Nakkula - The construction of Adolecense

I really liked this article and found it quite interesting. I am taking child development right now so the Zone of proximal development and scaffolding is quite fresh for me. I really like how Nakkulat gave a more in depth view of ZPD and Scaffolding. This article made me think about my own relationships with my professors, counselors and many from many others. It also made me think about a conversation we had in ALLIED today about being able to communicate to teachers how your feeling and what your going through. Many of us have that attitude of ill just suck it up. SO we try to balance everything, we struggle and then if we fail we try to explain whats going on but it could be too late because while you had the opportunity you didn't do it and so the teacher could've assumed you just weren't trying your hardest. I know it seems like we need to be brave and we want to be strong but its not a weakness to tell others how you are feeling and what you are going through.

I also loved how it made think about how even teachers and counselors and even principles can still growing and learning and developing. Its hard to believe because we see them as older than us more experienced than us and they know everything. But Just as we learn from them sometimes they too can learn from us. This is something that I hope to take with me wherever I go. May we learn to talk to them and ask them "is everything alright?" even a check-in now and then wouldn't hurt. Just like students should try and communicate what they are going through teachers should also try to seem like they want to help and seem openly available. I honestly hope I can perform this, sometimes over years we tend to forget and sometimes it can be hard to break old habits but This was so insightful for me and it helps shape and mold us all.