Going to school in this simulation, I found out, even though there were children living in poverty, many of them were smart. So many teachers are quick to judge, that because a child is living in poverty they are going to be disrespectful and have no desire to be in school. I will now not be so quick to judge the children in my class. I will give every child the respect they deserve, by giving everyone an opportunity to shine. In the book Outliers, it talks about the term meritocracy, which is a system in which the talented are chosen and moved ahead. As someone who wants to become a pre-school teacher, I can’t look at just talent. Especially amongst the poverty stricken children. In the book Outliers by Gladwell, it challenges the concept of meritocracy as well. Gladwell points out that, in addition to…show more content… At my service-learning site I some of these advantages that some of the kindergarteners had. One of those advantages I saw was if one of the kindergartens had an older siblings that had previously gone through the GAP program, that the cooperating teacher and other assistants spent more time with them. Though it didn’t happen often, I learned about many of the older sibling by observing and hearing the teacher talk to the kindergarteners about their older brother or sister. Since they got this extra attention, when they would get in trouble for something, it seemed as if they got a lesser punishment. This could also be seen as the last name advantage. Knowing older siblings and even the parents will give a child a significant
