Growing up in a small town where having a class of forty-five students is common, I considered myself having somewhat similarity to these kids at Easley. They are lack of attention from either teachers or parents or both. Most of them are self-learned through their interaction with friends and others in their community. The result from self-learned is varied ranging from good to bad in which way they choose to grow up. Some kids like to challenge themselves with homework while others like to depend on tutors to get the answer or just simply copy the answer from classmates. In difference, I grow up with full attention from my family, therefore, even I was not really attentive at school, I had a lot supports from family which push me to study and get me to understand the importance of education. Through my family’s teaching and caring, I place a high expectation for myself. In contrast, under their family condition, a lot of these kids grow up without experiencing love and assistance from their family. For this reason, their aspects about life and others are different than mine. Through communication, I realized their definition for literacy is somewhat limited. I often hear some of them asking why they have to do all of the science homework if they’ve already known they are not going to apply this knowledge into their lives. They don’t dream big. The reason could be explained for lacking of resource. They would consider graduate high school is their best achieve without considering college level.
Interacting with them for the last couple months, I have seen their learning condition and grew to understand them even more, not just through tutorial, but communication and relationship. Their behaviors are shaped by their growing environment that includes crime, violence, poverty, etc. I don’t blame for their inappropriate behavior, I just feel heartbreaking for what they are short in life. I hope children will be deserved to have what mean to belong to them.
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