Writing Assignment One Kaixi Zhang Purdue University Author Note Kaixi Zhang, College of Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906 Contact: Kaixi@purdue.edu “What is Nacirema?” It was the first question I asked myself when I saw the title of Horace Miner’s article “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema”. (To be honest, as an international student, I knew my English was not as good as the natives’, so my first job is figuring out the meaning of that word by using translator.) Unfortunately, I cannot find the answer for my question without reading since there was no explanation for this word. By keeping reading this article, it was not hard to know that Nacirema was a North American little-known tribe which came from the East and lived in “the territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico, and the Carib and Arawak of Antilles”. And according to this whole article, I learnt more about this group.
The season documented in the film took place during the year the school was integrated. Chapter 1 of our textbook discusses the idea of participating in a diverse society. This was a critical aspect of the movie. The black and white members of the team were not used to interacting with members of the opposite race. It was a volatile situation at first, with constant tension and frequent verbal and physical fights.
Source A9 is from a Historical website ‘describing the daily routines in the trenches. A9 is a useful source because it’s been thoroughly researched by a Revisionist Historian. This is important because it’s purpose is for school students in order to explain the conditions for the soldiers from completely different angles (the Front Line and in Reserve). A9 is also a useful source because it states ‘’Troops spent relatively little time in the front line trenches’’ and ‘’long periods...behind the lines’’ This evidence can be corroborated by historical research, in a short film clip by The National Archives showed the fact that the soldiers were bored and in the daytime nothing happened. Furthermore, on average the soldiers only spent a small majority of their time on the front line (around 15%).
Which is not true. He explains that the kids today do not want to learn anything because they do the same things all the time and are just bored, making the teachers bored as well. Gatto starts his essay by making himself an authority on the subject of weakness of the modern schools. The author then shares how he was a teacher in the public school system for over thirty years and how he was screwed over by them. By showing to the readers that he was once a public school teacher it helps them see him as an expert giving his own expert opinion.
Jack Pine 11 August 2011 Mr. Singler English 102 What the “Huck”? N-Bomb! Mark Twain's novel, Huckleberry Finn, published over a hundred years ago, has stirred controversy from racism to censorship due to some of the vulgar language. Although, one of his greatest books of all time many educators and parents support the removal of Huck Finn from elementary and high school curriculum's because of the abundant use of the ‘n-word’ used approximately 219 times through the novel. The derogatory term makes it hard to appropriately depict the true meaning of the book to a group of children without raising countless unspoken questions.
My cooperating teacher told me that it’s a good thing if the administration knows your name for positive things not for discipline problems you cannot take care of in your own classroom. As I have had to learn by experience and practice, classroom management is all based on judgment calls. There is no rule book for classroom management and each and every class is different. Having read this book a few months ago when EDU 511 first started I have had a lot of time to be in the classroom. In practice, there are certain behaviors that I have learned to ignore.
Author Daniel T. Willingham analyzes the topic of critical thinking and shows how difficult it is to actually teach critical thinking to our students. We all want our students to think critically, but Willingham aptly notes that “this is not a set of skills that can be deployed at any time.” Willingham’s article shows what educators have known for years; that our students need to think critically. He recalls the 1983 report by the National Commission on Excellence in Education that showed 17-year olds did not show higher level thinking skills that the country needed. This report was so important that by 1990 the majority of states had curriculum in place for teachers to teach their students critical thinking skills. Willingham contends that these programs were ineffective and that is why students still struggle with critical thinking skills.
Parm and I made eye contact, with a mutual thought that something had to be done. With a feeling of harsh embarrassment, walking through the hallways of our high school, knowing none of the history that molded the African American culture of today, we began to question the curriculum in which we were required to fulfill. It seemed as though African American history was important only if it aided the learning of U.S. History pertaining to Caucasian Americans. Knowing a vast amount of Caucasian history in the U.S., as well as in World Civilizations, those with African descent seemed to be shunned. High school students have
What did your teachers teach you about African American history in high school? As I mentioned above, mostly my whole student’s life was in Vietnam, so there is nothing about Africa American history appears in my school’s curriculum, unfortunately. For now, I am looking forward to study more about African
Running Head: Learning 1 Classroom vs. Online Course Student English 101 Professor Once upon a time Learning 2 Classroom vs. Online Course Here is a topic that I had in mind since I started to consider returning to school. Classroom vs. Online Course will talk about the differences in my own view between the two. I will compare based on the types of education gained, the environments, teachers and fellow students, and the type of impact that this two experiences may bring. Returning to school was one of the most difficult decisions I have made yet. There were a lot factors to consider.