Children that are at risk

The topic that I chose to talk about is the struggle that every school around the world is facing, which is kids that are at risk. Kids that are at risk according to chapter 2 in our books are the kids who live in poverty or parents struggle with making money etc. It states that "low income communities often mean underfunded school districts and poorer schools in virtually every way". Thus meaning if a city has a high poverty rate it means that children do not have the materials and nessecities needed to get a better education. Such as the schools that have all the money to do things with. More money means better funded schools, new books and a better education.

Now that the schools are so aware of at risk kids they are trying to form programs to change things and turn everything around. They have started the National Defense Education Act which is extended counseling, that informs the children to understand the imporatance of success! Which is a great program to have. Especailly for the children who do not have the support at home. And it is very easy to see who those children are in school. When observing I started to notice certain things in the younger children. Such as in kindergarten is when children start writing or learning to write there names. For example most of the students parents have sat down with there child and has tried to take the time to teach them write there name. I have witnessed children walk in and have no idea what letters are or even how to write the first letter of there name. It is because there parents have not sat down to take the time with them. As a teacher you can see which parents are given the support and which parents are not. Thats what this program helps to do, it encourages children where there parents are not standing behind them. There are so many other programs that have been formed in order to help children to understand the importance of being an educated person.

The reason why i did choose to write about this topic is because i have witnessed this while observing. I can defitnely pick the children out whose parents having been helping them and expressing the importance of success. There are so many children who are at risk, and i believe the risk starts at a young age. I understand when your eighteen you can drop out of school because you are an adult. But there is a reason you choose to drop out. It because you have been pushed for success at a young age, and if your parent are gaurdian pushed for success and to help you learn chances are you would not be dropping out of school. If you maybe had that extra push an adult you wouldnt be an at risk child. I truely believe that the structure starts at home and is reinforced in school. It can not be one of the other it has to be both