Re: Emotional Development -- Adolescent Psychology Applied to Education

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Subject: Re: Emotional Development

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Timothy R. Pruitt, Jr.

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Date Posted: 21:47:13 02/24/08 Sun
In reply to: Melodie Miller 's message, "Emotional Development" on 16:43:42 02/24/08 Sun

I have also experienced the moodiness of adolescent children. This past summer I taught in the Houston Independent School System in Houston, Texas. I taught seventh and eighth grade students. This is where I got my first taste of the mood swings. When I began teaching in Memphis, I was more cautious of the students� moods.

There were some students that were in more control of their mood than others. Others would enter the class one day as my best friend and enter the class the next day as my worse enemy. Some students� moods would change instantly if another student said something mean to them or if I refused to allow them to do something (i.e. cleave the classroom, sharpen their pencil, use the computer, etc.).

While the reading did shed some light on the reasons behind these changes in mood, I believe that our students generally have a problem expressing themselves. I teach English Language Arts and on many cases, students have a hard time articulating their thoughts. They have an even harder time describing their emotions.

I believe that this is one of the reasons that there are so many conflicts and fights in our school system. Our children are not god at explaining themselves or no one has ever sat them down and made them explain their thoughts and emotions.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Emotional Development	Timothy R. Pruitt, Jr	21:49:16 02/24/08 Sun