Some Thoughts Concerning Education

everyone is assured a long, safe, and peaceful life, and everyone’s futures were decided by council members. In other words, that is “the community” in which the story of The Giver written by Lois Lowry takes place. In this novel, lessons and morals concerning the real world are expressed along with the three main themes of the story -- compromise, the power of knowledge, and perspective -- through a story about a boy, in a very unrealistic world. First, one of the major themes in The Giver…

classes. Each and every student is also responsible for completing work while being absent. In chapter 6 of the handbook Discipline and Student Code of Conduct it reads “It is the responsibility of the individual student to talk to each teacher concerning making up work missed during a period of excused absence”(21). Responsibility is a key factor of being a hornet each student has the responsibility of both passing classes and completing make-up work after being…

Who do you think was the most important and influential Enlightenment thinker? Some might say it’s Montesquieu, Mary Wollstonecraft, or even Voltaire. But there are some people that find John Locke as the most important and influential Enlightenment thinker, and he is. Being a scholar, physician, and also being well-experienced in politics and business already gives him a good appearance for being the most important and influential, even the French philosopher Voltaire called Locke, “the man of…

no other choice. Same goes for education; you go where it is free or you get the best you can afford, which might also mean going somewhere close to home. According to Weber, we become trapped within iron cages. Majority individuals are trapped when it comes to white privilege. A person cannot stop being white; therefore, they will always reap the benefits of white privilege even if they feel they have done nothing to earn the privileges. Minorities on the other hand feel stuck in their lives…

women’s suffrage, progressive education, educator’s rights, humanistic movement, and world peace. He was known for his thoughts concerning education. Dewey is the founder of the Pragmatism Movement, which is a Philosophical Movement that began in the United States in the 1870’s. Dewey was a leader of the Progressive Movement in education in the United States in the 1890-1920s and was said to be “The Greatest Educational Theorist.” He wrote many books during his time some being, “The Reflex Arc…

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Brittany Paton Dr. Karen van der Veer FYS 121-015 September 18, 2015 Exploration: Slavery/ Sexism Among Women Years ago, we realized that slavery was not acceptable in result we decided to abolish it, or so we thought. As of today there are over thirty-six million slaves all over the world. About 48% of the enslaved are women and children and on average over 800,000 women and children are trafficked over international boarders each year (“Slavery is Everywhere.” Pg. 1). Female slaves can be…

centuries, education was a controversial topic among the Black community, which created a massive split between Black activists, like Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. The split between Washington and Du Bois was due to their different ideas on education that Blacks should follow in order to raise their social mobility. The debate about Black education tends to focus on Washington and Du Bois, but there were many different scholarly opinions held by men and women. The issue of education…

Formally, if you wear a uniform you are known to be receiving an education from a private school. That is the typical stereotype. From 1999-2000 to 2013-14, the percentage of public schools that required their students to wear uniforms increased from 12 to 20 percent (U.S Department of Education, 2016). There are many pros and cons of this topic. Some of these include: Pro, school uniforms keep students attentive on their education, rather than their clothing. Going off of that pro, the con…

these two readings? (list at least 3) • In the American Cultural Configuration, Holmes emphasizes that American society is a culture full of fallacies and paradoxes in American logic. Some headings state a topic on how Americans believe in one way, but in reality, perform the opposite. For example, the paradox of education in America would be that while we value practical majors such as law, medicine, business, etc., they don’t really have the motivation to obtain it. A poll regarding with…