title: Holistic attitudes of high school students toward themselves and their school experiences.
abstract: This study was based on an analysis of essays written by 47 teacher education students in response to the question, "If you could live your high school days over again, what, if anything, would you change?" The responses were organized into 20 different categories and tabulated according to students' age and sex. In retrospect, 38% of these students would have improved their attitude toward high school. Thirty-six percent indicated that high school was a positive experience, though this attitude was often unrelated to academic achievement. The responses strongly suggest that for many high school students, general attitude toward school affects achievement more than do attitudes toward specific school characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Teacher Education, Boise State University, Idaho 83725.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States