Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of StressedOut, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students,Used

Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of StressedOut, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students,Used

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A revealing look at where high schoolers pursuit of excellence can leadThis book offers a revealingand troublingview of todays high school students and the ways they pursue high grades and success. Veteran teacher Denise Pope follows five highly regarded students through a school year and discovers that these young people believe getting ahead requires manipulating the system, scheming, lying, and cheating. On the one hand, they work hard in school, participate in extracurricular activities, serve their communities, earn awards and honors, and appear to uphold school values. But on the other hand, they feel that in order to get ahead they must compromise their values. In short, they do schoolthat is, they are not really engaged with learning nor can they commit to such values as integrity and community.The words and actions of these five studentstwo boys and three girls from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgroundsunderscore the frustrations of being caught in a grade trap that pins future success to high grades and test scores. Their stories raise critical questions that are too important for parents, educators, and community leaders to ignore. Are schools cultivating an environment that promotes intellectual curiosity, cooperation, and integrity? Or are they fostering anxiety, deception, and hostility? Do todays schools inadvertently impede the very values they claim to embrace? Is the success that current assessment practices measure the kind of success we want for our children?

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