Education is one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought. -Bertrand Russell
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Marcelasays
I have discussed exapctetions with with a number of other parents. I also mentioned it in the Master Plan of Education. I grew up in a home where the exapctetions were low but the demands were high. An example of this was that one of my older brothers failed an early grade in school before I was born. From that point on we were all expected to fail in school. It was insisted that we do well, but the sense was there that we wouldn’t do well. Partly due to shyness and insecurity, I was someone who had no problem reading silently in grade one, yet stumbled badly when reading out loud. When the second last report card of the year came home the parental response led me to believe that I was going to fail which exacerbated the problem. They did almost fail me even though I was one of the best readers in the class. When it came time to read aloud, I was a nervous wreck.
I have discussed exapctetions with with a number of other parents. I also mentioned it in the Master Plan of Education. I grew up in a home where the exapctetions were low but the demands were high. An example of this was that one of my older brothers failed an early grade in school before I was born. From that point on we were all expected to fail in school. It was insisted that we do well, but the sense was there that we wouldn’t do well. Partly due to shyness and insecurity, I was someone who had no problem reading silently in grade one, yet stumbled badly when reading out loud. When the second last report card of the year came home the parental response led me to believe that I was going to fail which exacerbated the problem. They did almost fail me even though I was one of the best readers in the class. When it came time to read aloud, I was a nervous wreck.
You make a very interesting point about expectations, which can be damaging both when they are too high and too low.