Moore felt trapped and earlier revealed that he dropped out of school sophomore year because he disliked school from first grade. Robinson stated in his video that the school system was structured for the Enlightenment Era and says that’s why America’s economy is down. Hopefully the government can fix the educational system so students can become more interested in school so there are less drop outs like Moore. Today school is supposed to get children ready for the world and get them a good job, so they can flourish as an adult. However, they strip individuality from the children and morph them into obedient soldiers.
Abolishing public school attendances, as well as school curriculums are the solutions to children getting a better education, according to John Holt. In School Is Bad for Children, written by Holt, he emphasis’s his opinions that the public school system is failing the children of today. He describes a child that becomes limited in his curiosity and learning ability by the school system. “Your experience, your concerns, your curiosities, what you know, what you want, what you wonder about… all of this is not of the slightest importance, it counts for nothing” (Blair Reader 65). Holt states that learning from school teachers takes away one’s individuality and teaches children that if you don’t learn things their way, then you won’t learn it at all.
We read the article, “We Should Cherish Our Children’s Freedom to Think” last week. The author Kie Ho uses his own experiences about his son’s thought and many examples to prove his point. He thinks that public education certainly is not perfect in America, but it is a great deal better than any other country. Children should be more liberal thinking, writing and imagining, rather than comply with the rules or follow the prescribed order of their parents and the execution of what adults say. Children’s creativity brings inspiration to adults, improves the act of education and makes the change to the world.
In his article, “Where Paternalism Makes the Grade”, George F. Will states that there is an achievement gap that separates the whites from minorities in the success of education and it needs to be closed. As his conclusion, he wants to bring in a new type of paternalism in schools. According to Will, paternalism is defined as “the restriction of freedom for the good of the person restricted.” In his article, he persuades his readers that paternalism is the answer to the lack of education by presenting them with anecdotal evidence of a determined little boy wanting to attend school, and some statistics on teacher’s “unsatisfactory” ratings. He also includes the perspective of Ben Chavis, AIPC’s dictator, to give a personal point of view. Will’s persuasion of the essay overall is unconvincing due to the lack of information stated about the opposing view so therefore his ridicule is unfair.
Both kinds are wrong, students don’t learn the right way. The bad conditions of boarding schools make education more difficult. In both stories the educational situation was wrong and needed to change. Hard Times is about a school in which there is a professor, Mr. Gradgrind, who doesn’t like personal opinions or anything that is not just facts. There’s a girl, Sissy, who answers right but the teachers don’t like her because she has imagination.
Sleep is just one of the many problems. Stress that is unnecessary is added. Families hate it as well because of the lack of time being enjoyed with their children. Homework is harmful to students because it adds unnecessary stress, makes students stay up late and takes away from family time. This is however normal for the average student in America.
And the school just want the right answer, and after learn many other things, they will be wrong , uncertain, confused. Because of the pressure of the school. They learn to be lazy, and try to cheat the teacher. Also, he shows the disadvantage of the school, the children is not allowed to talk to each other, even though, they are curious about everyone, they cannot
From there, the writing is going to tell what happened before the event as well as what happened after. The writer also needs a purpose for writing this assignment. Details of the examples are going to be useful for shaping the argument as well. Argument An argument needs to have punch to it in order to be effective. It is an argument and the job of the writer is to persuade the reader to share the same point of view.
Students are more misbehaved and disrespectful now more than ever in today’s society. Parents are failing education by not correcting their child’s behavior before sending them into a school filled with more misbehaved children. Teachers are failing students by not believing 100% in what they are teaching. School systems are failing by not spending the funds that they are given, appropriately and allowing class sizes to grow beyond a teacher’s ability to control. Society is failing students by placing extremely low expectations on students and their achievement in academics as well as in life.
Should standardized tests have such a vital role in the schooling systems today? Testing should not hold such importance because it causes stress, low self esteem, causes students to give up, and does not truly show the intelligence of students. Self esteem is already a problem that most students face especially during teenage years and above. Self esteem can be causes by trying to live up to unrealistic standards and creating an immense amount of pressure on oneself to do well (Self Esteem 1). When students feel the pressure to be perfect from parents, teachers, or peers it causes them to somewhat shut down and not perform well.