In society today, many students are out of sorts when it comes to the education system. The reason for this is since “The Role of the Teacher” written by Irving Layton outlines how everybody always places the blame on the teachers, and that is one of the major reasons why students do so poorly in school is due to the poor judgements made from the school board. By examining Irving Laytons’ use of similies, this becomes clear numerous times throughout the essay.
Today, teachers are blamed for the usage of technology instead of books. They tend to put homework online and use smart boards, so there is no need for books anymore. In contrast, they let their students search online all the time for what they need, whether it is inside or outside of the classroom. It is proven through the statement, “To increasingly larger numbers, books have become objects of curiosity; like an atomic pile, something heard about …show more content…
We are being shifted away from such programs and that is what the problem is. Consequently, that specific shift is responsible for the neglects that are occurring in society today. “While every kind of narrow specialism is having a field day, the generous disciplines of the mind, philosophy, art, literature, are being discarded like old running-shoes”(Layton 145). This statement justifies that students need to value certain programs for the better in society. ‘Running-shoes’ helps push people to a certain destination if they push themselves, which is how being taught affects society today. All ages of students look up to their teachers as their role models, and expect that they will learn everything they need to succeed in life from these individuals. Society tends to see the education system as “irrelevant, or the term “uncool”. This could be the reason why we are losing all of our moral
Today, teachers are blamed for the usage of technology instead of books. They tend to put homework online and use smart boards, so there is no need for books anymore. In contrast, they let their students search online all the time for what they need, whether it is inside or outside of the classroom. It is proven through the statement, “To increasingly larger numbers, books have become objects of curiosity; like an atomic pile, something heard about …show more content…
We are being shifted away from such programs and that is what the problem is. Consequently, that specific shift is responsible for the neglects that are occurring in society today. “While every kind of narrow specialism is having a field day, the generous disciplines of the mind, philosophy, art, literature, are being discarded like old running-shoes”(Layton 145). This statement justifies that students need to value certain programs for the better in society. ‘Running-shoes’ helps push people to a certain destination if they push themselves, which is how being taught affects society today. All ages of students look up to their teachers as their role models, and expect that they will learn everything they need to succeed in life from these individuals. Society tends to see the education system as “irrelevant, or the term “uncool”. This could be the reason why we are losing all of our moral