Charles Darwin said: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” People have been changed by different circumstances; if they want to live better, they should try to adapt to new environments. Children of immigrants must learn new languages and rules of behaviors in new countries that are different from their parents. School experiences also teach children how to be stronger and more mature, and how to better merge into society. There are unspoken codes that children must learn that can affect the way they grow up. People who want to adapt to new communities or new countries are impacted by language, childhood experiences, school, and some unspoken
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Besides academic education, students also need to know some principles that could help them to be mature; instead of teaching from teachers directly, students should learn some knowledge from themselves. (BETTER TRANSITION) In the article, “How Boys Become Men”, Jon Katz explains why men grow up to be insensitive. Boys ' growing up experiences has prepared their adulthoods, their attitudes and behaviors. Katz said, “More than anything else, boys are supposed to learn how to handle themselves” (317). In school, boys are pressured to be tough and not allowed to show any emotions and fears. If they show their fears in front of others, they might get mocked. Not only boys have affected by school experiences, but also girls does. In the article, “In Case You Ever Want To Go Home Again”, Barbara Kingsolver tells a story about herself; she was not popular in high school, and she did not fit the small town’s idea of beautiful. She was very tall and flat-chested. She said, “It’s relevant and slightly vengeful to confess here that I was not a hit in school, socially speaking. I was a bookworm who never quite fit her clothes. I managed to look fine in my school pictures, but as usual the truth lay elsewhere” (144). Most adolescents are rebellious in puberty; they think most teenagers have their own ideas, and they believe they could change their own behaviors. After Kingsolver becomes an author, she returns to her …show more content…
There are some informal rules that exist in children’s worlds, and these rules change their behaviors invisibly. In the article, “How Boys Become Men”, Jon Katz describes how men were impacted by their childhood experiences when they grew up. He said, “You don’t need to be a shrink to see how the lessons boys learn affect their behavior as men; they hide their weaknesses and fears from all, even those they care for. They’ve learned to be wary of intervening when they see others in trouble” (318). Most people will find out that the huge differences between their childhood experiences and reality when people grow up and look back. It is the way that people to be mature. In the article, “The Back Of The Bus”, Mary Mebane describes how her childhood experiences play an important role in her whole life(awkward)when she was growing up during the times of segregation. Mebane said, “For if he took on more passengers than got off, it meant that some of the newcomers would have to stand. And if they were white, the driver was going to have to ask a black passenger to move so that a white passenger could sit down” (170). Living through the times when white people treats black people so unfair, it would become the shadow of memories in her whole
Besides academic education, students also need to know some principles that could help them to be mature; instead of teaching from teachers directly, students should learn some knowledge from themselves. (BETTER TRANSITION) In the article, “How Boys Become Men”, Jon Katz explains why men grow up to be insensitive. Boys ' growing up experiences has prepared their adulthoods, their attitudes and behaviors. Katz said, “More than anything else, boys are supposed to learn how to handle themselves” (317). In school, boys are pressured to be tough and not allowed to show any emotions and fears. If they show their fears in front of others, they might get mocked. Not only boys have affected by school experiences, but also girls does. In the article, “In Case You Ever Want To Go Home Again”, Barbara Kingsolver tells a story about herself; she was not popular in high school, and she did not fit the small town’s idea of beautiful. She was very tall and flat-chested. She said, “It’s relevant and slightly vengeful to confess here that I was not a hit in school, socially speaking. I was a bookworm who never quite fit her clothes. I managed to look fine in my school pictures, but as usual the truth lay elsewhere” (144). Most adolescents are rebellious in puberty; they think most teenagers have their own ideas, and they believe they could change their own behaviors. After Kingsolver becomes an author, she returns to her …show more content…
There are some informal rules that exist in children’s worlds, and these rules change their behaviors invisibly. In the article, “How Boys Become Men”, Jon Katz describes how men were impacted by their childhood experiences when they grew up. He said, “You don’t need to be a shrink to see how the lessons boys learn affect their behavior as men; they hide their weaknesses and fears from all, even those they care for. They’ve learned to be wary of intervening when they see others in trouble” (318). Most people will find out that the huge differences between their childhood experiences and reality when people grow up and look back. It is the way that people to be mature. In the article, “The Back Of The Bus”, Mary Mebane describes how her childhood experiences play an important role in her whole life(awkward)when she was growing up during the times of segregation. Mebane said, “For if he took on more passengers than got off, it meant that some of the newcomers would have to stand. And if they were white, the driver was going to have to ask a black passenger to move so that a white passenger could sit down” (170). Living through the times when white people treats black people so unfair, it would become the shadow of memories in her whole