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If you think six minutes a day is time enough to form meaningful relationships, I don't know what to say. But I know I wouldn't want to be your boyfriend. ;-) ;-)
If you think six minutes a day is time enough to form meaningful relationships, I don't know what to say. But I know I wouldn't want to be your boyfriend. ;-) ;-)
I don't think its about building up so much of a "meaningful" relationship as it is just about the relationship period. IMO a teacher should not build meaningful relationships with students. But they do need a relationship with which to find common ground.
If you spent 6 minutes a day with the same person for a year don't you think that you would eventually start to trust that person? I'm not saying that you have to trust them in all things. But wouldn't you trust thier word over someone whom you had just met? Catz is right that consistancy is key.
I had no idea such research had even been done. Quite frankly wouldn't have even expected it considering today's political corrrectness. I'd like to see that report before I draw any conclusions about this. If such a report was honest and factual with its data then I wouldn't mind...so long as it had been peer reviewed also.
She said research had shown that grouping black students by gender with a strong role model could boost both academic achievement and self-esteem.
Some students, staff and parents were against the segregation, saying that it ran against everything the school stood for - with students from diverse backgrounds.
But it was something Mr Jimenez thought was worth trying.
In all segregated classes, mentors track their students' grades, test scores and attendance.
One such mentor is Michael Mitchell, who hopes to inspire his black male students during their short daily meetings.
Yeah, perhaps. But my initial post was that this wasn't a test I personally would put much credence in. And I'll still stand by that. The idea that consistency is the key reminds me of what working parents try to tell themselves: It's not about how much time I spend, it's about quality time. It's both.
sounds like the idea itself may have value, but 6 minutes? you can't even get them in their seats in 6 minutes.
Because students need to relate to each other. However, black students, in particular, seem to struggle academically, for cultural reasons that aren't immediately apparent.
There is an anti-academic culture in a lot of black communities, and in some cases, black kids who excel in school are viewed as sellouts and losers by their peers. This isn't just an urban poor thing, it applies just as much to middle and upper income black families. This school is recognizing the existence of this stigma about school success, and is attempting to change the values of the black peer culture. In other words, making it cool to excel in school.
As someone that has attended an urban school you hit the nail right on the head. Additoinally has anyone noticed how smart whites are treated in black sitcoms? Then there's Erkel. Anyone remember that sitcom? Bill Cosby talks about this all the time.
This doesn't quite pass the sniff test to me. Six minutes a day isn't going to do squat for anyone's academic performance. I mean, that's laughable. Segregating students by race throws all manner of warning flags in my head. I don't care about gender. Adolescents are so danged hormonal that six minutes a day without lusting after that hunky jock or getting an erection because a female tank top showed two inches of side boob is probably a good thing. The race thing takes me back to a time that I don't want to see again. There is no logical reason for this. None. Whatsoever.
Now if this is some kind of cultural support group... although how 6 minutes of "cultural support" a day could possibly be enlightening eludes my grasp... then let the school come out and say so. I just can't buy the "it will improve academic permance hooey." It won't. It can't.
Personally I've spent a part of my life marching against segregation. I hate it with every fiber of my being. To re-implement such a foul policy on any level at all makes me crazy. This not only doesn't pass the sniff test, it actually reeks to high heaven.
Underlined part: Doesn't the same-race role model argument sort of imply segregation?
Bold part: Isn't that what this school is trying to do? Granted it is applied to the whole group..but if something works for the ones that are not doing as well as others then wouldn't it also work for the ones that are doing well also?
I'm a firm believer in doing whatever it takes to improve childrens education and acadamia performance. If this plan of thiers works then why not use it? Political Correctness? I'm not a fan of it. IMO people need to grow thicker skins and start using things that work and at least try things that might work and peoples feelings be damned.
Because students need to relate to each other. However, black students, in particular, seem to struggle academically, for cultural reasons that aren't immediately apparent.
There is an anti-academic culture in a lot of black communities, and in some cases, black kids who excel in school are viewed as sellouts and losers by their peers. This isn't just an urban poor thing, it applies just as much to middle and upper income black families. This school is recognizing the existence of this stigma about school success, and is attempting to change the values of the black peer culture. In other words, making it cool to excel in school.
This doesn't quite pass the sniff test to me. Six minutes a day isn't going to do squat for anyone's academic performance. I mean, that's laughable. Segregating students by race throws all manner of warning flags in my head. I don't care about gender. Adolescents are so danged hormonal that six minutes a day without lusting after that hunky jock or getting an erection because a female tank top showed two inches of side boob is probably a good thing. The race thing takes me back to a time that I don't want to see again. There is no logical reason for this. None. Whatsoever.
Now if this is some kind of cultural support group... although how 6 minutes of "cultural support" a day could possibly be enlightening eludes my grasp... then let the school come out and say so. I just can't buy the "it will improve academic permance hooey." It won't. It can't.
Personally I've spent a part of my life marching against segregation. I hate it with every fiber of my being. To re-implement such a foul policy on any level at all makes me crazy. This not only doesn't pass the sniff test, it actually reeks to high heaven.
I can understand segregation based on sex, since many studies have found beneficial (especially for girls) aspects of doing so... but on skin colour/race? This is one hair brained idea that is for sure.
I can understand segregation based on sex, since many studies have found beneficial (especially for girls) aspects of doing so... but on skin colour/race? This is one hair brained idea that is for sure.
It really shouldn't be suprising. Integration used to be a noble concept but now it is a joke. We've set up new laws of segregation. We still encourage things like the Black Miss America contest, traditionally black schools, African Americanism, all kind of black centric celebrations and groups, all of it very much encouraging separation from everyone else. Set asides and quotas according to race should be a thing of the past by now but have become entrenched within our ideaology. The same people who bristle at the idea that blacks are somehow naturally inferior to whites often treat them like they are inferior. I think this may be one of those cases.
Minority students in the U.S. continue to underperform. The economic status of black families has risen, but their children's academic performance has not. School districts are desperate to meet academic performance goals, and at this point, are willing to try almost anything to help black students succeed in school.
This is also very true. There's obviously something ingrained in the current black culture that makes academic achievement seem somewhat unimportant, or perhaps even undesirable, among young black Americans.
It's not just that this is occurring within the peer culture. Black families do not prioritize their child's education the way that other cultures do. Black families tend to believe that education is the school's job. Even if they are affluent, they may not spend money on books, computers, etc. that will support their child's education. They do not see their role as standing over their child, making him/her do homework (in general). There are numerous studies that document this issue.
So because in the past we treated race, overall, negatively - we cant ever approach issues on a race-basis? Truth of the matter is that sometimes race is a divide - health wise, academically - and I don't scold if they ahve an obvious problem and are trying to figure out what to do about it.
Now I don't think this is going to actually help, either - because I feel that issues of the schooling nature are cultural and come more from familial views and support and so forth. But I'm sure that if the students felt like they were being treated *negatively* in this whole deal that they'd certainly put that out there.
I'm not really concerned with whether the students like it or not... no, I'm not a meanie, I just raised 5 teenagers and what they like isn't necessarily what they need. I'm concerned that, as you stated, this is quite unlikely to help because it doesn't support the root of the problem: cultural differences in educational priorities.
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