Self-Esteem: Perception and Reality -- Adolescent Psychology Applied to Education

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Subject: Self-Esteem: Perception and Reality

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Patrick Frett

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Date Posted: 16:54:37 02/24/08 Sun

The section from the reading in chapter 5 titled "Self-Esteem: Perception and Reality" resonated the most with myself. The book writes, "an adolescent's self-esteem might indicate a perception about whether he or she is intelligent and attractive, for example, but that perception might not be accurate." Being teacher, I have began to realize that low self-esteem is an issue that is plaguing our school. There are tons of students at my school who have low self-esteem. I believe this leads to those students being perceived as not smart. This perception in turn leads teachers to lower expectations for these students. So, in the end these students are being held to much lower standards and they are not being academically challenged. This all happens when in reality the students are actually smart and can do the work. It is their low academic self-esteem that is the issue which prevents them from being successful. Teachers need to realize this and focus more on the students self-esteem while maintaining high expectations in the classroom.

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Re: Self-Esteem: Perception and Reality	Peter V.	18:30:10 02/24/08 Sun