A handful of students mouthed off about how their junior English teacher, Mrs. Thornton, hardly ever gave out hard assignments. As class went on Mandrell was pelted with more and more complaints about how her class was stressing the students to a level where they could not really focus on their assignments. All the class came together in unison and agreed that she was assigning them too much work. After some serious thought Mandrell concluded that maybe a change in the way the class was taught would release some of the stress put on the students and take away the worries of focusing on grades (380). After Mandrell was burdened with the complaints of her class, she went home to meditate on the day’s new found conclusion: the students thought her class was a nightmare.
She challenged her students to show their intelligence. She believed that they were victims of circumstance. Mike Rose found this inspiring. He goes on to say, “ If you get closer to their failure, you'll find knowledge that the assignment didn't tap, ineffective rules and strategies that have a logic of their own; you'll find clues, as well, to the complex ties between literacy an culture, to the tremendous difficulties our children face as they attempt to find their places in the American educational system.” When reading over this, I find that it is true, that if teachers took the time to find out why a student is failing, instead of just deeming them hopeless or incoherent, that they may find out that these students have much more potential than they originally thought. Not all students learn the same way, therefore, teachers need to try different ways to to teach the material.
It's about Ben Ross, an intelligent history teacher that decides to perform an experiment on his class called “The Wave”, which at first started out so simple and small, until The Wave became unstoppable and spread around the school in such a short period of time, affecting many people. This essay will express how high modality language, descriptive language, symbolism, dialogue, emotive language, persuasive language and rhetorical questions are used to teach us about conformity, power and manipulation. Through the prevalence of conformity in The Wave, Morton Rhue is able to shape our knowledge of the real world. Conformity is evident when members of a society act defiantly to the norm and set a standard for others to follow. Naturally as humans we either follow or lead, as one takes the podium others bask in their glory and direction.
Blinder’s essay was thought out and written properly on one point I think was off. Blinder referred to the “No Child Left Behind” as an institution set up to help student get ahead, when that very program nulls the thinking of students. Alan Blinder will need college students to work “on developing a creative workforce that will keep America incubating”(Blinder 12) but within the No Child Left Behind Act students are forced to learn at the same pace as the slowest student in the room, which does nothing for the new innovator of tomorrow who will become bored with school after having to slow there pace of learning. If Alan would have used this act as a part of his reform in the educational system it would have supported his claims of the system that we already have is hurting of future and not insuring that our younger generations will be able to compete in this
Corruption in Education Many students come to college to experience a new way of life and to form a new understanding of the world. They rely on their professors to provide them with the information necessary to achieve their goals. A classroom is most beneficial to a student when there is no ignorance or closed-mindedness. If the professor teaches both sides of issues and allows the class to debate topics without manipulating the students to believe what the professor believes, it gives the students all the tools they need to succeed in that specific class and in the future. In Alison Schneider’s essay, “Frumpy or Chic?
Barely looking at it, he holds it up in his chest, and starts walking around the room fast with great posture and body control while looking at everything. Nick's nose is running, mom catches up to him and wipes it,Nick was fine with that and did not even put up a fight. He then walks away with an smile towards the teacher that is teaching the kids the letter A. Nick walks up to her with a smile, looking straight into her eyes, he is still holding onto the toy car. As the teacher is pronouncing the letter "A", Nick copies her then when she sounds it out Nick walks away repeating the letter "A" sound. Then he hears the teacher pronounce the letter "B", Nick starts right away copying her, repeating the "B" sound over and over as he is walking around.
Erica Goldson Valedictorian Speech Response Erica Goldson brought up a very controversial and very interesting topic about our current education system in the US. She states that students are so focused at memorizing data and getting good grades, that they miss out on the whole idea of learning and being educated. I agree with her, students should be learning and absorbing the material, instead of memorizing for the next big test and just forgetting about it later on. Graduating seems like the top priority in students nowadays, and to me that is just upsetting. And the students who are very talented and are very motivated to learn and be driven in a non-academic subject seem to have a more negative image than the people who are driven by academics.
Terrorists, extremists, and single-minded dictatorships believe in this, while the general people see it as a cruel and selfish way of accomplishing a task. Most of the time, when someone is taking into account the outcomes of a decision, they are often assured that what they are doing is indeed needed and the world cannot go on without it. One also often goes over the decision many times as to make sure they aren’t doing the wrong thing, but the more one goes over the decision to do something, they are also unconsciously reassuring themselves that what they are doing is wrong. The brain unintentionally distorts the view in which one is considering to make it seem as if it is rational and right. Also outside factors take into account the belief that an extreme action is needed.
To communicate effectively I must be fully attentive. Messaging Fault: If I receive a faulty, unclear message from a staff member this is a information barrier, So as to receive the correct information I must ask any necessary questions to help gain full understanding of the message. Lack of Time: Communication processed in a hurried manner can lead to failed work, this must be avoided and made a priority. Workplace Communication. Appraisals.
This messes up the learning process. A class is only 45 minutes long, and when a student talks the teacher must stop their lecture in order to punish the student. It is even inappropriate to talk a little in the lesson while the teacher is pulling up a video. This may seem unfair but talking still has the potential to somehow distract the students who are not working. Perhaps it takes their minds out of class mode and sets the tone for a distracted learning environment.