iq test

Joe Booker

I took 2 different iq tests online and I thought both of them were pretty easy. I thought there were a few hard questions but all in all fair, I just felt like I needed  more time. I felt like since it was an online test that the time I took to take it would dictate my score. I think the iq test is so popular because it hits on most points of general knowledge but I don't feel that like this test is an accurate representation of intelligence. Everyone is intelligent in different ways, if a mechanic took an iq test and didn't do well, it doesn't mean they aren't intelligent and cant fix cars, it just means they aren't strong in the areas the iq test asks for. I would approach iq testing as more of an experiment to see what categories of intelligence a student does well in and the categories of things students did not do to well in. This will make it clear for what a teacher needs to spend extra time on with a student and when a teacher should spend less time on doing. This will save both the teacher and the student time on things they know and reallocate time for things they don't know. This can apply for all age groups and aid in the development of children.



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bullying vs. teasing

Joe Booker

            There is definitely a difference between teasing and bullying. Teasing can be between friends and family who know the child on a personal level. For example me and my dad always tease each other it’s not bullying we love each other it’s just us poking fun at each other. But if someone who didn’t know me very well were to call me names or push me it would be bullying.  The main way a teacher can determine when a student being bullied is intent. When children are friends it’s just teasing but when students go out of their way to hurt someone else because they don’t like them it is bullying. If the intention is just to make the other person laugh it is all in good fun. Hurting someone morally and making the other children around them laugh is bullying. Teachers have to intervene if the situation at hand is bullying and even if it is teasing the teacher should still make sure the student is comfortable with what is going on. If it is bullying or teasing the child that it is directed towards is the judge of what it is and should feel comfortable with what the other person is saying. If the child is not comfortable with what is being said the teacher has to be direct and tell the bully that what he is doing is wrong and that they need to stop. If it still continues higher level punishment should be put in order and parents should be called to make notice of the situation. By telling the parents it puts another set of eyes on the children making different viewpoint on certain situations making it easier to find a solution to the problems.

t.v. family

Joe Booker

                  In the show Family Guy the parenting styles vary. Louis the mother seems to be very authoritative with her children being warm and setting clear limits on what not to do. Peter the father is very rejecting of his children always making fun of them or making them do things to make them look stupid. Even with Lois being authoritative with the kids Peters teaching style over takes hers and affects the children tremendously. Stewie the youngest child has a strong hatred for his mother and wants to kill her because she acts warm towards him and he is not used to that because his father is always mistreating him. Stewie seems to resent everyone in the family he feels that he was far superior then the rest of the family. Chris the oldest male is very awkward and always feels stupid which he got from his father. Meg the only daughter is always the center of the verbal abuse she is always the one that is being made fun of telling her she’s ugly and no one likes her. Meg is a very depressed child and does not have much self-esteem. Meg is searching for this father figure which usually leads to her dating older men. These children feel neglected when it comes to having friends in school, they are all very awkward and don’t fit in with the other kids. Since all these children don’t really fit in because of their parents they choose to be a part of risky behavior like drinking, doing drugs, and just being rebellious. This is a struggle for the parents because they drink all the time and sometimes do drugs and also partake in risky behavior making it very hypocritical to make them stop when the children most likely got it from their parents. The mother usually responds very serious making it clear that what they are doing is wrong and the father goes along with it always cracking jokes and not taking it seriously. The children’s actions and behaviors seem to directly correlate to the way their parents act or treat them. Any actions the children make it is from them acting like their parents or reacting from what their parents do. From the study of the family in the show Family Guy it is clear that parents have a huge impact on a child and as parents or teachers we need to treat and act accordingly. We are an important part of a child’s future we need to act that way.