Why Dont Students Like School

The book Why Don’t Students like School is an eye-opening read. It is interesting that the author contradicts some of the ideas and concepts I have learned in education classes. The information in the book is filled with insight, beginning with the fact that the brain is meant to save us from thinking and in fact it is not very good at it. People are very curious, but most will take into consideration how much effort is involved in problem solving before continuing and if it is too hard, they may abandon the problem. According to the book, memory and thinking are not very reliable, but memory is more dependable. Because of its unreliability, thinking requires a lot of effort and results can be slow, however; there are many functions we perform regularly that requires minimal or no thought. Students are not allowed to give up on problems related to school work, but if …show more content…
Background knowledge provides a foundation for comprehension, therefore; privileged kids seem to have the upper hand over less privileged children. Because these kids are exposed to better vocabulary and learning opportunities they enter school more prepared. Many times the less privileged students begin school behind and will continue to trail unless parents and/or educators intervene. These students can catch up with an enormous amount of effort on their part. They need to understand their effort and hard work will be worth it in the end. One last point I find very interesting is different, learning styles do not really impact overall learning. This is contradictory to what I have been taught regarding differentiated instruction. However, using differentiated instruction can be useful to peak students’ interest in learning and keep them