Module 2-1 -997. At the middle school level, and even more at the high
school level, there frequently appears to be a
discrepancy between the child's own goals and his
interpretation or understanding of the goals of the
school or of ways in which his personal goals can be
promoted by what the school offers.
8. The findings show a decline with age in educational
morale in practically all communities included in the study. One implication mentioned was that in
most junior and senior high schools compared with
elementary schools the program centers more around
academic subjects than around children.
9. Topics under the general heading of the social studies
were mentioned unfavorably more often than favorablyin most of the community groups and in most age
groups included in the study.
10. The results of this study indicate discrepancies, or
lack or parallels, between childrens' expressed interests
and other evidences of needs in their daily lives.
11. There was frequent mention of chores and everyday
work when children described what they disliked most
outside school. Children of junior high age complained
more frequently than children of senior high school
age about the kind of work they had to do during outof-school hours.
12. There were marked differences from community to
community in the extent to which children expressed
friendliness and good will toward one another, or
expressed ill will, hostility, fear, and other
sentiments that denoted social friction.
13. There was some evidence that interests adults possess
and can, in turn, help their children to acquire are
considerably influenced by the interests and skills the
adults happened to acquire when they were children.
14. Several findings indicate that the range of children's
out-of-school interest is quite restricted compared with
children's potentialities.