Schools are not as helpful as we may have perceived, they discreetly create docile citizens by giving the illusion that the system is developing each student. In Michael Moore “Idiot Nation,” Moore goes into more detail illustrating how the educational system has drained students of their creativity and made them robots for their society. Similarly, in John Taylor Gatto piece, “Against Schools” he blatantly states that schools were engineered to produce docile, mediocre intellects all in order to make the population manageable. Although each author presented different ideas, Gatto and Moore can agree that the educational system does not develop the students. The educational system has always been geared towards maintaining and strengthening the nation rather than assisting the students.
Paper 608 #2 “Positive Reinforcement as a Method of Behavioral Management” Erin M Verley Norda 10 SPED/Semester 3 02/14/13 Inappropriate behavior incomparably disrupts both individual learning and the possibilities for a SPED student’s immersion into classroom inclusion, not to mention acceptance by peers and society. Emerging research suggests that the past favored behavioral/classroom management technique of punishment is punitive in nature and does not teach the child any useful lesson. Consequences are now preferred at the end of a child’s inappropriate act, an action that makes sense and is a logical outcome. Even more so is the idea of Positive Reinforcement, a form of the aforementioned consequence, but more so as logical outcome to on task or exceptional behavior. The basic definition of positive reinforcement is thus; adding a result or consequence that the child finds pleasant, dependent on the occurrence of a certain on task or exceptional behavior by the child.
There is no right answer to this argument. In most cases, I believe that having a high standard of individuality would be the best option for all students to go on and achieve their life goals. As a junior in high school, I have been through the majority of the necessary 12 school years, and I have experienced similar procedures with regards to mandated courses vs. being able to make my own choices. I find myself asking whether or not mandatory classes are going to teach students to think for themselves on how to blend in with conformity and obey authority. In Source A, Gatto begins by asking his audience a profound question, “Do we really need school?” Of course, this may sound impractical; however, he does not mean that kids should not get an education.
Serious Challenges Facing Public Education Today Not many would argue about the importance of excellence in education. Problems such as teacher attrition, lack of parent involvement, and teaching high-stakes testing may hinder progress in education. They are only a few of many major issues facing American education, and educators are challenged to do everything in their power to conquer them. An education is a indispensable and essential tool, and it’s important to get our students to value their education. An education can open doors to opportunities that would have never been possible were it not for the education and preparation that one received while in school.
Your script is short and Cleary, very straight forward and easy to understand the point you’re trying to pass on to the reader. I would like to agree with you on when you said “Our educational system misleads the youth of today” This point is very well explained and very true. School is the main reason people don’t succeed in life because it teaches you the things which you won’t use and don’t need in the outside world. My goal in life is to be an engineer but school not only discourages you but also forces you to take subject which are not related to engineering for instinct grade 7-9 you are suppose to take biology. This might be said to be an advantage that it increases your knowledge but that not true, what I really think is that it gets you confused, lost and most likely finding yourself on the wrong dream at the end of it all.”Learning should be a more active process “This quote backs up the previous quote because for example engineering is mostly to do with practical work, field work but instead you waste 15 years of your life in a room doing things which are unrelated to your goal instead of being out exploring and learning more about engineering and preparing for the real thing.”What, after all, is the
Without assistance of a good teaching system he manages to transform the class by giving up personal life, and jeopardizing his job to join students together. Mr. Hundert fails to meet the super teacher formula by not teaching in a bad school, does not have antagonistic administration, and failing to transform rebel student Sedgewick bell. The “super teacher” myth indicates a teacher teaching in a bad school therefore St. Benedict’s Academy meets not the criteria. St Benedict’s Academy is a highly prestigious academy where over achieving students attend. The movie presents the school as a highly educated organized school.
Education in the U.S. Focus Points General Purpose: To inform Desired Response; The audience will take more attention about education. Thesis Statement: Discipline, especially, in the public schools of the U.S. is a problem, and should be improved because poor discipline cannot prepare students to continue their education. Introduction Attention-getter: How many of you think about education system in this country. Education in the United States is a very important part of life for many people, and it gives an opportunity to people to change their lives. When I came to the U.S., I had heard a lot of things about education in this country, and it was completely different from education in my country.
The problem with standardized testing is that it does not agree well with education. Even Alfred Binet, originator of the intelligence test said himself, “It should not be used to prop up a theory of intelligence” and that it was “nothing more than a practical device” (“Intelligence Testing”) This includes motivation, teaching, and evaluation. The most obvious forms of motivation, such as bribes and threats, are ultimately more harmful than helpful. Some schools use diplomas as both a way of bribing and of threatening students to do well on standardized tests. Not only is this unfair, but it is destructive.
Researched Argumentative Essay “Why Geeks are More Successful” by Adele Melander-Dayton should be required reading for English 102 classes because it shows that popularity is detrimental to high school students and that “outsiders” actually have characteristics that are beneficial in adult life and this article can convince students that popularity isn’t important, it’s harmful. Melander-Dayton’s article is based on the book “The Geeks will Inherit the Earth” by Alexandra Robbins. Robbins is the more important author in this area so I will focus primarily on what she has said as far as information, but I am analyzing Dayton’s article. High school students have always had the “in” group and various groups of outsiders (Cross 27). New studies and information are showing that, despite popular belief, popularity can be harmful to students, especially after they graduate.
Principally, single sex schools are beneficial for the students that attend them because they create a better learning environment. At a certain point in time the opposite sex becomes a distraction to the natural learning environment and disrupts the flow of a class as well as life in school. Rosalind Rosenberg, a Stanford graduate with a BA and PHD had documented that male traditions, which had initially isolated women in many colleges and universities, began to fade and the modem sexual revolution struck American campuses. The efforts of the university administrators to impose a system of separate sexual spheres on student social life were largely futile. The youth of the teens and twenties rejected the rigid constraints of Victorian society and the young women cut their hair, threw away their corsets, shortened their skirts, danced all night, and even Eliza Mosher could not do much about it (Rosenberg).