The common sense of society states that a “good” student is what all students should strive to be and the kind of student that all teachers dream about. A good student according to society is someone who is always sitting quietly at their desk, gets all of their work done in an appropriate and timely manner and to what the teacher expects to be their best ability, will keep busy and stay quiet once they are done their work, and a student that the teacher does not have to pay much attention to unless they are asking a question or need help.
It is impossible for every student to feel valued, special and that they belong when the common sense of society is telling students that there is such a thing as a good student. To me this is because when students hear the words good student they imagine at the most only 2-4 people being able to have that title. This creates a competition to see who can be considered the best student and in my opinion competitions should not be a thing in elementary schools especially one that is just for bragging rights. It is simply not possible for some students to ever be considered a good student. Many students with disabilities both cognitive or physical or a student with a behavioural disorder will just be unable to sit quietly in their desks for long periods of times without any form of movement or talking. There should be no such thing as good and bad students in classrooms in todays world. Teachers must ensure that they see all of their students as good, regardless of their behaviour, ability, or their work ethic. Every student is good at several different things many of which will not fit into what society deems to be good. The idea of good and bad students is something that society has unfortunately constructed with little to none background knowledge. However, to wrap things up teachers and students do not always need to do things the way that society thinks is best and the way society wants them to.
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