Grade Level Or Perform Basic Math Operations - 1093 Words

In today’s society, you often see so many children lacking the ability to read on grade level or perform basic math operations, but can tell you how to operate any form of modern technology. I noticed so many high school students facing the same issues so it propelled me to dive deep into some possible reasoning as to why it is a recurring problem. I decided to pick an elementary school that had been around for at least 15+ years and had seen both bad and good years. In other words, a school that had passing and failing grades from the state since they had been around. I chose S. A. Hull Elementary because of the urban neighborhood, the academic history, and the fact that they have a high percentage of â€Å"economically disadvantaged†Ã¢â‚¬ ¦show more content†¦S.A. Hull was the only elementary school in the area that was a C. She began to explain her aggravation with everything that was happening with schools and students transferring, making comments about how par ents don t want their students at F schools so they transfer to the better schools. Ms Johnson stated, out of frustration, how can we remain a C school when F students transfer? How is that possible? After School, a couple of other teachers had a discussion about how frustrating teaching could be and that you truly have to be gifted to be a teacher. It s a multitude of roles being a teacher, mother, counselor, chef, doctor and so many other jobs. Students played outside for about 20 minutes when I arrived. They were excited to see me and gathered around me as I walked around. I ended up talking with a group of the girls and one of them stood out to me from the beginning of this analysis. The girl, Student B, seemed to be very outspoken yet smart and extremely robust to be so young. I saw a lot of the young girl in myself, perhaps the reason I was so drawn to her. I decided to have a talk with her and we discussed school and boys and things that she does and doesn t like. We talked about family and how she wishes to see her dad came about. Her story was a complete heartbreak. She had been through so much, at just 7 years old. I, in a way, admired her because she went on like nothing was ever a problem. She was so excited to talk to