Chapter 3

Chaper 3 is about changes and influences on American society and how it affects our students. the chapter talks about socioeconomic factors in a students life. The different statuses. Also about the changes students go through as they get older and mature and the issues that could come along with that such as crime and violence. There is sucha thing as at-risk students who are most likely to drop out. One objective I am passionate about is bullying. The book states that bullying is a more subtle form of school violence. It is recieving increased attention, as educators are realizing its damaging effects on students and its possible links to suicide and school shootings. It is a big problem that is going on in schools and I think that every teacher should make it a point to work with thier students on bullying in the classroom. I personally have already witnessed a great amount of bullying in my feild experience classroom. The teacher has to now send any student straight to the offic if there is any notion of bullying going on. This has been an issue for a long time and will continue to be an issue but we as future teachers can slow it down and hopefully it will be prevented all togther.