she enjoyed working with her groups to do projects and experiments. I analyzed that science may have been her favorite subject because she gets hands on learning experiences. I understood that some kids learn better when they are able to use their senses, like they would be able to in science. She gave the example that one of her projects was to comprehend how the human body would react in outer space for a certain period of time. She was able to do research and experiments to help her and her peers understand this concept. To my surprise Sasha was not too enthusiastic about gym as she described it as her least favourite subject. I was shocked because kids seem to love being outside, playing and getting physical activity, but Sasha was not one of those kids. When I heard this I immediately thought of the article we read in class, about Canada not placing to well in a race with all the countries in the world. My classmates and I discussed how gym teachers don’t train kids to win marathons but allow them to play sports and get necessary physical activity after sitting at a desk all day. Although for many kids gym is there only form of exercise, Sasha later explains that’s she participates in swimming and dance outside of