Students think they are more capable than the work they are assigned, and that teachers are less capable than they are supposed to be. While teachers, on the other hand, cannot stand the rude and grades-aiming students either. Both teachers and students impute blame to each other. Then Gatto admitted that he was once one of the boring and querulous people by telling an unforgettable and valuable experience with his grandfather, from whom he learned that each individual is responsible for entertaining and instructing himself. Otherwise, one would be considered immature and untrustworthy.
Lippmann states that there are basically two types of people in this world, “insiders and outsiders.” Insiders according to Lippmann are those who know enough of a situation or problem that can provide a solution to the problem. Outsiders are the public that are spectators are do not know enough to give a solution to the problem, which is left to the executive insiders. Walter Lippmann makes a valid point by calling the public a reserve force. I also believe the majority of the public does not know enough to make the executive decisions. We have one role and one role only, to intervene when a crisis is at hand.
Moore points out that the American mind is alive, but the problem is that most people are not making proper use of it. Moore states, “The average American adult spends a mere 99 hours a year on average reading a book, compared with 1460 hours of watching television”. (133). I do not think that watching television is less informative than a book. It is the types of shows people watch that makes the difference in the knowledge they know.
There are people who say that this generation is the dumbest because of lack of ability to focus for long periods of time. Also people might say that technology is making this generation lazy. Others might believe that this generation isn’t the dumbest. They might think that technology is helping us adapt to the world around them due to the fact that the world is run by technology. Even though this generation might be losing some ability to focus for long periods of time, technology is helping us adapt to the ever-changing world.
It appears that the problem is not so cut and dry. According to a study done by Richard Ingersoll, University of Pennsylvania, the 56% of the teacher’s dissatisfaction with teaching prominently minority/low-income students was that they weren’t paid enough. (Renewing our Schools, Securing our Future Nov. 2004) More than half the teachers felt that they weren’t paid enough to have to deal with these children. In some cases the problem doesn’t lie with the individual teachers but with policy or decisions being made from a district, city or state level. According to a report released by the Applied Research center, “Students of color are subjected to racist policies that limit their opportunity to learn and ability to succeed in life.
Vocational Education affects Mike Rose as he is not challenged intellectually, and is being abuse emotionally, but even after facing these problems, he learns to be social and appreciates diversity. Mike’s intellectual was working below his abilities. He lost interest in learning at school or in even paying attention he says, “During my time in Voc. Ed., I developed further into a mediocre student and a somnambulant problem solver, and that affected the subjects I did have the wherewithal to handled: I detested Shakespeare; I got bored with history. My attention flitted here and there” (Rose 160).
In his third year English class he had a teacher that all the students knew for being a boring teacher he was an older gentleman that didn’t relate with the kids and make the class interesting for the students. In the beginning of the year Mr. Baker felt all the stories he had heard about the teacher were true the class was very boring. Late in the year the students were given an assignment to write an essay and as usual he waited until the last minute to start writing his essay. When he picked his topic to write about and started writing he got very interested and wanted to start writing more for himself. Due to the requirements of the assignment Mr. Baker did not feel his paper would get a good grade because of all the added writing so he figured he would write another essay for the class.
Although these two are siblings, there is nothing common between them. At the start of the movie David is portrayed as a lonely, wimpy, nerd who has a negative view of the world this is shown by the way he sees his classes at school, we can see that David is focused on only the negative of the lectures. When the college counsellor says “the chance of finding a good job will actually decrease by the time you graduate. Entry level jobs will drop from thirty-one to twenty-six percent, and the median income for those jobs will go down as well ... Obviously, my friends, it's a competitive world and good grades are your only ticket through”. Ross has successfully explained in this scene how David views the world around him as a competitive challenging world.
Harsh effects of loneliness are shown the minute when Lennie resorts to physical violence as a threat causing Crooks to relent. Crooks evokes sympathy as soon as he starts to notice the consequences of his actions. As a result, loneliness can have damaging outcomes which were exhibited by Crooks’ reaction to his visit from Lennie. Crooks’ isolated character was conquered by every aspects of isolation such as seeking out to destroy those who are even weaker. Inviting Lennie inside his room depicts Crooks’ desire for company.
Laziness is a disease that almost all suffer from, for example, students often ditch classes, don’t do their homework and fall asleep in class. Another philosopher, Plato, believed that a democratic like government was a bad idea. He agreed that if everyone had a say in decisions, than nothing would get done. This doesn’t only apply in government, but also in the classroom. When students are allowed to work together, they get less done because most of their time is spent talking with friends.