Talking points 8 Anyon

1 "students in different social-class backgrounds are rewarded for classroom behaviors that correspond to personality traits allegedly rewarded in the different occupational strata--the working classes for docility and obedience, the managerial classes for initiative and personal assertiveness."

I don't agree with that at all because it doesn't matter where a student comes from. They can be poor or rich and still be bad kids. I never see that in schools or when I went to school because i feel that everyone got treated the same. Everyone got treated nicely as long as they treated the teacher right. Sure kids can be assertive but its up to the teacher to control what is going on in the classroom.

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2 "Rote behavior was often called for in classroom work"

I can see this in a couple pf ways. This always happens in a classroom, the teacher assigns classwork, takes a break from teaching, and goes to teach another lesson. When young students start off doing that at a young age it will stick with them until they get into middle school. It gives the students a chance to work by themselves.

3 "Most lessons are based on the textbook. This does not involve a critical perspective on what is given there."

This happens generally happens in every classroom until the teacher memorizes it and never uses the book anymore. I see this mostly in college classrooms, and sometimes in high school. I think kids can learn from both ways because if the teacher never uses a book they know it enough not to use one anymore.

I went both ways on this article for a few things. I agreed with some stuff it stated and a few other things i just didnt like it at all. I think students have a chance to make themselves known in and outside of this classroom. If they are always getting yelled at they will never learn anything. Students and teachers have to work together in order to have good things happen in class. It should never be based on where a person comes from or how much money they have. If they are there to learn and not cause problems then they are doing their jobs. But if teachers base their grades on where they come from then they are not doing their jobs as teachers.