Children in American schools face many challenges everyday. Two specific challenges presented in the movie that impacted the social development of the children is the excessive amount of work that they had to complete on a daily basis, including extra curricular activities because of fear of failure and the lack of equity in certain schools based on socioeconomic status.
These challenges discussed in the documentary are truly consistent with the research presented in class and readings because they show how the pressure to succeed and the environment in which children in America learn has greatly influenced their social development and lives. For example, in the article Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From Severe Anxiety?, The New York times talks about a case of a young boy named Jake who attempts suicide
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A possible protective factor that could be used towards children who are afraid to fail is for adults, especially teachers and parents, to let children know that failure is alight from an early age. If adults let children understand that sometimes people fail in life, they will not suffer as much from depression because they will not feel alone. Moreover, it will push them to want to work even harder. Secondly, a positive protective factor for students who learn in lower income neighborhoods would be quality teaching. In the documentary as well as in lecture, it is clearly presented that when adults are more invested in the betterment of their students, they tend to succeed more. If there is more quality teaching in low-economic neighborhoods, it will protect them from worrying about their learning environment as well as prevent them from feeling like they do not receive the equivalent amount of education as those in higher-economic