Anisha Baptiste Ms. Schmidt November 14, 2013 There are many things that distinguish going to school in Arkansas in the 1940’s from going to school in Hillside, New Jersey, in 2013. As a nation education is taken very seriously for people of all skin colors and races. Things like segregation, educational requirements, equipment, opportunities, and Graduation rights are a few things that separate the two time periods. In “Graduation” by Maya Angelou, she talks about what it’s like to be black and graduating the eighth grade, which is the complete opposite of what it’s like for black student now. During the 1940’s segregation was still going on.
Yes classes should be mandatory, but to a certain extent; it should only be that a student has to take the basic core classes and then after decide what they want to study. This will individualize the system while maintaining the authority and demands of the school. Individuals are forced into 4 wall prisons for 5 days a week, 7 hours, and 20 minutes “…Laws force kids who would not rather be in school, costs and force an enormous amount of time and trouble” (source E) If classes were not mandatory and self chosen by the students it would divide the people who want to be there and those who don’t care. There would be less of a struggle for a teacher that is attempting to teach an unwilling class forced by a system that demands students to sit through a wasteful lesson vs. a class that has chosen to be there with great interest in that particular
Social Class and The Hidden Curriculum There are many types of schools available for students and are separated into different levels depending ones social class. In the article “Social Class and The Hidden Curriculum of Work” Jean Anyon describes to us the different classes of schools and how they operate and prepare students for the future. Anyon argues there is more to what the school teaches students than what they learn in class. She states that there is a “hidden curriculum” taught by schools which are values embedded within lessons that the school provide. When the article was written in 1980, there were four main types of schools: Working Class, Middle Class, Affluent Professional, and Executive Elite.
Education has dumbed down but there are so many different aspects of the situation, fingers pointed on why this has happened. Reason of media, social, funding, whether you when to public or private schools, the extra curricular activities schools were offering. I don’t believe that just one of these subjects are to blame, but a combination of them all. Due to the No Child Left Behind Act and the Instrument to Measure Standards tests, which most states have, schools are now micro-managed by state and federal regulations. Teachers are told what they will teach and how they will teach.
These standards need to be able to fit in all schools and some may have to be tailored, to the fact that each state is different (Rutherford, David. J., & Boehn, Richard. G. (Nov. – Dec. 2004)). Social Studies education is well defined through standards and assessments, but will the teachers be able to align with them. Even though the standards are in place, it is almost impossible to get through the whole institution process and they are also constrained by the high-stakes tests (Miso, Thomas., & Patterson, Nancy., & Dopen,
Working towards inclusion involves striving to remove barriers to children and their families. As a teaching assistant at Byker Primary School i have come into contact with many children who have come to live in the UK from many different countries as well as children from many different backgrounds. We have children from Africa, China, Saudi Arabia and Romania. In order to show that our school treats everyone the same and eliminate discrimination we hold carousel days. Last year the school held an African day.
Akkari, there are two main types of transitional programs aimed at teaching migrant students the primary language of instruction in local school systems. “The overarching goal of a segregated program is mainstreaming children who speak languages other than English into English- only instruction “(Akkari, 1998, pg. 21). Classes are usually split into LEP students and non- LEP students focusing the LEP students on spelling, rules, grammar, and repetition exercises that are all conducted separate from non- LEP students “(Akkari, 1998, pg. 21).
School uniforms can also be a very uncomfortable fashion that students would not take a liking to. They also won’t be the “quick fix” that many people think they are. The first reason uniforms should not be required is that most schools across the country believe uniforms take away from an individual’s identity, so they don't require their students wear them. In today's world a person’s identity and having a good sense of self is important to the diversity that Americans have shown in the past. In schools that require uniforms the student body all look like the same person, very bland and boring people.
He starts by saying that that the students at Harvard university have to learn subjects that are not so important as subjects like Roman, Greek and Roman History or learning about novels poetry. Also the students have to study a language for only a year and that makes it impossible for the student to learn at least the basics of the language. He claims that the habits that you will get from the university have great significance in the long run for the students life. The liberal education lets students learn about their history and other nations history, also it can benefit not only students but help the whole society by participating in democracy and make them capable of distinguishing the public and the private interest. The one of the main problem about liberal arts core is that teachers distinguish some books from others by telling the students that some are better from the others, and don’t teach anything outside their experience.
Today’s teenagers have a lower drop out rate with a higher percentage of completion for a high school degree. What shocked me most during my interview was hearing that in the particular part of Haiti that my subject lived in, at the time, was prone to having all children in school either by private institution (for those who could afford it) or by public institutions funded by government programs. Homework wasn’t given but studying was a must and quizzes were given regularly the following day. During those days long ago in Haiti unless you were of a poor farming family children were no expected to work