Schools
...m. 2 Janine goes on to discuss the need for homework, need for disciplined effort, and the need to discuss college admission policies. Bempenchat states, “Yet I believe that we are far too concerned with our children’s happiness and self-esteem, to the detriment of their ability to cope with difficulty and setbacks.” (501) As a child all you encounter is goodness; no difficulty, simply because parents and teachers spoon feed these children. If all a child sees is good things coming, then what happens when they encounter a problem? Failure? As a child I can recall not being able to go visit my friends, because I did not get an A on something or if I decided to play around at school. However, I’m fortunate to have parents that always made me do things on my own, even if they knew I could not do it. The taught me not to use the word CAN’T. Again, I say I’m fortunate for my parents because I go to school, work, and live in an apartment. These are things I want to do and yes I have came across some difficulty, but there is one thing I’m sure of and that is I’m still living. Bempenchat argues, “All children need to have appropriately challenging homework to do after school. (504) She goes on to say “Homework is critical because it is the training ground for the development of qualities that we all want so much to see in our children: responsibility, diligence, persistence, and the ability to delay gratification.” (504) I strongly agree with Bempechat simply because I have a seven year old sister that loves to do homework, and if at anytime she does not have any homework she find something to work on from school. These children have no say so whether there is homework or not. Therefore, we know it’s the American school system. As a high 3 school graduate there has been a number of times throughout my school years that I had went home without homework. However, my parents always asked, “Where is your homework?” Being the parents that they are they would send me back to school with a note asking, “Why my child has not brought any homework home?” This further let me know my parents would agree 100 percent with Bempechat. Those parents that would disagree must misunderstand the concept that what happens in their child’s life now determines what type of person that child would be in the future. Janine Bempechat states, “We need to get children to see that disciplined effort can indeed enhance their abilities and make them “smarter.” (505) I feel that discipline starts at home. Discipline is simply training that develops efficiency as well as self-control. Taking on the task of disciplining yourself is a challenge and it only betters a child. The world is full of challenges. Bempec...