Different types of schools help as parents have more choice and freedom of where they want their child to go. Single sex schools also help as it is thought that females do well when there are no males to distract them. They also get better exam results. Academy
First, Gatto refers to a lesson his grandfather taught him at the ripe age of 7; his grandpa declared that if Gatto was bored that it was his fault and no one else’s. This cured him of boredom forever. John talks about this episode with his grandpa because he wants to try to get the reader to connect with him on a personal level. Then he goes on to say “Often I had to defy custom, and even bend the law, to help kids break out of this trap”
Since they let their responsibility go, the house replaced the parents which made the children feel that the house is their parents. Also, with the amount of technology they have, they rely on technology too much which became other human contact. With that being said, technology doing everything for you is not great but to an extent it is fine. In the short story, “The Veldt”, the house takes responsibility for the family and the children feel that the house is their parents. The children rely on their technology that is available for them instead of their parents.
Because of the impact of the society and parents plus the evolution of new technologies, young people are less and less able to communicate face to face. Young people are losing the ability to socialize face to face because of parents and society. A few decades ago, parents and the society used to be more flexible about freedom. Nowadays, a lot of parents choose to “shortened the leash on their kids” by limiting their independence because they feel that it is the best way to protect their children from what is happening in the outside world such as child-abduction for example. Not only are parents stricter, but the actual society as well.
His dad was a businessman, a bookstore owner and did not encourage Leonard’s music passion, but still he took Leonard to orchestra concerts when he was a teenager. Later Samuel fully supported his son by getting him formally trained in music. Leonard loved music ever since he was young, especially the piano, and started teaching himself on a hand me down piano from his cousin. At a young age for his sister, he “would often play entire operas or Beethoven symphonies” (Leonard Berstein, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). At age seventeen, he started studying music at Harvard University where he published his first known musical score for the play “The Birds” by Aristophanes (Leonard Berstein, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).
The whole idea behind marketisation was that by introducing the ideas of big business into schools the education system would improve. Consumer/parental choice and competition between schools would inevitably lead to better standards and would improve equality of opportunity. Parents were given the right to send their children to a school of their choice. Schools now had to publish league tables which would help parents make an informed decision. This led to parents having more power as consumers.
Through my research it seemed as if the struggles presented were unexpressed to the ‘other side’ (parents or children), which then causes familial conflict. However, if parents and children actually knew and were explained about the types of trouble each other was facing, they would be better informed and would also be able to make educated decisions as to how one should act accordingly. What’s more, the family dynamic would then become a learning experience for both parents and children, instead of an intrapersonal struggle kept to oneself. This would lead to a healthier family unit, and give children a support system to rely on which would decrease the occurrence of bad
Although the computer is fantastic in many ways and has helped improve civilization’s way of living, have people all over the world come to rely on this device too much? Computers make life far easier and many people living today probably could not function if they were sent back in time before computers were created. Although people are just taking advantage of the presence of this technology, people need to realize how to use it responsibly and not to overuse it. Computers let people communicate with each other in the blink of an eye. This revolutionary way of communication can help build relationships and bonds between people.
I also don’t agree with him saying cochlear implants wont work well for young children and there better off for “healthy adults.” I believe that is would probably be easier for children to learn how to use this cochlear implant as a tool because at those young ages they soak up all information they can receive, rather then adults who are sometimes stuck in their ways. I don’t know this for a fact but this is what I believe can also be a circumstance. I do agree with him saying there are a lot of risks for children but those risks can also be just as big as a risk for adults. Like in Kathryn’s article she says you need to look at the big picture and what great potential the cochlear implant can have for children or adults. I also don’t agree with what they both say about the deaf
The second thing that I think I’m grateful strength is music , because I like to listen and play the music by piano but I’m not that good in piano. When I was about 7 or 8 years old on that time my mother want me to choose one instrument to learn there were piano and violin , on that day I choose violin but I played about 3 years and then I start to like piano but I don’t want to let the teacher to teach me so I use youtube to learn it by my self first after that my dad bought me a electronic piano to play at home so I really like piano then it become my second grateful strength. The thirth thing are the grateful weakness , I think my grateful weakness is math because I don’t like to calculate the amount that over thousand so I hate math that why it is also my grateful weakness but