Shanae's Blog

     In regard to assessing a child on solely standardized testing, i feel that this process is not even accurate or fair. In my opinion children should be tested not just cognitively, but socially, emotionally, and maybe even on fine and gross motor progression. In addition, I feel that there should  also be a life skills age appropriate assessment. In my opinion sometimes children may not know exactly what to do in a subject like math or science, however, he/she may know how to survive in real world situations that adhere to the same concepts, such as counting money, or following directions to a recipe.      With this being said, I choose to research standardized testing in France. In contrast to America most french students do not take a standardized test until the age of thirteen or fourteen. The tests that french students take at this time are basically used to assist them in choosing what study path that they would like to study in high school....

 The topic that deals with childhood stressors that I chose to expand on is poverty. I work in a program to caters to children with low-socio-economic status. I had a small child in my class that was homeless. He lived in a shelter with his mother and sister. This was very hard for the little boy. I'm not sure if it was the transition or not but , he used to cry for hours everyday in the classroom. He would not talk to anyone, he would just stay to himself. After, a few months, his mother came to me and said that she had to move again, because she had gotten into an altercation with someone at the shelter and she feared for her life. She showed me, where someone had cut her across her neck. A few days after that, the little boy began to miss a lot of school. He came sporadically, over the next few weeks. Then he was gone. I'm not sure what happened to him, however I hope he and his family are safe.      The country that I choose that deals with poverty and homeless...