Juilliard School

to limit students to certain skill sets that many of them cannot achieve. The education system must go far beyond what they set the standards to be and that is how we can improve the education system. For example, when Davidson was in intermediate school, it was required to recite a speech in order to graduate but she did not possess the skills for it. Her teacher, “[Miss Schmidt] offered [her] the opportunity to write an essay instead.” (Davidson…

One out of every five students drops out of high school throughout the nation. There was a time where this nation had some of the most intelligent students worldwide but over the years there has been a gradual decrease in actual knowledge. What is the cause of this somewhat absurd statistic and who is to blame? Have the teachers relied too heavily on the banking-system and oppressed the creative and critical thinking aspect of schooling, or are students at fault for their economic status and not…

who I will call KG. KG has a daughter that is approximately 16 months old who I will refer to as RG. RG has not always attended a daycare center. The first six months after she was born KG was a stay at home mom to her daughter. KG was going to school for education during that time and when she finished and decided to look for a job is when RG began going to this daycare center where KG is a teacher. The center that she attends is a Christian based daycare. One of the most important…

It is an inspiring tale of a school teacher who, despite unadorned odds, strained to make learning fun. It establishes, what a teacher could do when a chance is given and a little help. In the early 1920 's, Gijubhai could sense the futility of textbook. He wanted a first-hand practical experience to shape and form his ideas, so, approached the Education Officer and requested for a primary school class for his experiment. He manages to get a post in a primary school after having a conversation…

problem with evaluating schools is that achievement tests do not adequately separate school and nonschool effects on children’s learning. It is likely that a schools’ test scores are a function not just of school practices (e.g., good teaching and efficient administration), but of nonschool characteristics (e.g., involved parenting and high-resource neighborhoods). It is unclear, therefore, the extent to which schools with high test scores are necessarily “good” schools and schools with low test…

Education has grown to become a mandatory requirement in not only our culture, but in societies across the globe as well. In John Holt’s essay, “School is Bad for Children” he shares his thoughts on the relationship that children build with the school. Obviously, as one can infer from the title, Holt does not view education as the blessing it is. Not only are his views irrational, they are also completely biased. The manner in which Holt presents his ideas are refutable. John Holt 's essay is…

I arrived early at 3:25pm waited for an interpreter. I saw people waiting to pick up their children from school. Then I went to the office staff and explained that I was English Composition 2 and came to help for service learning. I should my phone that had the email with the information list because she wanted to see that. She wanted to give my form for BISD Letter is Human Resource Department with my Texas ID card. She wanted to copy it and then give it back to me with a letter put to my name,…

As Jean Piaget once said, “[t]he goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge, but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things”. Children have such a wealth of ideas inside of them, and the goal of every teacher, including myself, should be to inspire their students to share them with not only the class, but the world. In the novel Educating Esmé by Esmé Raji Codell, Esmé inspired her students to become…

The prescription of what delineates identity arrived at a surprising intersection during the period between the first reflection and this installment. Differing from the first, the second reflection period realigned the de facto blocs that had prevailed when discussing race in class. Furthermore, the second period enabled the exhibition of diverse components of my classmate’s identities – opening the conversation to increased division. In doing so, I believe that many of my peers were empowered…

When Alexie returns to the reservation school as a visiting teacher to show the children the importance of reading and education, but also to show them that he is educated, successful, and still an Indian. Alexie’s hope is that Indian kids will see they are not defined by their culture, they…