Abstract
Ensure success for every student. With this statement as the main idea, this chapter provides a number of recommendations that allow students to succeed. Together, the seven recommendations will create a very positive learning environment for the students. No recommendation is any more important than the others, as all should be taken into consideration equally. These seven recommendations are nothing more than a revision of the 8 provided in chapter one. This goes to show that teaching methods need to change as our culture changes. There is no way around it. When brought together, the 7 recommendations form a "design system" because each element affects the other elements. In other words, if you adapt one element, how does this change your use of the remaining elements? Again, the first two chapters are only setting us up for future chapters that take a more in-depth look at the middle school movement.
Reflection
I really like the idea that we aren't just teaching our students about William Shakespeare or World War II. We also have to teach them how to survive as human beings. Not every student is going to have a positive living environment and if that is the case, we need to make sure that they are learning everything they need to know about being a good citizen, how to stay healthy, and how to be caring and ethical. At this point in their lives, middle school students are experiencing so many new things and their curiosity and nativity in certain areas may affect how they live their middle school years. I believe it is very important to point our students in the right direction and provide them with the necessary resources to being successful in both school and whatever comes after.
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