The phenomenon of the show has established the intense ability to persuade and inform a specific audience. As Aristotle once said, "the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion”, rhetoric, has been an undoubted success with the Jersey Shore. The format and arrangement of the show lends itself entirely to assisting the goal of entertaining a particular audience. In the introduction, which would be the first few episodes of every season, the authority is established. The first few episodes relate to the prior season and reestablish the relationships, meaning and identity of every character.
Using the term "we" appeals to their emotion because connects himself and the audience as One. This makes the audience see King as one of them. He shows them that they are all equal as one, they are all on the same level. This method is effective because the audience is united. A stronger connection is also made when King says "I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of the great trails and tribulations.
His unorthodox methods not only taught the boys to think for themselves, but they also awoke the boys’ inner desires and dreams. This movie does an excellent job of portraying the school’s four pillars (tradition, honor, discipline, and excellence) and the four I’s (individualism, innocence, intuition, and imagination) through members of the Dead Poets Society, specifically Todd Anderson and Charlie “Nuwanda” Dalton. Todd Anderson showed the best understanding of the philosophies of transcendentalism, notably Ralph Waldo Emerson’s. Todd failed to follow Emerson’s philosophy of “Imitation is suicide” until the very last minute of the movie, when he daringly stood up on his desk and called out “Oh Captain, my Captain!” to Mr. Keating. He could not hold in his guilt anymore because he felt bad for conforming, or imitating, what the other members of the Dead Poets Society had done in Mr. Nolan’s office.
Class discussion could be based on a consideration of the characters and the different ways they deal with bullying. The bullying is done for no understandable reason, as the author shows. What would be other ways to combat bullying? • Teamwork is demonstrated in the novel in the boys’ efforts to present a united front for their debating team. Perhaps a formal debate with four speakers against and four speakers for the affirmative could be arranged to discuss such questions as: ‘That unchecked bullying in schools leads to world conflict’; ‘That intelligence always overcomes brute force.’ • Students could emulate Prue Leseur’s peg people and create their own versions of world leaders, or famous actors or musicians, and present them in class, describing why they chose the person, and their
For a class assignment at Morehouse College, Dr. King was introduced to Thoreau’s work “Civil Disobedience.” From this influential work, Dr. King, for the first time, learned of the theory of passive resistance. Thoreau argued that the smallest minority, even just “one honest man,” could start a moral revolution. However, Dr. King was still unsure how to implement this theory until he was a student at Boston University. There, he heard Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson’s lecture on the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Afterward Dr. King said, “The message was so profound and electrifying that I left the meeting and bought a half-dozen books on Gandhi’s life and works.” He spent hours studying and reading Gandhi’s works and found that Gandhi was also inspired by Thoreau’s “Civil
The movie Dead Poets Society follows a group of teens at a strict school who become heavily influenced by the transcendentalist philosophies of their new teacher, Professor John Keating. The values they are taught completely change their entire perspective and attitude towards life. For the most part this is a good thing, as the boys normally lead boring lives that they are bored with. They form a group known as the Dead Poets Society and their lives are immediately changed forever. They live by the philosophies of writers like Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Shirky immediately establishes his credibility with The Washington Post readers by acknowledging his occupation as a professor in the field of social media. With this statement, he also diffuses any counter-arguments directed towards his insight and familiarity with modern technology. Furthermore, Shirky asserts that multi-tasking is a negative consequence of allowing laptops, tablets and phones to be used in class. He elaborates on the negative effects of multi-tasking by stating, “We’ve known for some time that multi-tasking is bad for the quality of cognitive work, and is especially punishing of the kind of cognitive work we ask of college students” (Strauss 4). To substantiate his position against the unproductive nature of multi-tasking, Shirky qualifies his statements with research from a Standford University study.
The Propaganda Machine History can be a source of great national pride or great national shame, but it is something that everyone should be truthfully familiar with. In “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong”, James Loewen point out that sometimes history can be taught in a way that hides the shame and promotes patriotism. The United States of America has events in its history that some teachers leave out in class, some events that do not paint the United States is a good light. Learning the true history of our past can help our nation prevent making the same mistakes in the future. Many people look to their forefathers for a source of pride.
It is for the purpose of labeling peers and deciphering which children are inferior, it is the social aspect of schooling. Lastly, the propaedeutic function teaches a minimal amount of children to manage the population to that the government can continue without being challenged. Initially I was taken aback while reading Gatto’s article, particularly in regards to Inglis six functions but upon further review and digging deep into my own personal experiences with the public education system, predominantly looking at my years spent in high school I would say there are some sad realities behind theses six
Our voice allows us to be heard, and being heard is the key to making a difference. Every day, every single one of us changes the world with our voice. Wether it be changing someone's perspective on a topic, or even using our voice to teach others so they can make a difference, it all makes our voices are important. Voices allow us to express ourself, allow us to speak out and tell our ideas to the world. Without our voice the world would be nothing.