In “The Daily Grind: Lessons in the Hidden Curriculum,” by Peggy Orenstein, the reader is shown the extremely different personalities of the boys and the girls in Mrs. Richter’s class. Orenstein interviews Amy, an eighth grade honor roll student to get a better understanding of the classroom. Amy is a very self-confidant popular young girl but when she enters Mrs. Richter’s math classroom she becomes invisible. She is one of the top dogs in the eighth grade reigning elites but is portrayed as a totally different person in the class. When she enters a classroom with boys who are more confident then her she hides in her shell. This essay has gender inequalities portrayed by showing the boys as more intelligent and intimidating than the girls. Basketball has always been an easy sport for me. I was the team captain and one of the carriers of the team. I was quite confident in myself and knew the consequences of not playing. But when I became a freshman in high school and could not play on the middle school team I had one option, to play on the varsity team. I was nervous because I had made friends on the middle school team but did not know the dynamic of the varsity team. When the first practice rolled around I was anxious. …show more content…
She was a reigning elite and a star actress, which shows that she is comfortable in her own self. She is in the center of all the conversation and is never afraid to be herself. When she enters the classroom her behavior changes. She becomes a self-conscious and inaudible. She shrinks into her desk and becomes invisible. When she tries to be a part of the classroom she answers the question incorrectly. The incorrectly answered question makes Amy less confident than she was before. She said, “ That’s abut the only time I ever talked in there. I’ll never do that again.” Because she answered one question incorrectly made her self-esteem lower than
It takes a lot to build up to that point kind of like the saying bottling it up. Amy has been bottling up this negative energy and now it has come out but she has reached the tipping point and now it is time for her to come down to reality and in this case she goes back to normal and even better, which shows great development in many aspects. These aspects are going from a snotty brat to being a nice young woman like she should have been to begin with. Throughout the story she obviously changes for the better provided evidence given on the first couple
My freshman year I hated it because it didn't come as easy as all the other sports I play. I pushed through and got to be number eight on the varsity team. Sophomore year came and I was excited to play at the same spot with my partner, Kimberly. We went undefeated that year as the number three doubles. When sophomore year was coming to a close I noticed everyone ahead of me were seniors, meaning they were all leaving and I would jump all the way up to the number one spot. My coach, Alisha, assured me that I was going to do great. Junior year came and I was nervous, it was my first year playing at the number one spot. The first couple matches that I played were terrible because I was so nervous and not as loose as I should have been. As the season was going by I realized I had nothing to loose so I started playing my own game, and that’s when I started to win. I went five and five that season. This transferred over to my senior year, I only lost two matches and went undefeated in league. I was number one in the division and the team got co-champs with Liberty High School. I learned not to underestimate myself because that's what I did that whole first half of the
One of the emotional intelligence that Amy Cuddy used in order to achieve her goals is interpersonal relationship. For instance, when Amy was about to give up and quit, It is her adviser, Susan Fisk, who convinced her to stay and told her to go over her zone of comfort until it becomes natural.Overall, it is because of the healthy boundaries and the positive communication skills between Amy Cuddy and Susan Fisk that she went through her fear of being an imposter. Also, another emotional intelligence that helped this woman to go over this difficult situation is the adaptability realm. After the car accident, Amy lost 30 points of her IQ. As a result, she was devastated. However, although she sometimes felt like an imposter, she worked really
The impact of labeling had negative ramifications in both Amy and Jane’s school experiences and self-identity. Amy has carried the hurt that she experienced into her later life. Simply seeing her old teacher caused her a great about of stress and turmoil. This affected not only her personal self, but also her students as her energy and enthusiasm decreased after the she saw her teacher. Miss Quint labeled Amy and slow, stupid, and unable to accomplish anything of value. As a young child Amy took those messages to heart after having those negative labels reinforced day after day. This created self-identity and self-esteem issues for Amy that are still present even long after the original incident.
The million-dollar CEO of the next big hypothetical corporation makes more money in a single week than all the factory workers he employs make in a single year. Life is swell, work is swell, everything is swell, and although the work is tedious and difficult at times, he manages to make it and then some. A less privileged high school reporter obtains the advantage of interviewing him for an hour or so, and she takes this time to fully dissect exactly how and why he got into the position that he did. He takes a moment to think of full-fledge answers that would make sense, but comes to the conclusion that he does not know why or how he got into his spot, disappointing the young reporter. Later on that day, he ponders on certain aspects of his
As an individual I love staying active, socializing with others, being dependable, and keeping busy. Playing Basketball for Flour Bluff ISD, since the seventh grade, has granted me the opportunity to achieve all of these goals. For some peculiar reason I have consistently felt that I lacked experience of which my peers had, and that I would never be able to acquire it. Soon after I started playing I became intimidated of my fellow teammates and worried about the time I felt I lost, due to beginning so late in my childhood. Without fail, I always feel a sense of accomplishment after making it through tryouts every year and as I approach my final season, it has become clear just how much of my life was devoted to Basketball, that I truly love it and how I am thankful to be a part of something much more than just a team.
Ritcher asks them to call out the prime numbers they’ve found, starting with tens. Nate is the first to shout, “Eleven!” The rest of the class chimes in seconds later.” (98) It seems the teacher gives control of power to the boys in her class room over the girls because some of the boys are allowed to just shout out without taking a turn and raising their hand and some of the girls were just merely ignored. Also, in the first part of the selection, Orenstein gives a description of one of the girls in class as: “Amy is bold, brassy, and strong-willed. Like any teenager she tries on and discards different selves as if there were so many pairs of Girbaud jeans, searching ruthlessly for a perfect fit.” However, as they enter the class room this student, Amy changes into a different person. Orenstein observes that, “Amy walks to the far side of the classroom and, as she takes her seat, falls into a typically feminine pose: she crosses her legs, folds her arms across her chest, and hunches forward toward her desk, seeming to shrink into herself. The sauciness of the playground disappears and, in fact, she says hardly a word during class.”(97-98) In reading this it makes you feel like boys are treated differently from
I believe Anyon makes great points of how our democracy attempts to facilitate its social structure by ways of subliminal teaching methods within our public schools. Anyon describes it as; “ The “hidden curriculum” of schoolwork is tacit preparation in a particular way” (Anyon pg.188). David Lampert described the hidden curriculum within Morris Berman’s piece as, ”the subconscious destruction of democratic values”(Berman pg.68). Anyon exemplifies how the government undermindinly implements, as called in the Roman era, the ruling class, in the present public schooling sector. I witnessed through Anyon, the subtle manipulation of teaching strategies, which aids adolescents thought process to be parallel
Dichotomous curriculums are present in the field of education. On one hand, the official curriculum, which is what, is explicitly expected from students. On the other hand, the hidden curriculum also known as implicit education is implanted in the academic culture. These curriculums act in a collaborative manner to help students achieve both their academic and career goals. To get my desired degree I must apply to both the law school and the Luskin School of Public affairs. Once I am admitted to both I will be able to pursue the joint degree through the school of Public Affairs. Accordingly, to attain a joint degree in social work the overt standards are more important in comparison to law where there is an extra emphasis placed on covert expectations.
Am I smart enough? Will I be able to pass the classes? These re-occurring thoughts about my intellectual capabilities have never failed to cross mind in the past, and constantly forced myself to re-evaluate if a future involving higher education was conceivable. However, this idea that education is only probable to those that are academically skilled is simply invalid, because succeeding in college is immensely attainable, especially if one is familiar with a universities “hidden curriculum”. The hidden curriculum within a university as defined by G. Bergenhenegouwen in Hidden Curriculum in the University is “everything that is learnt beyond what is considered the official learning result” (536). Meaning this is essential information that is found in the academic
Basketball is like my favorite sport. When I was in the 8th-grade year I tried out for the school basketball team. I made the team but by me having medical problems I had to get surgery on my hand. The coach let me go to all the games just couldn’t play. Every game I went to I cried cause I really wanted to play.
However, Peggy Orenstein, an American journalist who is challenged to co-ed schooling, displays the setbacks of a girl's situation in a co-ed middle school across anecdotes in "Learning Silence: Scenes from the Class Struggle." In this essay, she draws a line amid boys and girls alongside the words "voice and silence." With these words, the
Hidden curriculum” refers to unwritten or unspoken rules, expectations, idioms, and metaphors that everyone knows, but are not directly taught. Often, students that lack understanding or knowledge of the unwritten social rules are prone to be bullied, ignored, or misunderstood. Students with learning disabilities struggle with observational skills necessary to understand and interpret these unwritten and unspoken rules. Some of these struggles can be seen in tardiness, use of the cafeteria, location of classes, use of lockers, and much more. Students with learning disabilities can be seen as unmotivated, uninterested, or lazy due to misunderstanding of the unspoken and unwritten rules. Often, students with learning disabilities may misinterpret
Playing basketball in elementary was always fun in P.E. but it was something that I wanted to do against real competition and not the crazy kids everyday kids in P.E. class. I first tried out for my elementary basketball team in the third grade which was the minimum grade they allowed kids to play basketball. Even though I was very shorter and smaller than the other kids I luckily made the team and it made me very happy. One day I gave my opinion to the coach regarding bettering the team thinking I could be very helpful. Unfortunately, he didn’t think so and thought I was insulting his knowledge about the game which they started a series of disagreements throughout the season. Eventually he put me off the team that year and every year afterwards. After being put off the team I told myself I would just do as the coach says even though I knew that I was right. A year past and I eventually tried out for my middle school team. I made the team and It was a whole different experience for me. I bettered myself throughout those years and carried my love of basketball into my high school years.
This essay will explain what the Hidden Curriculum is and its implications on issues in the South African system. The essay will also reflect my understanding of the concept hidden curriculum. I will also explain the different levels in the educational system. The second section of the essay I will focus on what I have identified as the hidden curriculum during my teaching practice experience. In my conclusion I will address the hidden curriculum in order to redress the concern I have identified.