This chapter is about how children are taught how to fill the student role. The student role is a position in which students must behave a certain way, and have a certain attitude. Teaching of how to partake in the student role is taught as early as kindergarten. A child is taught by learning how to blindly follow obedience, follow preset rules, and overall behave in a classroom setting. The student role teaches children not only how to socialize with other, but how to play their part in society. In the book there was a observation about the daily routine of a kindergarten class mentioned. The classroom was divided into section for specific activities, like a painting station, teacher area, milk drinking area, etc. the students would come in and perform actions instructed by the teacher at specific times. For example, the children may have show and tell at 12:15, or have milk time at 1:30. The class activities and the times set for them are determined by the teacher. This routine helps the children adopt the ability to blindly follow instructions in a timely fashion. The children will find ways around the rules set by the teacher. For example, you are not suppose to talk when it’s story time, but students may quietly whisper to people next to them. The teacher will ignore little acts like these, encouraging the students to bend the rules.
5/10/2019
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