Hi Class,
Please answer the following:
1. Write a
paragraph or two in response to the following statement:
"Since the brain does not fully mature
until 25 we should not expect mature actions out of our young people. Boys
will be boys. There is nothing we can do except to allow them to
learn by their experience."
2. Write a
one to two paragraph answer to the following question:
"What role should parents and
significant adults (e.g.Teachers) play in the life of our youth?"
Doc Raqui
1. Every actions and experiences that we have can be our source of learning experience for us. Even if we are in adult stage, childhood stage and even if we are in our puberty or adolescent stage. Of course, we are the one who is fully responsible for the consequences of what we choose to do. Since our brain is not fully mature until the age of 25, individuals under the age of 25 must be strict with their selves or they must put walls or limitations to the things they want to do. As in these ages of 25 and below, they are the one who are adventurous to the point that they want to try thrilling and exciting things like going out of town with their friends and with their special someone, club hopping and everything under the sun that for them are enjoyable. Although they can do whatever they want, still they might still be reminded by the adults because they may do actions that are not right for them. As we can observe in our society today, many of the teenagers are getting pregnant in an early age like 13. Since they are not matured enough, they just do and try things that are not proper for them. Adult supervision is still very important at these stage, not to hinder them to the things they want to do but to lead them to the right path and to support them if the time comes that they are in the wrong way. Also, to make them realize that despite the bad things that may happen in their life, they must choose it as their learning experience so that as they grow old they may be able to decide for themselves as a mature individual.
ReplyDelete2. As we all know, parents have a big role in their child's life. From the day they are born until the time that they are getting older. Our parents act as our first teacher in life, since they are the one who teach us how to stand in our own. Being a youth is a hard stage in life, since at this stage they experience how to fall in love to the opposite sex, they also learn to have group of friends and also, they learn not to attend to school just stay with their friends. Of course, at this time the help of the teacher being the second parent of the students are really needed by the parents for them to be able to lead their child in the right path if they are going in the wrong path. They must still be supportive to the child if the time comes that their child doesn't come to the school regularly. They must talk to their child in a way that their child may understand what they want to tell them, and not be mad at them in front of their teachers. Also, being open to your child is a way for them to be open to you.One important thing, teachers and the parents should know how to listen to what the child wants to say. As a youth, if my teachers and parents are listening to what I am saying, of course I will be open to them for all the things I want to tell them. It can observed in a school that there are one or two students that are quiet despite the fact that they are facing a very big problem, as for them no one wants to listen to what they want to say and when their teacher ask them if they have problem, they will just kept quiet. In this situation, it is better that the teacher will talk to the student one on one for them to be able to know what the real problem is and they might put a solution to it. Parents and teachers must be the way for the student/child to live their life in the right way and to inspire them to live their life inspiring others because of the good things that they are doing.
1. "Learn by your experience" is one of the sayings of the adults. The best lesson we learn is from our experiences in life. At the teenage's life that is the time that boys start to explore life. They become adventurous, they want to try everything. One of the reason is due to their curiosity. Through their experiences it help them to build their personality.
ReplyDelete2. Parents are the one who mold their children. They are the first teacher, they should love, care, guide and protect their children. How they treat, what they teach and what they tell to them it will affects to their life. Give chance your children to express their feelings. Parents should understand and consider the feelings of their son/daughter.
The significant adults especially the teachers should understand the behavior of their students because it will help them to do their role as a second parent. Teachers should treat fairly and should not discriminate their pupils. They should help them to achieved their dreams and not be a destructor.
1. “Experience is the best teacher” is an old cliché but I strongly agree with that. Young people are very adventurous; they are not hesitant of doing something that can give them the feeling of excitement and fun; thus, we should not expect them to be mature enough with the way they act. Due to that immaturity, often times young people tend to commit mistakes. Through that experience, they will be able to gain wisdom and improve themselves. Learning from own experiences help people to become more mature and ready to face the difficulties of life. Therefore, our role is just to let them experience that mistakes and let them learn from it and allow that experiences to be their teacher.
ReplyDelete2. I usually hear elders saying that the generations of youth are getting worst. Parents have very essential role in guiding and molding their young children to become responsible enough. Since we have learned that most of the young people ages 25 and below don’t reach the full maturity, parents and significant adults should provide safe freedom and let the youth learn from their mistakes. They should be willing to listen to the young people’s concerns and give their support so that they can easily build rapport.
1. The brain area is responsible for the cognitive scrutiny and conceptual deliberation, and the restraint of correct actions in social situations. But according to the brain research, brain development is not complete until it reaches the age of 25, does it mean that parents should treat their 23 year old son like a kid? It’s definitely No because learning to fully participate in the world as an independent adult is part of the maturation process. And we will acquire full development as time goes by and as our brain develops. If the brain is not yet matured and didn’t reach yet the age of maturity, this does not mean that people below of age 25 is not right when it comes to deciding. A person is capable of discerning what is right to wrong because of the natural law of mind, being independent and learning what it is like to be on one's own and completely independent more than it is of brain development. The best way to learn something is to experience it, not just to wait for one's brain to mature.
ReplyDelete2. “Being a parent is one of the most challenging but rewarding jobs anyone could ever adopt. It is the longest task and responsibility that an individual will ever perform. Parenting is an active process that demands that individuals use their skills and knowledge plan, give birth, raise, and provide for children. The parenting process includes protecting, nourishing, and guiding the child. It involves a series of interaction between the parent and the child through the life span (Renita, Ajith D'Souza, 2008).”
The role of our parents and significant adults like Teachers are not just in educating the youth but most especially, helping them to develop their (youth) skills, talent and abilities so that they will become useful to our society. Teach them wisely on how to be polite, having respect to others and for themselves as well. Right attitude and good values are the most important traits that must possess by the youth because this will be the basis on how they were raised and also, this will perceive them to become better person.
1. I think for me in our experiences we can definitely get the best learning in life. It is not only in adolescent stage we can apply this but in all stages of life. But in adolescent stage, they are the most adventurous and more aggressive. We can allow them to experience being teenager but not to the point that their education, health will be affected or even they will do crime. Adult especially their parents should supervise their children. They should explain to their children what will be the consequences of their action if they will do that. If children fail, parents must be there not to scold them or blame them because of their doings but simply to comfort them and help them to stand again.
ReplyDelete2. We have significant role to play in the life of our youth especially their parents. First, parents, they are the one who have big influence to the development (physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual) of a child. One aspect of the development of the child is physical or health, parents especially the mother is responsible for the health of the child from the start she is pregnant. For instance mother has many biases or she didn’t have a good lifestyle, her child probably can have different sickness. But if the mother has good lifestyle before or during her pregnancy, she could possibly have a healthy baby. We have a saying “kung ano ang pinapakita ng magulang, ganon din ang anak”. It means that parents should be the role model for their children because it has big influence to the development of the child.
Also adult( Teacher) can also have significant role in the development of the child especially their personality/behavior/ attitude. They get educated, learns how to read, write and communicate well. Teacher also responsible in the personality/behavior/ attitude child and I think it is the most important lesson to learn the students from the educators.
1. With regards to people below 25 years old, they maybe mental mature but cognitively immature. These people have the intellectual capacity to learn but most likely their decision might be irrationale to what is realistic. Though most of their actions are immature, we can also see mature things that may happen based on their actions. The fact that the people behind that person and the environment where he grew up can affect the way he think maturely or immaturely. People may learn from experience but proper guidance will help them grow and develop to think maturely and correctly to become a better person.
ReplyDelete2. Parents and significant others play an important role in the life of the youth. They stand as the role model and their teacher in the way of life as well. They are one who mold the youth to become good citizens of the country. Being a parent or a second parent, we teach our children what is right or wrong so that they may become role models in school or in the community.
Herbert Tabernero
ReplyDelete1. Maturity and experience doesn't define by age!not just because your below 25 and your brain is not fully mature you can not identify what is wrong from what is right. Yes indeed boys will always be boys and experience is the best teacher but let not this statement justify our action at any stage whether child,adolescent,young adult and adults.
2. Parent/Guardian and even teachers are the role models of youth because at this stage the tend to look for someone who can they look up to or idolized in a way and even a friend. So, for me as future parent and educator it is important for me to build "personal" relationship. Education,Values and Morals starts at home and continue and cultivate at school and society.
1. Reading the paragraph above made me remember the concept about experiential learning, wherein individual learn from experience. I certainly believe that thou our brain function and develop almost every seconds, experiences still has a huge role on it.Mostly, girls are said to mature first, maybe because girls are more adventurous and curious in a sense that they were able to experience a lot of things first.
ReplyDeleteThe quotes above tell us that there are things that we need to experience first in order for us to learn and adapt on it. We must never force someone to gain knowledge of something. Let the child explore for experiences and learning. Human development takes time, patiently let's wait and help individual to adapt and to grow maturely. And when those times come, if we are able to guide them on the right direction, boys and girls will be a mature individual with good standing and better principle in life.
2. In order to shape an individual's future, everyone in the environment must cooperate well; specifically our parents and teacher are very much responsible on this. Parents are the first teacher of a child and teachers are the second parents for children.
Parents are the overall responsible on the development of a child. At home they must serve as children’s role model. As we all know, children imitate whatever they seen at home. Thus as soon as child begins to go to school, teachers nourish them and bestow with the love support and good habits. From that point of view, teacher must mold whatever child has on their own mind. They must synthesize it well, help the child understand things that should and should not do with the help of everyone.
1.Young people nowadays especially teenagers are very curious. They love experimenting something new and trending that makes them feel "IN" to one group or another. They are also invincible and risk taker. They are doing whatever they want even though their parents are prohibiting them. They don't think first before they do something that can harm them afterwards. And its because their brains are not yet fully develop.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Laurie Faria Stolarz, "You need to screw up to learn. You need to experience to create greatness." Its easier for us to learn if we experience it. Once we experience it we know now how to do things right and how it was supposed to be. And part of experience is making mistakes. Making mistakes doesn't mean that we will live with this mistakes forever. It's just a trial for us so that next time we will not do the same mistake. And this will help us become strong and better person.
2. Being a parent is not easy especially nowadays. You need to be a parent and at the same time a provider. The most important thing a parent can do to mold their children into a better person is by giving them their time; a quality time; bonding with their children which money can't buy. If parents have time for their child they know what's going on in school and in their house. They have time to listen to their stories and everything.
Youth spent much time on school rather than at the house. As a teacher they can play the role of a teacher as well as a friend. A teacher who teaches them knowledge and good conduct. A friend who don't judge them when they commit mistakes. Listen to their problems and give advice after.
1. The statement above clearly gives importance to the brain's power in influencing our performance of mature actions/behaviors. I believe that mature actions/behaviors are not EXCLUSIVELY attributed to brain development. There are other factors that may contribute on how we carry out mature actions/behaviors like culture, family orientation, parenting style and media (to name a few).
ReplyDelete"We should not expect mature actions out of our young people" is a very relative statement. It depends on the place where people live in. In some places, young ones are expected to perform adult roles which is normal for them. But generally, I think we should avoid expecting too much mature actions from our young people because these people still lack the experience they need to become mature individuals. We should let them try on their own (with our supervision of course) so that they will be guided in their learning process. That's why they say "LEARNING IS THE BEST TEACHER."
2. Parents and significant others play a vital role in the life of our young people. Ideally, they should serve as role models for them. They should teach them values that will help them become worthy and successful individuals. They also should serve as their guardians who will lead them to the right path in their quest to success. Moreover, they should also be counselors who shall be willing to listen to their woes, challenges and difficulties.
They should also be their providers - provider of quality time, knowledge and wisdom, money (for parents only) to help them buy what they consider dear to them and of course they should provide them with pleasant and meaningful life experiences. I think this is very important because lots of meaningful life experiences will take us to great heights.
1. While it is true that the brain does not fully develop physiologically until the individual turns 25, it is not enough grounds to say that those under the age-mark should be left to do as they please. From a sociological standpoint, one must still consider the way these behaviors will be perceived by polite society. It is a veritable fact that experience is the best teacher, however, there must be limitations upon the lengths that young people are allowed to go to just to see if they can accomplish something. In fact, I would even go so far as to say that people who are not yet fully mature, should still be given guidance to make sure that their aggressive and impulsive natures do not lead them astray.
ReplyDelete2.I believe a parent plays an important role in the lives of the youth. While it is no longer necessary to constantly watch over them, it is still paramount that parents continue to be a source of guidance and encouragement to the youth during their time of development. Likewise, teachers should also be a source of constant positive influence on the lives of youths so that they will be encouraged to not only make good life choices but also to develop the skills and talents that they inherently possess.
1.) Even at 25 and brain not fully mature we should expect mature actions out of our young people. There are so many other factors affecting maturity like upbringing, environment, culture, religion and others. Being the brain not fully mature does not mean that they are not capable of discerning what is right and wrong. Curiosity, restlessness, impatience are some characteristics of the youth that if channeled into good things can be helpful to their maturity. Young people should be trusted to make guided decisions on matters that affect them. They should be allowed to make discoveries and freedom to try new things. These will teach them to be responsible for their decisions and actions, control their impulses and develop their self-confidence.
ReplyDeleteAt the young age, it is when they begin to experience big things in their life such as work and love. This is a time when they become more sociable and time to develop their self-image and self-identity. Being with other people will help them develop into more rounded mature adults. I agree that “experience is the best teacher”, but it does not mean that a person have to experience things by himself in order to learn. He can learn from other’s experience. By giving them space they will learn what to prioritize, to stand on their own and develop their self-esteem.
2.) Most young people are ideological. They see the image of how they would like to be from adults. Their values are formed from their interactions with the people around them. Parents and significant adults play an important role in their life. It is said that “action speaks louder than words”, thus what they see in the parents and teachers has more impact on them than what they tell them.
Parents and teachers are responsible for giving inspired guidance and direction to the youth. Although young people should be taught how to be independent and self-reliant, they should also be assured that help is available when they need them. They should not feel intimidated to seek guidance and advice. Guidance from parents and significant adults is important particularly at the age where there is a strong peer pressure. They should be guided on a good peer-group that can influence them to be a better person. The youth should also be guided by parents and significant adults that with freedom comes responsibility to adhere to certain rules.
1. Our brain is just like a machine but there are limitations to a child, adolescent, and the youth. We may say that a child brain si different to adolescent and adult; that’s why we should not expect mature actions out if our young people, because their minds have limitations. There are many things that they cannot perform well because their minds or brains are not yet fully developed. Like a child learns to reason, to pay attention, to remember but nowhere is learning more dramatic than in the way a child learns a language. What they see is what they apply.
ReplyDeleteBoys will be boys, meaning that boys tend to be immature and adventurous; they generally can’t control their actions and that won’t change. Childish behavior is expected and they cannot be held accountable. What we can just do is to let them be able to identify their mistakes and learn to fix it. Only in their own experiences would help them to realize their fault and figuring out how to prevent it from happening again. However, boys also need educational experiences to enhance their abilities, social experiences that would shape their values and personalities and all other experiences to develop their fullest potentials. Gaining more experiences by learning and by the guidance of the parents has a big help in developing child’s brain.
2. We all know that traditionally, parents are the first teachers and where learning first started at home. They teach us how to read, write, count, and so as good values. The role of the parents to our youth is that they take care of their children, provides all the necessities like, nutritious food, shelter and clothing. They raise their children and send them to school. Parents are also expected to teach their children proper values. The responsibility of the parents is not just taking care of the children but they also need to stop their kids if they are indulging in wrong activities.
Teachers are the same with the parents, who are the second mother in school during the day. They are just like counselors, mentors, and friend as well who mold the students for the rest of their lives. Teachers don’t just guide their students but also help in disciplining them. The mother’s role toward her kids is to give them care, love, respect and provide them safe and warm environment in their homes. The attitude of the mothers toward their kids is related to what the role of the teachers should be with the students in the classroom.
1. Even in the study that brain achieves maturity at the age 25, it doesn’t mean that you cannot be responsible or mature enough for there are situations or experiences that happens to one’s life that makes them mature. I have seen a boy aged 11 who is very mature that when they have no food to eat goes to carolling and after that go to sari sari store and buy canned goods and rice for her mom is a single parent that will go home finding a job. That little boy also cooks, buy grocery knows what is lacking d kitchen and even his mom’s sanitary napkin he suggest to his mom to buy. I have witnessed also a kid whi is only 13 yrs old who was left with 3 siblings and without parents, they work to bring logs chopped in d higher parts of the mountain and she will be d one carrying in lowland for her to feed her siblings. She cooked food, wash clothes because her dad was in jail and her mother has mental condition.
ReplyDeleteThere are things we can do to teach are offsprings and students younger than 25 to act maturely and responsibly with their age. Like explaining to them and showing them the consequences of what they did. And be a good role model to them. Loving, nurturing and constantly communicating with them makes them mature and responsible.
2. Parents should be the role model to the youth same thing with the teacher and should be consistent. What the teacher preach should be seen by the students into practice. Students will not believe you if you do not do what you say. Respect also your student and bear in mind that you can learn also from your students. We don’t have the monopoly of the knowledge and provide learning that is fun to your students so that you can caught their attention and finished the session with students without knowing that your session with them has ended. Listen also to the student and allow them to tell u what their questions. Open the communication channel so that you could reciprocate learnings , knowledge and ideas to achieve your goal.
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