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A 3 page essay/research paper in which the writer comments on Kurt Wiessenfeld's article "Making the Grade," expressing agreement, emphasizing the need for educators to encourage self-esteem through real accomplishment rather than empty praise. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: KL9_khwiesen.rtf
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oblivious to their role in this personal crisis and obviously feel that they somehow "deserve" a good grade regardless of a poor performance in learning the course material. The following
essay briefly summarizes Wiesenfelds article and then explores the questions that the article generates, which substantiates the overarching thesis for this investigation, which is that Wiesenfelds criticism of the foundational
education of these students is legitimate and can be supported by literature. What really disturbs Wiesenfeld about the students who ask for a better grade is that,
most of the time, when questioned; these students admit that they do not deserve a better grade. Wiesenfeld attributes this behavior to being "raised on gold stars for effort and
smiley faces for self-esteem, theyve learned that they can get by without hard work...if they can talk the professor into giving them a break" (Wiesenfeld). He goes on to cite
instances that disturb him in society wherein a major error in engineering calculations caused structures to become unsafe. As Wiesenfeld teaches primarily science and engineering majors, he is concerned about
allocating grades on anything less than performance as this is the only way to "preserve a minimum standard of quality that our society needs to maintain safety and integrity" (Wiesenfeld).
These observations naturally give rise to questions about whether or not Wiesenfeld is correct and the attitudes of these students can be traced back to inappropriate teaching practices in the
elementary, middle and school level. Self-esteem has been a prevalent topic in early childhood educational literature as there is no doubt that "many children arrive at preschool and school
doors with less than optimum self-esteem" ("Appropriate Practices"). But it is also true that simply telling these children to value themselves, i.e., using the "gold stars" and "smiley faces"
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