Mad Hot Ballroom Essay - 1327 Words

With a regular schedule for all these students, everyone is expected to simply do the work at home, and come back to school to turn it in and receive more and do the same process over and over. But when there are other activities a child can be involved in, it makes routines have a slight change. Especially if these certain â€Å"activities† are being a requirement and not just an option because there are always students who never try new activities and miss out on opportunities. Therefore, students should be offered extracurricular activities in their schools because it gains skills and builds pride to be successful academically in Anaheim. In the documentary, â€Å"Mad Hot Ballroom† the director, Marilyn Agrelo, states that â€Å"the kids that are†¦show more content†¦Every student in every school, belongs to a different household, with a different family, and different ways of living their lives. Not every student falls under one same reason as to why they fail in school. And what each of these researchers are doing, is giving an entire article over one reason they think is good enough, but the truth is, a researcher is not capable of writing an article over one single reason and believe they have solved the mystery. There is no â€Å"general idea† as to why. Teachers, principals and researchers categorize every failing student as unsuccessful, but it is that same reason that drives those same students towards where they are headed. I’ve seen this in my younger brother who is a sophomore. He started failing from the minute my stepfather starting shooting him down for his â€Å"C† grades in Junior High. That lessened my brother’s potential and lessened his idea of being successful. After every school meeting, every detention, every phone call; He gave up. All this attention he was receiving, he didn’t want it, nor did he need it to succeed. There’s a difference between wanting to help a student , and simply wasting time on one. What these teachers, principals, and my stepfather did, was waste their time and my brother’s. Because in the end, he didn’t care to change. Especially with continuous judgment, categorizing and comparisons to other children or family members. In the article, â€Å"Kewauna’s Ambition†,Show MoreRelatedThe Importance Of Ambition In Education1809 Words   |  8 Pagesthe time both the common student and the school contribute towards the matter. Though public schools cannot stop the failure of students in their education, they do possess the capability to help influence them with a hope for success. In Gladwell’s essay, â€Å"Marita’s Bargain†, we are introduced to KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program), a public education system set up by teachers. In concordance to the research provided by the author, such schools discipline their students with various sorts of future-improving