Craig blog 6

The chapter this week was mainly about the role of socialization in a student's life. The beginning of the chapter brought up primary and secondary socialization. (pg 161) The role of primary socialization is so important in a child's life, and to me, is more important than the secondary. I see many children in my second grade classroom who have good primary socialization and those who have bad. This will effect them throughout their lives as I also see these effects at the youth center I work at and in my youth group. The role of this primary socialization will instill all the foundational values and morals that will develop the child into who they will be later in life. The secondary socialization is important in that students learn to interact with others in the public world. This is important, but to me is also dangerous because a child can easily be swayed from primary socialization values that might've been developed and embrace views from the public that could be opposed to the primary. Another part I found interesting was again, the section on homeschooling. (pg 188) The book suggests that homeschooled children will develop a lower level of socialization, causing them the inability for group work and other socially-oriented activities. Although homeschooling can potentially make this easier to do, this is often not the case and there's ways to avoid such a "disaster". As far as academic skills go, the book says that a survey revealed that young adults in homeschool had a higher academic attainment than the average population. (pg 189) This is a great advantage for homeschooling in that they have much more hands-on training and time for specialized learning.
Discussion: Which socialization section is most important?