This week's reflection -- Adolescent Psychology Applied to Education

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Subject: This week's reflection

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Christina V. Watkins

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Date Posted: 18:55:28 03/23/08 Sun

Let me begin by saying that I've been very ill with a terrible sinus infection all week so I haven't had a chance to read chapter 9 yet. So, for this posting, I'll discuss some information I plan on including in my observation paper.

While observing a 7th grade class a couple of weeks ago at Douglass Middle School I noticed a lot of interesting things. Perhaps the most troubling was when a young girl was sent to the office for disrupting the class. Instead of leaving immediately, she kind of lounged around the classroom talking back and then left out swearing. I couldn't make heads or tails of her actions until I saw her again later. Apparently, her mother was called to come pick her up. The mother looked fairly young and was wearing tiny shorts and a cut off shirt, her mouth was full of gold teeth and her body plagued with tattoos. Trying not to stereotype her as they walked out of the building, it was what came out of the mother's mouth that shocked me the most. "Those bitches won't quit till they get you out this school," the mother said walking out the door. "The next time that teacher say shit to you..." as the door closed behind her. I could only imagine what the end of that sentence was like. Now, I have more of an understanding why this child acts the way she does.

Someone please tell me how any teacher can make progress in a classroom with things like this going on at home?

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