TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pope,Denise Clark
TI  - "Doing school": how we are creating a generation of stressed out, materialistic, and miseducated students 
SN  - 0300090137
AV  - LA229. P59 2001
U1  - 373.18 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New Haven, CT
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - High school students
KW  - United States
KW  - Academic achievement
KW  - Student aspirations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212); Preface --; Acknowledgments --; 1; Welcome to Faircrest High --; 2; Kevin Romoni: A 3.8 Kind of Guy --; Pleasing Dad: The "Good" Student --; Getting Furious: The Competitor --; Motivated By Passion: The Engaged Learner --; 3; Eve Lin: Life as a High School Machine --; "Going for the Maximum" --; Survival of the Fittest --; Enjoying the Process --; 4; Teresa Gomez: "I Want a Future" --; Dancing as Engagement --; "Wanting More": The Search for Engagement --; 5; Michelle Spence: Keeping Curiosity Alive? --; An Alternate Course --; "Sacrificing Academics" --; Learning by Doing What You Love --; 6; Roberto Morales: When Values Stand in the Way --; Diligence --; Anxiety --; Playing by the Rules --; Stress --; "Fun" --; 7; The Predicament of "Doing School" --; "Doing School" --; The Grade Trap --; Constraints of the School System --; We Get What We Bargain For --; "If Only Things Could Be Different" --; Epilogue --; Appendixes --; A; General Information about the Students in the Study --; B; Common Student Behavior Exhibited in Pursuit of Success --; Notes --; References
N2  - "This book offers a view of today's high school students and the ways they pursue high grades and success. Denise Clark Pope, veteran teacher and curriculum expert, follows five motivated and successful students through a school year, closely shadowing them and engaging them in lengthy reflections on their school experiences. What emerges is a double-sided picture of school success. On the one hand, these students work hard in school, participate in extracurricular activities, serve their communities, earn awards and honors, and appear to uphold school values. But on the other hand, they feel that in order to get ahead they must compromise their values and manipulate the system by scheming, lying, and cheating. In short, they "do school" - that is, they are not really engaged with learning nor can they commit to such values as integrity and community."--BOOK JACKET
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