Final Reflection

Shanae` Bennett

Eng 220

Professor Rogers-Cooper

8-8-13

Final Reflection

(Did not use the readings)

            Education has many different views on it. One way of having an education is to have tutoring at least that’s what I believe. Many students don’t have the proper education and are punish because of the educational system wanting to be cheap instead of having tutors to guide students in all subjects. Tutors are there to help and there are many students that need help to push them into the right direction. In the readings that I read Savage and Inequalities and also Psychology of Social Class discusses how children are rewarded or punished by the class they’re in. Tutoring is known to better assist students so having tutoring in the educational system is very fundamental.

            First what is tutoring? Tutoring is having an employed person helping someone on a one to one basis, guiding him or her. Here at LaGuardia Community College we have a writing center that many people use. The students that I see that go to the writing center to get tutoring are the ones that didn’t get much help growing up with there reading and writing. That’s why my philosophy deals with collaborative tutoring. I believe that in order for anyone to learn there has to be some kind of help. Len Vygotsky do too believe that people learn more when they sit down and have someone talk to them and take them step by step to learn what they need to learn. Many people grasp a concept once someone else has taught it so if they have to do it again by themselves they remember it better because they had a tutor or someone help them in the first place. It’s basically taking baby steps I strongly believe once I’m a teacher I will be doing one to one tutoring with my students because I get to see what they already know and what they don’t know and help them with what I see them struggling with. One tutoring session can change a student input on a certain subject or topic.

            However, relating tutoring to the overall educational system is ridiculous. The school systems see that most people entering college take remedial classes before they can even take colleges classes and there still is not enough equipment or teachers or tutors to help students to be better writers and readers. The educational system is disturbing because they’re so cheap, its all about the money which is sad because when your dealing with people who go to college and paying for school out of there pockets (like myself) and the school doesn’t even have enough sources to help me reach for my goals in life and to be a better student is really sad. The educational system needs to sit back and take a look at the school system and see that it’s not doing well their need to be a change. For one they can stop by being cheap, two bring in more teachers and tutors it would make a big difference and help out a lot within the students test scores.  In the reading Savage Inequalities it shows you that in order for those less fortunate children that are suffering they need money, they can’t get the right education if there is no income coming in. There is not enough schools, school supplies, space, teachers tutor or anything. I don’t understand how they can just let this happen and not want to make a change. Tutors would come in handy if even if the school system didn’t want to bring in more teachers it would be a start with tutors to help the students in need.

            When comparing different social classes like in the reading Savage Inequalities the school system and people that are middle class need to be more equal like Plessy vs. Ferguson separate but equal. I do see why it is a problem with income and children having different learning styles. But one thing I think every child should have is an equal education if the middle class can have tutors and equipment (school supplies) then find a way educational system to let the working class have that too. It’s really hurt to hear a student say “there is no reason to not have a baby there is not much for me in public school”. Also the upper class people seem to think that the less fortunate children should stay were they are but make it equal and not come to there school. Upper class think if they want education they can go get it can’t be forced. That right there should be the reason tutors step in and more help to guide these students but no all the educational system cares about is money. Since the lower class people don’t have money the educational system could careless if they learn or not. Like I said before the educational system is a complete fail only thing that changed is the people not the system. 

            In the reading Psychology of Social Class is basically the same thing. The educational system is very inconsiderate to the working class people they judge them by there education, occupation and income. Social class people have difficult jobs and watched over jobs. The people that work like that take that relationship they have with their boss and take it home and show that same treatment to their children.  This shows parents raise their children to be just like them.  Middle class people have more independent children because of the fact that they let them have their freedom and space. They don’t yell at their children they talk nicely to them. Working class on the other hand since they yell at their children their children tend to be more obedient and stay out of trouble. Middle class trust people more working class is more fatalism looks control over once life experiences. Working class have more abortions unlike middle class who would like to enjoy there childhood instead of become a parent at an early age. Working class tends to be more stress and unhealthy middle class is the total opposite. As you can see here everything is based on what class you fall underneath. Just like how the educational system sees everything, if you’re not under a certain class you cant get certain treatment, which is unfair. It’s like the system wants the working class children stay in working class and not mount to anything in life. The system is all messed up and it needs to be fixed!

            In conclusion, tutoring is an important source in educational development and learning simply because it help student to shows them that there not alone and they are people to help and guide them into the right path. I one day would love to use tutoring as a one to one base with my future students to better help them with anything they need. Using tutoring in my teaching philosophy will help me better understand my students and show them the right way of doing things. It would also help those students who don’t talk much and don’t participate in class ill see at what level they stand at once we have our tutoring sessions. For the educational system I just believe that they just need to rethink their way of being cheap once they get that out the way then tutors can step in and help those social and lower class children that need the help. I one day hope I can make a difference and help those that really need help.