The American Classroom: Making It Work For The Native American

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at equal levels to their counterparts up until the fourth grade. After that time many Native American students fall behind their European American peers. Much of this failure is a result of feelings of isolation, rejection, and anxiety as they begin to see how their own cultural value system is different from that of their peers. "These feelings contribute to alienation, poor self image, and withdrawal. (Sanders 84)." Native American students are forced to deal with the same sort of predicaments that other ethnic minorities do. Native Americans continue to have one of the highest dropout rates of any ethnic group. According to a 1983 study Native American students tend to drop out of school for four different reasons: "(1) an uneven application of school rules; (2) factors pertaining to teacher student relationships, for example teachers not caring about students and not providing sufficient assistance; (3) disagreements with teachers; and (4) the content of schooling, what ...

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have to have a better understanding for Native American culture as a whole, and not attempt to stereotype all Native Americans as the same.
One of the hardest things for some people to understand is that there are cultural differences, which make education a different experience for each student. What some people value in education, others do not. There are many considerations about Native American culture that should be examined prior to attempting to teach Native American students. Many teachers complain that Native American students appears to be lazy in the way they approach deadlines and tasks. These teachers think that the students show an attitude that they don't care. ...

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