The story of Ni Kan the the expectations she had throughout her life has reminded me of a story of my own. ... Kids like me were looked at as the kids who would never be successful or be great at anything. ... Unfortunately they were not great expectations. ... Great examples of the different paths expectation can lead to are the Amy Tan story as well as my own. ... Everyone has their own story and their own way of handling things. ...

• Word Count: 1526
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Role expectations have been a part of our society for hundreds of years. ... The role expectations of the children in the story are greatly influenced by tradition and by the setting of the story. ... At the end of the week's baseball game, Ernie gloats about the game from the pitcher's mound, saying, "And [it was] real great, eh? ... The water conflict is such a small matter in itself, yet the children take it so seriously that it leads to great change within the class. ... Role expectations are now more realistic than those presented in this story, which was set in the 1930'...

• Word Count: 1283
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Desai showed emphasis on the pressure that students from India face and how expectations rise every year. Desai's story may have been a replica of her very own young life because she focused on one's own belief in education and the freedom to choose for one's own future career. ... "(Desai 1417) This shows how a normal conversation between a parent and a child in India is mostly about their education and their expectations for their child. ... This shows how Chinese parents are very similar to Indian parents in terms of expectations from their child's academics. ... ...

• Word Count: 2255
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

HOME SCHOOL CONNECTIONS IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY For several decades now educators have recognised with great significance the integral role that parents play in their child's foundational language learning (Cairney & Munsie, 1992, p.1). ... Focussing mainly on story reading, Heath was able to collect evidence of considerable differences in community styles of literacy socialisation. ... For example, the children whose home literacy experiences were similar to school literacy experiences, performed well at school because school valorised and rewarded the types of literacy that they h...

• Word Count: 1973
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

All of them have their own story. ... Parental involvement seems to be done because parents feel it is one of the basic requirements of parenthood, parents also have many tools that allow them to be great for reinforcing material and creating real life situations to help their children with what they are learning in school. ... Students are very smart about their relationship with their parents and there is a great need to make sure that parents make crucial visits to show their kids about the importance of their involvement. A parent visiting school is an excellent way to help create a great ...

• Word Count: 1933
• Approx Pages: 8

Stories such as this one are far too common and should not happen. ... Schools should be held accountable to "and raise expectations and standards for "all students, and the resultant improvement would benefit everyone. ... These initiatives are aimed at improvement through high standards, great expectations, and accountability, yet real improvement has not been borne out in the literature. ...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This knowledge will help make me a better teacher because it fosters great discussions and new learning, and can be intentionally used as a strategy for teaching new subjects. ... Students need to understand curriculum expectations just like the rules in a classroom. ... I believe a great enhancement is parents being involved in the curriculum and testing. ... I am also extremely interested in field trips and acting out stories in the classroom. ...

• Word Count: 2071
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School