School is not a priority
The majority of the students in high schools are not worried about learning. They are more concerned about their physical image, popularity and personal life. There is only a few percentage of the students in a high school that are worried about getting a good GPA in order to enter a college.—Kassi, Feb 11, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
I know when I was in high school doing school work was the last thing on my mind. I was more interested in having fun, playing sports, or who was dating who.—Grace, Feb 5, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
I know that when I was in high school, I could have done a lot better in my academics if I tried a lot harder, however other things were more important to, such as social status as well as athletics. I just did what I had to do to get buy. I don’t recall studying for a test days in advance much less weeks in advance.—Ally, Feb 5, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
On the other hand, high school students are not motivated enough to graduate. Therefore, students learn differently because they do not have the pressure to learn, graduate, and go to college. Since the students are not challenge enough it makes the students learn for a short term of time. Also, the pressure on high school students is to pass the TASK, therefore students are not learning the correct way—Lily, Feb 10, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
Most of the time students in high school don’t really care about there grades. This reminded me myself, I never really did well in my classes in high school. I was always goofing off.— Ice, Feb 10, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
Students in high school are more into there social life than spending time studying the way that college students do I see lots of student from college any time that they have they spent it on studying.—Ice, Feb 10, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
It is very difficult to compare two educational institutions so much different from one and other such as high school and college. In high school the student is much more concerned about his social life rather than on his academic achievements.—Patrick, Feb 11, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
Then we get to middle school and we go thru our “change” and our priorities begin to shift from absorbing to belonging to a group. What ensues for the next few years in most adolescence in a decline in their formal education and most will begin focusing on other things. Then when we are in high school towards the end of our public school careers we begin to look at our future as a whole not as a right now.—Ry*, Feb 12, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
Low expectation—to pass, not to excel
…in high school I did just enough to pass. I graduated with honors but I know now that I could have done more and should have taken more of an initiative to make better grades.—Juanita Torres, Feb 5, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
Even then they are constantly told what is expected of them just to pass or get by. I can relate myself, because in middle school and earlier on in high school I would just do the min. amount that was just enough to pass—John Jeffson, Feb 5, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
I know that when I was in high school, I could have done a lot better in my academics if I tried a lot harder, however other things were more important to, such as social status as well as athletics. I just did what I had to do to get buy. I don’t recall studying for a test days in advance much less weeks in advance.--Ally, Feb 5, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
High school students and after high school college students, I believe have the same learning styles as the progress. They are more visual and auditory styles rather than readers. They basically have one thing on their mind and that is partying. They just capture sufficient material to get them through the assignment or test. These many times leading to failure to graduate from high school or dropout of college.— Melody Barrera, Feb 10, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
Lack of responsibility
On the other hand, the great majority of high school students visualize high school as the last opportunity to be immature before heading to college.—Patrick, Feb 11, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
Also, I should have been more assertive concerning financial aid paperwork, scholarships, and college applications. I thought those stacks of papers were gonna somehow fill out themselves and that my parents were going to pay for everything.-- Juanita Torres, Feb 5, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
More impulsive than reflective learners
…young people tend to just learn the information and do not seem too eager to find an explanation to everything. They seem to catch the information is a faster way, but at the same time the information is not always learned correctly.—Forest, Feb 5, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
Role confusion: just want to be rebellious
…in my personal experience when I was in elementary all I wanted to do was school but as I grew older school became less of a priority. This, I think, was because in middle school I wanted to rebellious be like the "cool" kids and not care about grades, and I think we all, or most of us, got through this stage and it continues through high school.—Cavin, Feb 5, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
I have to agree as well that students don't prioritize well in their earlier years. Just as we were discussing Erikson's theory yesterday, kids in their pre/teens fall in the category of wanting to search for their own identity. This involves seclusion from their parents and any other form of authority figures. They tend to hang out with their peers and fall into the category of not doing good in school.—John Jeffson, Feb 5, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
Poor learning habits/strategies
I believe that high school students in America do enough to get barely get by. Not a lot of effort is put into their studies. They don't know how to prioritize. In many cases they pickup a lot of bad habits like procrastinating, cramming, bad time management. I know when i was in high school doing school work was the last thing on my mind.—Grace, Feb 5, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
Focus on the present, not the future
I think the reason why age affects learning is a maturity issue. I liked Evert's observations of how older adults process information than those just out of high school. A lot of it has to do with motivation. The older people have an immediate need of the education so they can apply it to their job or to get hired for the one they are trying to get. Younger folks sometimes lack this motivation.—Eldon Clark Feb 6, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
When I was in high school, I was more narrowly focused on my life. I had a hard time looking very far into the future, even though I would have never admitted it. I had a lot more energy for participating in extra-curricular activities but I do not think I was as comprehensive. As hard as I tried sometimes I just could not see the bigger picture.—Anna, Feb 6, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
It seems that when students are in high school, they tend to forget that they will not be there forever. Many students go thru high school just barley passing their classes not realizing that when they graduate they will need as much knowledge as possible. In high school I was very involved with the different school clubs and paid less attention to my studies. Being that high school education is free for many students, many take it for granted. —Nina, Feb 9, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
Then we get to middle school and we go thru our “change” and our priorities begin to shift from absorbing to belonging to a group. What ensues for the next few years in most adolescence in a decline in their formal education and most will begin focusing on other things. Then when we are in high school towards the end of our public school careers we begin to look at our future as a whole not as a right now.—Ry*, Feb 12, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
Teenagers in high school might not even have clue as to what to expert out of the future, I know that I didn't. The farthest I saw in to my future was graduation and only because I wanted to take some time off from school.—Homer, Feb 14, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
Exceptions: some early wake up high school students
Likewise, I've known some fairly gifted learners in high school because they've set great standards for themselves and want to excel in academic and career based areas. They wanted to go outside of what they knew and so pushed themselves to study harder.--Josh Price, Feb 6, 2008, EDCI 4322-60
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