After reading, "The Hidden Curriculum of Work" by the infamous Jean Anyon it was clear to understand the different social classes and how they differentiate in education for young children and continued beyond that. I believe that although many years have passed the difference between the social classes remain the same. Most of society would be categorized as working class and middle class. My experience with the educational system as a student has bounced back and forth as if I continued to go through unnecessary obstacles. I related to every example that was giving in the reading. When I attended elementary school, I was enrolled in a private school and attended for eight long years. I believed that this private school was exactly like the executive elite school. Since it was a private school, it was granted that they were allowed to act on physical disciplinary actions. If one student in the class were to speak the entire class will face punishment. That influenced me to learn the alphabets in sign language and I still use that skill till this day. We received high school level work and completing term papers on African American novelists. I had very long nights and plenty of tutors but my childhood shortened. I reached a point that I was going to mentally break down. I didn’t realize that they were preparing us for going into high school because it was difficult to figure out how writing the Preamble and the Gettysburg Address fifty to a hundred times had anything to do about evolving into a well-educated high school student. In later years, I discovered that discipline helps the process of molding.
High school was a positive transition but it was not as challenging as elementary. High school was closely related to the Middle-Class School. High school was all about obtaining the correct answers and turning assignments on time. It was easy to mark an X on the incorrect answer and not go over the material afterwards. Some teachers were different than others. Some teachers would care about the students and would feel bothered if a student disrupts the class; while others teachers felt like if a student missed the material then that student deserves the grade that will show on report card day. The high school I attended wasn’t into discipline; because they wanted the students to be able to express their creativity. The trouble makers were the popular ones and the ones who actually did succeed were in the background. I was neither. I felt like I didn’t have to work so hard since having a C average was ok. My teachers knew I was smart and felt like I should have been on a higher level but I constantly refused. I felt like it wouldn’t have meant anything. This continued into college when I attended Robert Morris University. Everything repeated all over again.
My goal at Roosevelt University is to maintain grades higher than a C average. Elementary and high school helped me into growing in all subjects and revealing my talents. Reading, writing, and work should definitely be taking seriously because it affects everyone in the long run. The different schools that were listed in the reading declared that the United States is judgmental. I feel that every school should get on the same level as the executive elite school no matter if the family of the student is rich or poor. Now that I have grown to understand anything I do whether it’s positive or negative it affects me. Although I have my reasons why I chose the medical field as my career choice, I feel as if I belong in the corporate world.
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