Both macrosociology and microsociology are crucial in our regular day to day existences to enable us to comprehend social life however both macrosociology and microsociology have their advantages and disadvantages. If we don’t utilize either, we won’t get the full picture of what society resembles however both macrosociology and microsociology are vital because without them we can't genuinely comprehend sociological result. Macrosociology helps us to dissect the bigger picture and break down society and gain a better understanding of societies and cultures influence on a broader scale such as to help scientists understand both its circumstances and end results. Macrosociology encourages researchers to better comprehend why individuals experience the …show more content…
Analyzing the situation of a student getting kicked out of school. Billy parents often had conversations with him telling Billy that failure wasn’t an option and that while he stayed with him he will maintain a 4.0 grade average and will he graduates he will go to college then join the Navy. Although Billy was involved in many sports and organizations, Billy was not content with his life and often contemplated suicide. Billy was put under an enormous amount of pressure to excel in school that he had no personal life. Billy was a loner and had no friends in school except for his teachers. Six months into Billy’s senior year of high school Billy met some friends and he was so excited to have friends that Billy started getting into trouble from hanging with the wrong crowd. By the time Billy reached his senior year of high school he wasn’t in honors classes anymore and his well-off parents were furious that Billy had gone downhill and started hanging with students that were underneath him academically wise. One day Billy arrived to school with his new group of friends which his parents disliked and his friends decided to skip
Too often, students are taught that their lives are defined by who they are and what they do, not by circumstances. But circumstances can be very crucial to determining how a person’s life is shaped. It’s no secret that not all schools and neighborhoods are created equal. Some schools offer advanced classes, and college prep, and opportunities, while some schools don’t even have textbooks. Even within the circumstances, there are circumstances. The students in the latter school that lacks textbooks may have parents who go the extra mile to ensure that they have more opportunities, or could have parents who don’t have the resources to do that. Environment and circumstance can make a huge difference, and Wes Moore’s The Other Wes Moore is a fantastic
Rose, starting his first day of high school, was placed by an administrative error in the vocational track, due to the results of another student with his same last name. This mistake or error went unnoticed over the first year of his school. His classes were all dead end. The author encountered many terrible teachers in charge of this remedial track; most of these educators were paranoid, abusive, racist, and unprepared. Classes did not provide a suitable learning environment for him and his classmate, who needed
...eral topic of school. The sister strives to graduate and go to school even though she is poor while her brother blames the school for him dropping out and not graduating. “I got out my social studies. Hot legs has this idea of a test every Wednesday” (118). This demonstrates that she is driven to study for class and get good grades while her brother tries to convince her that school is worth nothing and that there is no point in attending. “‘Why don’t you get out before they chuck you out. That’s all crap,’ he said, knocking the books across the floor. ‘You’ll only fail your exam and they don’t want failures, spoils their bloody numbers. They’ll ask you to leave, see if they don’t’” (118). The brother tries to convince his sister that school is not a necessity and that living the way he does, being a drop out living in a poverty stricken family is the best thing.
Everyone can look back on memories at school and remember the “problem kid”. This student may have been the one who got bad grades, was disrespectful to the teacher or the one who just never came to class. We see these students and automatically judge them not knowing the circumstances that surround their decision making. When we judge those students we don’t understand the backgrounds and the home life that some of these students have. Problems at home can drastically affect a student’s academic life and one option they are left with is an at-risk school such as Black Rock. In “Summer’s Choice” we are able to see one of these students who was written off even though she is tremendously talented in the art field. In “Summer’s Choice” we see
Students encounter many complications during their school career. Some students are smart, but just don’t apply themselves, or have similar hardships that are going on in their lives. These can be fixed if one can find motivation and confidence. In the story “Zero,” Paul Logan coasts through high school and college. Logan doesn’t know the tools to succeed in school, which causes his grades to fall. In the story “The Jacket,” Gary Soto explains how the way one dresses can influences how they feel about themself. Which in this case he gets an ugly jacket; which causes him to be depressed and his grades to fall. Albeit Logan and Soto went through similar hardships, they both succeed with motivation and confidence.
In the case study, Jim Colbert, a third grade teacher, struggles to help a boy named Carlos. This Public School 111 was located in a metropolitan, run down neighborhood. The school was surrounded by drug dealers and trash. However, the inside of the school was bright and welcoming. Here the students were placed according to their abilities, and Jim had a 3-A class for the high achieving students. Jim had a routine that he followed every day. He would take the learning and apply it to the student’s lives with practical examples. To begin the day Jim would go through the homework with the students, and here he began to notice that Carlos was misspelling many of his words. Carlos comprehended the readings, but he was behind in his spelling. Jim talked with the other third grade teacher, Paul, about Carlos. Then, he talked to Carlos about the problem, asking him if he could get help at home. Here Jim discovered that Carlos would get little to no help at home. Jim sent home a dictionary with Carlos so that he could check his spelling, and he saw
There was a few things common with each student at the SharpsTown High School and one of those things are their past lives. Most didn’t have a family that really cared for them or none at all. The ones that did, really didn’t have the best, if I had a choice , the best family relationship would be Marco and his family,but that’s none of my business. For the rest of them, they seemed to have doubts
This film follows four students at Sharpstown High School who are at risk for dropping out before graduating. Sharpstown High is referred to as a “dropout factory” throughout the film, as a large portion of their enrolled freshman don’t make it to their senior year. This inner city high school, along with nineteen other, however, implemented and worked through many strategies to lower the number of dropouts through a program called Apollo 20. Throughout the film you can see how these methods work out for some students, but also how they fall short for others.
The senior year of high school, what a pivotal time in a person’s life. Jim Swarthow was a senior as average as any other of his time. He grew up in an average sized town in Tennessee, and attended a high school with the population of 1,200 students. As a student he made fair grades, yet never cracked a book when he left the doors of school heading home. School was not very important to Jim because his father had him helping the family business at a very young age. Although he never failed any courses in his school career, he never excelled either.
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Anthony still looked up to his father despite the aggressiveness, he admired his father’s hard working nature. His father was the hard working figure that he looked up to and who he wanted to be like. Anthony and his father would go camping, fishing, play soccer and baseball, and would go to the racetrack. After Anthony’s father’s death, he resorted to alcohol. He would drink alcohol at all hours of the day. He quit the high school’s soccer team where he started varsity since sophomore year. He moved in with his older sister and left his mother with her new boyfriends. His sister became his motherly figure when he lived there. Anthony had to grow up as a teenage boy by himself. While Anthony grew older, he started his own business of home remodeling. The business went down the drain when he used the money he received from jobs to pay for more alcohol. When Anthony needed help in finding work he met another elder figure that he looked up to, “old man Joe”. Anthony would do all the same things he used to do with his father, with Joe. Joe passed away last year. Anthony then started to work with his older brother who he also looked up to. His brother took over their father’s
It’s the night before the first day of high school. At 1:00AM, Jamie still nervously lies awake on her bed, while thinking about her new chapter in life. Middle school wasn’t the best experience for her, as she was bullied for being “overweight” and being a nerd. Neither boys nor girls liked her for the way she was. Jamie couldn’t wait for high school to start so she could never see them again.
Life is going extraordinary right about now. I feel successful and strong. I am now in 6th period getting ready to learn about World War One. When all the sudden, Mrs.Reed stormed into the classroom. “Can I see Jack, please?” she asked. “Absolutely!” Mr. Thomas says happily. My heart sank into the fiery pits of regret. “I’m dead,” I mutter. Mrs. Reed brings me into a classroom filled with nobody. She then explains and lectures me on the decision I made just a few weeks back. She said that I either take an F for my 3rd quarter grade or take a write-up. I need stupendous grades if I want to be successful and accomplish my dreams in life. So, I took the write-up.
School was my first ladder, a precarious inch-by inch process that I somehow stumbled through up to high school, where I assumed I had reached stability: the board. What I didn’t understand was that I needed to provide some balance on my own. I dove into high school, thinking if I took care of one priority, the rest would automatically fall into place. Needless to say, I found that not only was this was not the case, but I needed to adjust what was the first priority in my life. Instead of trying to please others and be perfect, I threw myself into becoming a better person.
High school has many problems and many hard obstacles to overcome. Some people study harder or get help, and others quit. They drop out and the problem completely disappears. The dropout rate in the United States alone is 1.2 million and is at a steady increase. Students were asked why they dropped out or what there thoughts were on dropping out of High school and reasons ranged from having mental disabilities and not having help to the fact that they were bored and just didn't feel like going anymore. High school is meant to challenge young adults and prepare them for what life has to come. If a student can't get through four years of High school the consequences are endless. Some consequences such as the ability or opportunity to get a job becomes scarce or the inability to do certain life lessons taught in these classes impact said students in dramatic ways. High school students such as Marcus, Lawrence, Marco, and Sparkle; Whose stories became very public experienced the pros and cons of a high school diploma personally.