Social Comparison In The Classroom

begins this writing from when she was eleven years old. Her mom and Granny were very

From the crazy fifth graders playing on the playground, to the sound of 6th graders roaring for the superior football team. Middle school is surprisingly different compared to elementary school. Namely, in fifth grade, you were the head of the elementary, and then in middle school, you become the little ducklings. Despite the fact, that you become ducklings you still get to look up to older and wiser kids. Due to the increased freedom, lockers with locks, and a variety of subjects to learn. Lastly, middle school is exceptionally better that elementary school.

The world spins on the basis of comparison. For example, one often seems to differentiate between eating a meal at Chicken Express or Raising Cane’s. It may be that Chicken Express has better sweet tea, but Raising Cane’s chicken has a better flavor to it than Chicken Express. As I was sitting in a booth at Raising Canes with my family, I began to compare my two siblings: Salvador and Sebastian. Even though my siblings both are males and love football, their similarities stop there.I found many contrasts that stood out to me about them such as- their obvious differences in physical appearances, the love and dislike of books, and their introverted or extraverted personalities.

Were they really concerned about Jerry’s success? Lindsey, Robins, and Terell (2009) denounces, “this system of oppression existed because those who benefited from existing practices felt no need to address disparities” (p.75). Standard 5 of the Florida Leadership Standards mandates, “promotes school and classroom practices that validate and value similarities and differences among students”. An inclusive learning environment could have resulted in empathy. If the students could understand that everyone reacts differently, some problems could be avoided. Moreover, a differentiated classroom could have guided Jerry’s effort to use a positive approach to attain his academic goals. Teachers could have used a differentiation approach to keep Jerry’s attention in the task and away from distractors. Tomlinson and Allan (2000) describe the differentiated classroom as flexible. They continue explaining the principle, “all students consistently work with “respectful” activities and learning arrangements” (p. 7). However, differentiation takes time and effort. It was easier to have an associate to look for Jerry’s negative behavior to evidence that he did not belong in the regular setting. This way, the faculty continues the teaching and learning process as if the students were homogenous. Since most of the students benefited, there was no need in the educator’s mindset for change to address disparities or achievement gaps.

20. ____ is based on the notion that people make implicit social comparisons with others when making ratings on scales, rather than relying on direct inferences about a private, personal value system (Peng, Nisbett, & Wong, 1997).

In addition to comparisons and envy, Botton discusses how we only compare ourselves to people in our reference groups. In our society, it is easy to know when someone may have had more or

The Pursuit of Happyness is a factual film based on Chris Gardner's near one-year struggle with homelessness, fatherhood, divorce and a desire to achieve to fend for his son Christopher Junior. It is a story highlighting a man's ambition to achieve his goals and find a way of caring for his son. Set in San Francisco, the film starts with Gardner investing his life savings in Bone-Density scanners, a white elephant project which financially breaks the family; his wife separates from him leaving him with the custody of their son Christopher. Additional problems set in ranging from Gardner's eviction from his house, garnishment of his bank account as well as his credit cards. In line with this, he is forced to live in the streets but his meeting with Jay, the manager at Dean Witter places him on the path to success; his new-found

Bettering oneself is excellent and much-needed for a happy and successful life. However, if people constantly compare themselves to others, the betterment they have achieved is counteracted. No longer is the change for the individual person, but it is a change to mold into the conformity of society. Seeking change to please oneself and seeking change to please others are two different ideologies.

Personal Reflection Paper As this writer writes this paper, the thought that is pondered is whether this writer has ever experienced invidious comparison or vicarious traumatization. Invidious comparison is when someone compares themselves to others by sex, race, religion, or class. This can cause depression and stress, and also make a person feel less about themselves and the individual(s) they are comparing themselves to (University of Phoenix, 2014). People may not readily admit it, but this writer believes that at one point or another in everyone’s life, they secretly compare themselves to someone else.

“Helping students develop mathematical dispositions in which they share their ideas, discuss others’ ideas, and so on, is always a challenge,” (The National Council of Teachers Mathematics, 2003, P. 151). I found this quote and reading to be very relatable, in the sense that students can often struggle to come up with their own ideas. This was definitely true for me and my group when we were working on the locker problem in class. In the book and in class, discussions can really benefit students and keep them engaged. “To encourage all students to contribute to discussions, the teacher should ask other students to explain their classmates ideas,” (The National Council of Teachers Mathematics, 2003, P. 153) this statement made me think of dialogic teaching. Dialogic teaching is students having a rich discussion amongst each other while being guided by the teacher. The students find out the answer on their own and the teacher does not tell them. So social norms and classroom management plays a big role when students problem solve.

The upward comparison that you used was great! It made a great deal of sense to use this comparison when talking about your friend being the better southern cooker and more organized. According to the lecture, social comparisons help us to learn about ourselves by comparing ourselves to others (Lesson 5 What is the "self" P1 , 2016). It seems as if you found out that you are not as good of a southern cooker or as organized as your friend by comparing yourself to her. The goal to be a good southern wife helped to support your comparison as well. I am glad that you have a wonderful friend like Mel. We all need people who helps, encourage, teaches us new things, and helping us reach higher limits. It seems as Mel is a true friend.

Gaining education enhances a respectful life for an individual to live respectfully in the society. In this modern era, every individual needs to be educated. Education is one of the ways where people can know about the history of their country and also about the latest technologies. In the essay “Grades and self-Esteem”, the author Randy Moore, argues about self-esteem in students and their grades. He also claims that teachers should be genuine in giving grades to their students rather than focusing on their self-esteem. I agree with the author’s view regarding the grading system and disagree with the Moore, regarding building self-esteem in students.

The ‘better-than-average’ (or BTAE) effect states that certain individuals would evaluate themselves more positively than the average person. Within this, there is argument to suggest that there are both positive and negative implications linked to this theory. The concept of ‘self’ plays a large role in discovering whether these factors affect the individual, whereas social comparison is also a great aspect in understanding how the better-than-average effect can include itself into everyday society, therefore creating an unrealistic divide between different groups.

The Pursuit of Happyness is a critically acclaimed and multi award winning film directed by Gabriele Muccino. The movie was adapted by the New York Times best-selling book also called The Pursuit of Happyness written by Chris Gardner. The film reflects on the struggles that Chris had to face when he was an intern at a stock brokerage firm and had to provide for his son. The film deals with many major issues such as poverty, discrimination, struggle and homelessness.

The film “The Pursuit Of Happyness”, directed by Gabriele Muccino in 2006, depicted a responsible and hardworking salesman Chris Gardner struggles for life and try his best to improve the quality of his family environment. In spite of facing various difficulties, Gardner never gives up and he manages to pull through in sense of determination and finally obtained his “ happiness” in his life. After watching the movie, I agree on the point that one must ready to sacrifice and works really hard in order to achieve his/her dream as there is no shortcut to success. In the following paragraphs, I will describe some interesting and meaningful scenes in the movie and explain how these scenes could actually bring some moral values or inspiration in