American Education Having great educational opportunities in America is not enough in today 's society. In America we face educational issues that students deal with every day. Struggling while getting an education is really complicated; students and professors are dealing with lots of setbacks along their journey to meet their goals. English professors at different universities like, Mark Edmundson, Gerald Graff, Jonathan Kozol, all believe that America needs a much more efficient educational system. They provide their own ideas and perspectives towards issues in education. In the excerpt “On The Use of a Liberal Education: As Lite Entertainment for Bored College Students” Mark Edmundson argues that students need to gain knowledge,
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Graff agrees when he writes, “Perhaps so, but since no one was asking me to think about the relationship between the two courses, I did not” (340). As he reminisces, he explains how education is broken up with selective ideas and knowledge that students are not making connections and effectively learning. The focus and determination of all students and professors is an issue that Graff and Edmundson are trying to get across, they both believe that it takes both the instructor and students to have a successful education today. Graff also recalls when he was a student he noticed something odd which he says, “I hardly focused at the times on the fact that my two teachers were in disagreement” (339). He mentions how he dealt with a similar issue in his school experiences when he only did what he was asked to do as well. Graff explains the importance of contrast he expresses how fundamental it becomes in American education for students to successfully learn. He also argues that not every student experiences difficulties, “True, for the best students the resulting cognitive dissonance is no great problem” (338), which comes to the idea that it all depends on critically thinking and how students analyze education to get a better understanding. From his essay he reminds us, “In order to …show more content…
As I mentioned earlier, Mark Edmundson, Gerald Graff and Jonathan Kozol all introduced an issue they believed to be causing problems in our educational systems. Students are always exposed to problems especially in education. I introduced Edmundson ideas about how he believed that students are not understanding that we have education to grow and learn from. I also included Graff’s point of view about why we face issues in education which were, that it all depends on how education is perceived by students. Concluding with a different perspective that ties in as well was Kozol how he mentions that segregation is limiting our students and opportunities to our
Graff agrees when he writes, “Perhaps so, but since no one was asking me to think about the relationship between the two courses, I did not” (340). As he reminisces, he explains how education is broken up with selective ideas and knowledge that students are not making connections and effectively learning. The focus and determination of all students and professors is an issue that Graff and Edmundson are trying to get across, they both believe that it takes both the instructor and students to have a successful education today. Graff also recalls when he was a student he noticed something odd which he says, “I hardly focused at the times on the fact that my two teachers were in disagreement” (339). He mentions how he dealt with a similar issue in his school experiences when he only did what he was asked to do as well. Graff explains the importance of contrast he expresses how fundamental it becomes in American education for students to successfully learn. He also argues that not every student experiences difficulties, “True, for the best students the resulting cognitive dissonance is no great problem” (338), which comes to the idea that it all depends on critically thinking and how students analyze education to get a better understanding. From his essay he reminds us, “In order to …show more content…
As I mentioned earlier, Mark Edmundson, Gerald Graff and Jonathan Kozol all introduced an issue they believed to be causing problems in our educational systems. Students are always exposed to problems especially in education. I introduced Edmundson ideas about how he believed that students are not understanding that we have education to grow and learn from. I also included Graff’s point of view about why we face issues in education which were, that it all depends on how education is perceived by students. Concluding with a different perspective that ties in as well was Kozol how he mentions that segregation is limiting our students and opportunities to our