Chapter Assignments
Please have following chapters read and comments blogged by the listed due dates.
Chapters 1 & 2 - by February 3, 2012
Chapter 3 - by February 10, 2012
Chapter 4 - by February 17, 2012
Chapter 5 - by February 24, 2012
Chapter 6 - by March 2, 2012
Chapter 7 - by March 9, 2012
Chapters 8 & 9 - by March 16, 2012
Chapter 10 - by March 23, 2012
Chapter 11 - by March 30, 2012
Happy Reading!
I was wondering, what does everyone think about as far as, does it ever occur that a person just doesn't want to do anything? Is it always output failure or are there people who from early on are just a little bit more relaxed and unworried about things that they almost seem lazy?
ReplyDeleteI do like this chapter though because it does give some practical ways to apply what the whole book was about. It kind of brings everything all together, but I like it because it kind of is what I wanted all along.
One thing that I was kind of surprised about in this chapter was the expectation of homework. If we assign homework we should expect that it gets done and hold the students accountable for what isn't finished. I was kind of surprised because many teachers I have worked with have decided not to assign homework because it doesn't get done, the support at home isn't the best, the students lose it, or even that it is just too much work to hassle the students to get back. Is this something we should be doing? Or should we really get the kids to do their homework from year to year, otherwise they will never be expected to do homework or that when they finally have a teacher that does assign homework that they will actually be able to do it without too many issues.
I found all of the external influences on output failure to be extremely accurate. It seems that many of the kids at our school are suffering from appropriate role modeling, family life, socioeconomic background(obviously) and level of stress. I think many of our kids have a hefty sack of worry to carry with them throughout the day; I can see how this would impede output greatly. I think we need to model how to handle stress and worry in front of our students so they can use the same strategies we use ourselves. Anyone know some good strategies? (Besides having a drink on occasion...j/k)
ReplyDeleteKerri, I think we do need to provide space, time, and encourgement at school to complete homework and instill study skills and work ethic in our students. I don't think many of our kids have this at home.It's a shame JCLC can't hold all of our students after school. Maybe we can teach parents about study routines and general routines(limited screen time, family suppers, homework time, and bed times) that they can implement at home. I'm just not sure how to go about this in such a way that parents will be accepting to the suggestions.
On page 155 he calls one of his patients pathetic. Is this really appropriate!? Come on, Dr. Levine, your book is titled The MYTH of Laziness. Obviously this girl has some issues that are contributing to her output failure. I really don't think pathetic was the right word to choose to describe her.I also didn't like the comment on page 164. He says "Some folks need to have their social filters cleaned." Really!? Is that a practical solutions? I thought it was very disrespectful and doesn't show much empathy for kids or people that struggle with social distractibilty. The comment just didn't seem very professional to me...
As i read this section, I too, noticed many factors that may contribute to my own issues with output failure. :) I feel like the worry that something you produce is not going to be "good enough" is also another factor that deters output in adults and children. I am looking forward to the next chapters to provide some potential solutions to deal with all of the factors that can contribute to output failure.