Discuss (generally) some of the contributions of Greek/Hellenic scientists such as Galen, Ptolemy, Euclid, Pythagoras, and Archimedes. Or, focus on the discoveries and contributions of one or two of the
The problem in the school structure that Graff recognizes is lack of persuasion to get students to argue. This holds true in my personal experiences in academics. Despite the fact the educating administration is trying to avoid violent disputes because of arguments, they fail to see that properly structured arguments are the best way to avoid violence. Without the school system instilling the ideas and values of argument, students will lack an outlet for an argument consisting of words and are more likely to resort to violence for resolution. In a section of Gerald’s essay he advocates that educated conversation be shared with uneducated audiences as a basis for understanding any scholarly topic as well as a basis for a strong argument.
It is claimed that a child who learns Ebonics now will be less equipped for the real world because of the faulty form of language and that it will impair that child’s chances for finding an adequate job in the future. Therefore, in the eyes of Leon W. it is important to guide the children in America to speak proper English. The reason behind speaking proper English is that it is as he puts it society based on Standard English. In contrast to this particular view
This idea “deemphasized differences and emphasizes instead the need to disregard diversity and accept immigrants as Americans as long as they learned to speak English and became citizens. The most common expression of the melting pot perspective today is the argument that people should be color blind, that people should ignore a person’s skin color.” (p. 169) Different races of color are offended by the color blind attitude because they feel like it implies negativity about their race. People of color feel as though there is no way nor is there a cause for white people to be oblivious to their color of skin. Separatism: started in the early 1920’s and is the most pessimistic of the four attitudes towards diversity. It is the easiest to recognize because “separatists
And to help them do that I plan on giving them a copy of this speech along with my ongoing protest by accepting F's on participation grades due to my lack of note taking. It's not a huge deal, but for some reason mandatory note taking just gets under my skin in a really bad
The readers also have a choice to read the classic or not but, changing it should not be in question. Pitts argues that Twain was only trying to replicate the time by his use of the n-word. Also, a point well stressed is that our children are only being sheltered and protected and thus the cause of their poor ability to comprehend
Writing in my express book helped me correspond with English in a different way to understand how writing is a way of English taht should be familar. While time go by I see that English is caused for critical
English became to dominate language to learn, and anyone caught speaking Gikuyu was lashed. The only way to continue in education was to earn a credit in English, no matter how well you did elsewhere. Ngugi describes language as the carrier of culture. Written, spoken, and “real life” or body-language is all used in harmony to define different cultures. Language conveys a culture’s standards and values, something that can’t be picked up by someone who doesn’t understand the language.
But at the same time it’s really not fair to compare their performance with your English speaking students. So there is a must need for standard based instruction that pertains to the needs of just ELLs. If we try to hold them to the standards of native English speaking students this could actually hurt their self esteem since they probably would never reach the same goals on the same level. Also it could lead to an ELL being missed diagnosed with a learning disability (LD). This is why there have been some efforts to develop English Language Development (ELD) standards.
Though students may perhaps be fluent in English, they may live in households where English is not the first language. Those students may not know the differences in word implications and problems in sentence structure. Why should those students be penalized? Why can’t they create a SAT test for ELL students? Why is that they are not being accommodated during the SAT test such as: being able to use dictionaries that are in their own language?