Family and Community Among Diverse Students

Family and community are key influences upon the needs of diverse students in schools. They affect how the student act in school and how the students react to school interactions. If a student has a dysfunctional family and the family is not interested in the child’s schooling, it can be very detrimental to the child’s education and the child is less likely to succeed in school. A parent and other family members need to support a child’s education in school. For example, allowing a child to stay up late, not do homework, or not feed them well balanced meals can affect what happens in school. It makes it so they are not ready to learn or focus or do not know the material as well as necessary. Another thing that can affect students is family quarrels. Family quarrels can divert a student’s concentration away from school work. Family can also affect a student positively. They can encourage a student to do better in school. I a student’s parents, other family members, or other important people in a community take the time to sit down with a student and read with them, or help them with their homework, it can make the biggest difference and help them to learn more and improve their reading and learning skills. Family and community influence a child and teach them about their culture, where they come from, and what their roots are. The influences are both positive and negative.