reflection 5

Initaition rites and rites of passge are very significant in human life. As human being we are all apart of our cultures in our society. Everyone has their different experiences and cultural decisions that they make. I believe that the way that they connect with teaching is that we as teachers have to understand that in most cultures completing school is a rite of passage all in its own.
These articles that we have read have been something totally new in my eyes. But i still accepted them for what they are. We will be some what responsible for students completing thier schooling. How well we teach them will play a mojor role in their lives. From elementary school young children are faced with the Fcat here in Florida. The have an understanding of failure and progress. Society has made it clear that you must be able to accomplish this amount of intellegence at this certain age. This same process continues through secondary school; all the way to highschool.
The only difference for highschool is that it is more of a drastic change if you are not succesful. It's when u do not recieve your rite of passage and or your diploma will your life feels like you have bot accomplished anything. Society today has made to were a highschool diploma is the minimal amount of success that you can present to show that you are a successful human been. You cant get a decent paying job without some college in todays world.
By reading about other cultures right of passage i feel that it will ultimately make me a better teacher because I will be more under standing of the trials that my students have to undergo
within their own culture along with school. A rite of passage isn't just a physical thing it has to do with your state of mind at that time and a mjor part is your society. At one point in the times of our grandparents ut was ok to just have a highschool diploma and to marry and have kids becuase it was accepted by society. But in our generation it is fround upon if you dont have a degree and its harder to get a job or reliable career to support your kids if you have any. The rite of passage in the rite givin by society.