Gatto uses this example of knowledge to prove his point that not every successful child went to school. A second time Gatto uses exemplification is when he is explaining his own experience in the school system as a teacher. He remembers that “my own experience had revealed to me what many other teachers must learn along the way, too, yet keep to themselves for fear of reprisal: if we wanted to we could easily and inexpensively jettison the old, stupid structures and help kids take an education rather than merely receive a schooling”. He uses this personal lesson from life to convey that children are only obeying what they are being told, only learning what they need to in order to escape the prison called school. In an example from his childhood, Gatto remembers talking with his grandfather and he “complained to him of boredom, and he batted me hard on the head.
Charter schools care about scores and student learning. They do this by not putting students on tracks and holding them to the same standard (Guggenheim). Because of my luck in public schools, I never saw the effect that a “lemon” teacher had on student learning, but I see that the “dance of the lemons” that Guggenheim talks about is a serious problem that can be fixed with enough attention. The problem with charter schools is that, because of the limited space, there has to be a public lottery for students to be enrolled. Kids who realize that education is a way out of their rough financial situation have no other option besides charter schools at times.
Klaudia Hensley Jenifer Soykan English 4 2 April 2013 Paraprofessional It’s no secret that no child learns at the same rate. Having one teacher per classroom is not always the most successful way to run the room. There are a number of reasons a student can fall behind and not perform up to state or national standards. Even with the help of IEP’s or other special programs designed to help a student be as productive as possible, there are still many children falling behind. A paraprofessional is a certified teacher aide assigned to a classroom or specific group of students to assist with learning.
North Carolina schools are probably not very different in their efforts to move toward becoming more diverse and socially just educational institutions than any other state. I feel that there are such demands on the public education system today. And schools alone cannot be solely responsible for the demands that are being placed on them. Parents and the community at large need to work together with educators to help all students succeed. Teachers and administrators recognize, of course, that children bring a plethora of issues with them to the classroom these days...drugs, gangs, violence, family dissolution and stress, financial hardship, and social discrepancy.
Taking Responsibility For Education Students rely on a number of things in their pursuit of a higher education; teachers, accredited institutions, and textbooks containing correct information. James Loewen, who wrote Lies My Teacher Told Me, brings up concerns for students stating US History lower-learning textbooks are not equipped with factual information. In Loewen’s text he brings to light some very significant US events he believes are not factual. When we think of studying history we think about learning specific dates, events, or wars that impacted our country. Not many people stop to question if the information they are reading or being taught is factual.
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.
Brianna Stahl WR 121/400, Ms. Roush Unit 1: Dialoguing with Others about Ideas Monday, November 04, 2013 Who does not need education, apparently you? Do children really need an education and if they do are they in school too long? This question causes many different reactions from me because I see endless possibilities with schooling and without a financial barrier I would attend school for the rest of my life. As a working adult, who has little time, I often think that schooling goes on for too long. In his article “Against School: How Public Education Cripples Our Kids and why” John Taylor Gatto blames the education system for creating a cattle drive that sends people towards a specific labor goal.
The place where I know I’m most welcome Throughout my life I have faced a lot in school and it was not only academy wise there were more to it, I used to be blamed for things I don’t know about. However I learned how to make all bad things good things and make the best out of it all. I realize that difficulties can make you accomplish a lot in your life without you fighting back. I move to America three years ago and came to the country with no idea of how the school system works and I did not have any idea of how they teach students differently. Trying to achieve what I want in life is really hard all I know is that I have support all the way to the end.
To the children, school is their way of life in the village. While in classrooms they have a routine and a teacher to uphold this day to day order. Because of this structure, the students have very strict lives which must be followed, otherwise there is punishment. While no forms of chastisement are described in the story, one can deduce that not following the rules in school can lead to an undesired consequence. Yet without school rules being constantly pushed onto the children, there is no clear concept of punishment of any kind for an action.
Now, as a college student preparing to become an elementary teacher and as mother preparing to place my children into a public school system, I’m fully realizing the injustice that is standardized testing. There are seemingly few accurate advantages to a process that takes away so much from our teachers and students. The tests are a poor measurement of knowledge and growth, and have become the major focus in all schools, leaving what should be the most important factor of education, the children, out of the