03960nam 22006494a 450 991045231260332120210528013439.01-281-73072-697866117307270-300-13058-910.12987/9780300130584(CKB)1000000000472175(EBL)3419866(SSID)ssj0000140742(PQKBManifestationID)11151295(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140742(PQKBWorkID)10054953(PQKB)10277920(MiAaPQ)EBC3419866(DE-B1597)484928(OCoLC)1013938258(DE-B1597)9780300130584(Au-PeEL)EBL3419866(CaPaEBR)ebr10167915(CaONFJC)MIL173072(OCoLC)923587966(EXLCZ)99100000000047217520010330d2001 uy 0engurun#---|u||utxtccr"Doing school"[electronic resource] how we are creating a generation of stressed out, materialistic, and miseducated students /Denise Clark PopeNew Haven, CT Yale University Press20011 online resource (231 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-300-09013-7 Includes bibliographical references. (p. 207-212).Front matter --Contents --Preface --Acknowledgments --Chapter 1. Welcome to Faircrest High --Chapter 2. Kevin Romoni: A 3.8 Kind of Guy --Chapter 3. Eve Lin: Life as a High School Machine --Chapter 4. Teresa Gomez: "I Want a Future" --Chapter 5. Michelle Spence: Keeping Curiosity Alive? --Chapter 6. Roberto Morales: When Values Stand in the Way --Chapter 7. The Predicament of "Doing School" --Epilogue --Appendixes --Notes --ReferencesThis book offers a revealing-and troubling-view of today's high school students and the ways they pursue high grades and success. Veteran teacher Denise Pope follows five highly regarded students through a school year and discovers that these young people believe getting ahead requires manipulating the system, scheming, lying, and cheating. On the one hand, they work hard in school, participate in extracurricular activities, serve their communities, earn awards and honors, and appear to uphold school values. But on the other hand, they feel that in order to get ahead they must compromise their values and manipulate the system by scheming, lying, and cheating. In short, they "do school"-that is, they are not really engaged with learning nor can they commit to such values as integrity and community. The words and actions of these five students-two boys and three girls from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds-underscore the frustrations of being caught in a "grade trap" that pins future success to high grades and test scores. Their stories raise critical questions that are too important for parents, educators, and community leaders to ignore. Are schools cultivating an environment that promotes intellectual curiosity, cooperation, and integrity? Or are they fostering anxiety, deception, and hostility? Do today's schools inadvertently impede the very values they claim to embrace? Is the "success" that current assessment practices measure the kind of success we want for our children?Academic achievementUnited StatesHigh school studentsUnited StatesStudent aspirationsUnited StatesElectronic books.Academic achievementHigh school studentsStudent aspirations373.18Pope Denise Clark1966-880467MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452312603321"Doing school"2446676UNINA