Teachers use many methods to teach their students, it’s a way to enable students learning, but these particular teachers have a unique way to educate their students. In the book “The Wave” by Todd Strasser, the readers meet a placid history teacher named Mr. Ross. In the article “ Freedom Writers: Truly no child left behind” by Joanne Lourier, the readers encounter a teacher named Erin Gruwell who works with the “unteachable”. In the last article, “Ex-Marine” by Sue Chastain, the readers, come upon a teacher named LouAnne Johnson who works with neurotic students. By comparing and contrasting Mr. Ross, Ms. Johnson, and Ms. Gruwell teaching style, we can evaluate the effectiveness in terms of the student interest and motivation.…
In John Taylor Gatto’s essay, “Against School,” Gatto writes about his perspective on the American public school system that he believes is not as beneficial as it is expected to be. He begins by explaining that teachers and students are bored inside classrooms simply because students are not taught better qualities such as critical thinking or curiosity. Instead, they are “schooled” rather than “educated” so students only learn how to conform. Gatto goes on to describe the goals of school as, “making good people, making good citizens, and making each person their personal best” (117). He later comments on Inglis’ interpretation of the functions of modern schooling.…
This book is based on the true story of Gaby Rodriguez, a high school student who faked her own pregnancy as a social experiment for her senior project, required for graduation at her high school. Her project went viral and she became world famous for her thought provoking project. She was the center of media attention and fame even being featured on shows like Good Morning America and The Today Show. Gaby’s mother had to face many trials in her life; she got pregnant for the first time at the age of fourteen, she was in the eighth grade.…
Journal 5 “I Just Want To Be Average” is the Essay I most identify with. Wanting to fit in and be part of a group. Also, how the school and school system can have a large influence on a student’s life. I seem to have the analogous issues with the classroom as Mike Rose does. How he had a hard time concentrating on and trying to enjoy the material being taught.…
The Preacher is a painting by George Gittoes, an artist who is recognized for his travels around the world and for his visits of different scenes of famous mass murders such as Rwanda. Much of his artworks reflects on the many levels of violence he has encountered, from local to even international. Gittoes painted The Preacher in response to the aftereffects of the Rwandan genocide, where massacres were still taking place left and right. This destructive aftermath shows persistent trauma throughout the country. Violence is an unending train that brings disastrous effects regardless how big the passing cargo cars are.…
They were leaders for women’s suffrage, child labor laws, consumer protection laws, and civil rights. They were pioneers of programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Veterans Administration, and the NAACP. They were America’s most inspiring scholars such as Helen Keller, John Dewey, Jane Addams, W.E.B. DuBois, Albert Einstein, and Martin Luther King. They were the authors of America’s most sacred ballads, including America the Beautiful and The Pledge of Allegiance. And, it seems that, in order for America to accept them, they were cloaked in red, white, and blue.…
In today’s educational world, a place where students are struggling with…
Teaching is an integral part of most species’ existence. It ranges from the primitive forms of teaching survival, to the most advanced teachings at universities. It has increasingly been challenged, questioned, and modified due to the many controversial views it has conjured up. The text, “On the Uses of a Liberal Education: As Lite Entertainment for Bored College Students”, by Mark Edmundson, is about how, in his opinion, society, educational institutions, and the students themselves, all prevent the students from being original, unique, and succeeding in class. The second text, “Lies My Teacher Told Me:…
John Taylor Gatto is an award winning educator who has taught in New York public schools for over twenty years. Three separate times he was named New York City teacher of the year, and in 1991 was named New York State teacher of the year. He also has written such works as: Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, A Different Kind of Teacher, The Underground History of American Education, and Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher’s Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling. In Gatto’s article from Harper’s magazine in 2006 entitled “Against School”, Gatto argues that the “real purpose of mandatory education is to turn children into servants. ”(155)…
Within the book, “Doing School” by Denise Pope (Pope, 2001), throughout the students’ years in the education system, all of them learned how to do school, in one form or another. Each student developed their own tricks and trades to deal with issues they were personally facing and to help deal with issues that developed because of their school’s curriculum. As Egan (2001) stated “We all recognize the difference between genuine knowledge and accumulated codes – we talk of education as against training, wisdom as against “book learning”… But our schools are not good either at recognizing the difference or, consequently, promoting the genuine article rather than the counterfeit” (p 930).…
While I have been observing there has been numerous times that while Mrs. Johnston has been trying to do a lesson and she picks on students to answer questions, the students have no idea what has been going on or even what they needed to of said. For example, the class was going over what three characteristics a sentence needed in order to be a sentence. When she picked on three different students they had no idea what the class was talking about or even what they needed in order to have a…
In the short novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby proves to be a static character through the entire book. Within The Great Gatsby, we learn that Jay Gatsby is a dreamer, that he is motivated, and that he can become very easily manipulated. Gatsby had been proven to be a static character because from start to finish he doesn’t change; from the beginning Gatsby is just as idealistic, motivated, and easily manipulated as he is in the end of the story. Throughout the book, Fitzgerald makes it extremely clear that Jay Gatsby is madly in love with Daisy Buchanan. As a character, Gatsby shows that he believes in dreams; he is so idealistic that he believes it would be impossible not to win Daisy over.…
Publication Information: Rose, Mike. "I Just Wanna Be Average. " Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing. By Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle.…
The education system has many flaws which prevent students from reaching their full potential when learning. Mark Edmundson and Paulo Freire form their own theories for why the system is flawed and how to fix it. Edmundson believes it is flawed because the education system is forced to adapt to the consumer culture, to make students want to learn more and to persuade the students into favoring their professors. Freire believes it is flawed because of the lack of communication between the teacher and students. This causes the teacher to brainwash their students with information that the teacher wants them to know.…
For the majority of her students, education and learning are not a top priority and instead, the conflicts outside of the classroom, is of uttermost…