If a child is told that they are bad at a certain subject?

Question

and is put in a remedial class and stays in a remedial class for the same subject through out thier school carrer (elementary to college). Do you think that would eventually take a downward toll on the person's confidence about thier overall intelligence? Thanks for your thoughts!

The fact that the kid is bad and at makes them feel like that they arent intelligent in other areas...why?

Answer 1

So the social scientist would have you believe. Think, though; Winston Smith was raised his whole life in the world of 1984 and he knew enough to know something was terrible wrong. He acted on that knowledge. If a child is that malleable, perhaps something else is going on. Lack of intelligence, perhaps. I was indoctrinated as a catholic, but I am now a Spinozian pan theist. You can study populations, but you must deal with individual cases.

Answer 2

This is what happened to our oldest son. A teacher said he was a bad reader in the second grade. We strongly disagreed but he was kept in a special Reading class until the 6th grade. He kept coming home complaining how boring the class was. I went to the teacher and wanted to know how a student that was a poor reader made all A's in every subject. She tested him within 2-3 days and he tested 2 grades ahead. He was actually a gifted student. The teacher who misjudged him was going through a divorce and had personal problems. If your child is doing the homework with no problems, then ask questions but if it takes a long time and a lot of coaching and bribing, don't worry about it. There are lots of things to do for a career requiring no college. Parents must encourage the child along the way. We also have another child who was in Remedial Reading, even throughout high school. He is talented with his hands and has a great memory but hates to read. He has a really good paying job and great self esteem.

Answer 3

I have learned from people that were labeled as "learning disabled" in school that their experiences definitely took a toll on their confidence and their ability to take on new responsibilities. A parent has every right to mainstream their child in to regular courses as seen fit. Remedial courses are intended to help children that have difficulties in a particular subject or learning disabilities. But, eventually some type of mainstreaming must happen or the remedial child will never learn that sometimes you must fail in order to succeed. Let the kid take a chance in the regular course and he/she may suprise you with their abilities.

Answer 4

Ironically the learning “disabled” label is a school’s way of avoiding very costly changes to its curriculum. Often children with ADD, Dyslexia, and numerous other challenges ironically have above average IQs.
Make sure that as a student they learn how to learn on their own. As most if not all public schools will just bag’em and tag’em as they lack the resources to cater to their needs..

Often it becomes irrelevant at higher-level academic study (ask Hawking.)

Answer 5

I think that situation would be better than leaving them in the normal class and having them get F's all the time. What about tutoring? Have you thought of that?

Answer 6

Well, if they make it through college, then I should have to say "no". I suck at Algebra, and if I could go into something remedial I would not hesitate.

Answer 7

~~~umm,,,,First of all,,,,a child is never "bad". If someone would tell the child that we are putting you in this class to help you improve your skills that is a Postive,,,,Lableing a child at a young age is so Negitive and will definatly stick with him/her for years to come....

Answer 8

Maybe the kid is dumb and they've been *overconfident* about their intelligence. The remedial classes are simply aligning thier perception of thier intelligence with the actuality that they are dumb. dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb. ha ha.