College of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 16, 2011
Having goals are very important for a high school student. Without a goal, a student could easily lose his/her motivation. Goals are necessary and should be supported by teachers, parents, friends, etc. I also think it’s important to draw the line though when a goal becomes unrealistic and turns into a dream. My goal in high school was to become a teacher; it’s a very realistic goal for one to obtain. I realized that becoming a teacher was within reach for me. In my dream world, I would be in Tampa, Florida right now with the Yankees vying for the chance to be the team’s starting catcher job, which is clearly not happening this Spring, or any for that matter. Although I enjoyed playing baseball and be a catcher in high school, I luckily recognized I didn’t have the talent necessary to become a professional baseball player. Some adolescents actually believe that they are good enough to play baseball, or do whatever dream career they wish to have, and their parents fully support them.
Parental support is important and necessary to a certain extent. If I told my parents I wanted to be a baseball player, they would say “That’s nice Ralph, but let’s be realistic.” Unfortunately in today’s society, parents give their children too much support, making their children believe they are the best at everything, when in reality they’re the furthest things from it! I do believe that we should encourage small children (ages 4-11) for accomplishing small tasks. Telling them things like “The outcome of the game doesn’t matter, just as long as you had fun that’s all that counts.” If we continue to tell our adolescents that the only thing that matters is that they are having fun there are going to be a lot of disappointed high school seniors/college freshmen. They are going to find out that they aren’t the world’s greatest baseball player, and that there are other players with a lot more talent and promise.
In the case of Home and his father in October Sky, Homer’s father is too far to the “tough love” side of the equation. He doesn’t seem to support any of his son’s goals/ideas (unless they involve football). What I am trying to say is that parents need to be supportive to a certain point. Once the child becomes an adolescent, the parents need to strike a balance between supportive and realistic with their son/daughter, and when the goal becomes too farfetched explain to their child that they need to consider an alternative.
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