What has a greater influence on the student the family or the school?

Answer 1

The student is influenced by its family and school. I think both the family and school builds the student, makes its life. At school, students are influenced socially by their friends and intelectually by their teachers. Teachers play an important role by means of teaching them and introducing them into a whole new world of knowledge (although this only happens when the student is willing to learn). Their friends are the ones who will teach them how to deal with the people of their own age, it is with friends that a student builds a relationship, builds trust, builds communication skills, builds a perceptive of the world. At home, students are influenced my their parents, by their brothers/sisters or other family elements, and by the environment. Parents are the ones who raised them, educated them (besides the obvious, they were the ones who brought the student to the world). Of course, all parents want their sons/daughters to succeed at school and therefore they should try to create an adequate atmosphere at home for the enrichement of the student. At home I suppose students must feel comfortable to speak "how" they want to and expose their points of view, they must be loved and love, they must rest, they must spend time with themselves in order to discover more about the human being they are trying to become... Brothers/sisters have an influence because it is with them that students estabilish a more tighter relationship than with their friends (although most time it doesnt seem like). I think it is very very very important to have a good atmosphere at home since this is the place where students will spend a great deal of their time as young adults; it is also important to have a good relationship with the family, be at ease to talk. All in all, students are equally influenced by family and school although the type of influence is different. It is important that the student is exposed to all sorts of emotions and situations to build up into an experient adult, wise and smart. (this is an opinion not based on any scientific knowledge, it is just a meer opinion!)

Answer

This is a very good question. What ever a student does at school will affect what is going on in their personal life. What ever is happening in a students personal life, will inevitably affect what happens at the school. A student must learn the meaning of moderation and balance. I am a firm believer that a student needs to balance their time and focus. Students need time to be on campus attending classes, they need time for appropriate study (a lot), they need time to socialize with friends, they need time for family, and they need time just to be alone. The key is how they balance their activities. At times the scales get tipped, because of time requirements needed for each category, but all in all they can be balanced appropriately even though at times there will need to be a readjustment according to priority.

Now as to which category mentioned above has the greatest influence on the student is directly related to the student himself/herself. At a young age children can be influenced by a number of variables, however when that child turns into an adult, I believe that individual becomes responsible for what influences them. Now this latter statement can turn into a hot debate among people and groups, as to whether it is nature or nurture, (genetic, or environmental) or a combination of all of them. Still, I believe it will depend on where the students current passions lie, whether family led, school led, peer led, or self led. Not an easy answer to come up with huh?