The Importance Of Overcoming Goals In Education

“There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect” - Ronald Reagan. The first step to overcoming barriers is to identify where those barriers lie within a community, and then addressing those barriers one at a time.

Difficulty in reaching goals when it comes to effective learning.

Students often set goals, or goals that are set by their parents which are not achievable. The only goals which are achievable are those who are braked down into smaller goals which the end result will be your main goal. In my community there is an extremely high demand of achievement. Children often suffer under those conditions because they cannot meet the expectations of their teachers or parents. Parents should be educated in effective goal setting in order for them to have realistic goals for their children. Teacher expectations should also be made clear to the parents and the learners, and the teacher must be careful when setting those expectations. Student confidence should be encouraged and should only receive activities that the child will be able to complete. This increases the students believe in its own ability and automatically new goals will be set. In doing this, it will decrease the students stress in achieving coals and also eliminates any doubt of success. Not doing so will result in the learner not achieving his or her potential. Many students commit suicide as a result of feeling incompetent. In my community many teenagers commit suicide, because the barrier of achieving goals in a learning environment could not be overcome. This is not acceptable, and it is the responsibility of teachers to educate learners in this topic. A national youth risk...

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...accessories. Feeding schemes should be made available to high school students as well because there is also a great need for them . The poor students academic achievement is much lower. Those students should be identified, and the governing body of the school should address these children in order for them to be helped sufficiently. They should be provided with additional support in subjects as well as providing them with school clothes and accessories. This will immediately lower the gap between these students.

To conclude. Schools that are seen as privileged also have to overcome a lot of barriers that effects their learning. They are not the same as the schools in rural area’s, but they also need extra attention. If the students, teachers and parents work together, they can overcome these barriers to make a school a safe and effective learning environment.