Quotes

“The implication being that “success” or “achievement,” per se, is desirable.”

This quote goes along with posters being put up on the walls.  Most of the time the posters have quotes that are meant to inspire the students to work hard to succeed.  The problem is that the quotes are often unrealistic for the students in the classroom.  Having a wall of perfect work only shows that unless you are perfect you are not recognized by the authority figure.  This is the same as if you see a sign saying you can get an A but then you get every single question wrong because you can only read Spanish and the test is in English.  The classrooms need to be more focused and have things hanging up that pertain to the students in the class.  If my class had posters of different countries that would be better seeing as most of the students are from another country.  Simple things like this make the students feel safer in the class and can therefore learn what he or she can do for themselves.