One Child essay
One Child is a book about a violent, out of control six year old girl named Sheila who has been raised in a world of abuse, hostility, and anger, and how one brilliant teacher named Torey reached out to her. Sheila was abandoned by her mother when she was four, and she lives with her father who is an alcoholic who constantly abuses and torments her. There are many issues I've learned in the text book, that I read about in One Child and learned more from the experiences both Shelia and Torey faced. Topics I read in the book included child abuse, Peer Relations, neglectful parenting, developmental consequences of abuse, and poverty. Most of One Child takes place in Torey's classroom better known as the "garbage class." Her classroom was for the kids who defied classification. Her class was the last stop before institution. One Child is directly focused on one particular child. Shelia, who burned a little boy in November of that year, was put in Torey's class because there were no openings at the state hospital and her classroom was the only option for Shelia until a spot opened up. When Sheila arrived, she would not speak and she would not participate in anything Torey and the rest of the children were doing. It w
On the IQ test Sheila had taken, she topped out, earning the highest score possible. This shows how she had problems in peer relations, and difficulty adapting to school. Intensive peer attachment was observed; the children formed a tightly knit group, dependent on one another and aloof with outsiders. Holmes room, Sheila asked Torey if she was going to whip her. Shelia was smarter than any other child Torey has ever worked with. Torey used Sheila's IQ in teaching Sheila. According to Sheila's IQ test results, she could read and comprehend on a 5th grade level, and Torey was teaching her and giving her work at that level. I always thought that people who came from those situations would always have some psychological problems and after reading this book, I know that is not true. This book definitely changed the way I felt about children who came from families of sever abuse and neglect. I was definitely touched by this story, and I'm glad I chose this book for my selected reading. She understood that he most likely came from a family of abusive parents and that abuse is all he knows. I felt that this book was very well worth reading. I agreed with all of Torey's teaching styles toward teaching Sheila.
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