A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink discusses the shift of our generation's needs for different types of thinkers. According to the book, there are two types of thinking. Left-directed or left-brained and right-directed or right-brained thinking. L-directed thinkers are much more analytical and factual than R-directed thinkers, who are artistic, sympathetic, and more emotional. In the past, the industrial age required physical laborers, mostly for factory work; however, as the informational age crept in, the need for l-brained people expanded.
In the article “A Year Later” the author Kevin Cullen uses diction and descriptive details to illustrate how he believes we need to take action against bullying. He does this by selecting specific words that cause the reader to feel different emotions, choosing strong words to allow the reader to have a better understanding, and using descriptive words that cause the reader to feel negative emotions towards bullying. An example of how the author uses diction to portray his perspective on the matter can be found where Cullen described Phoebe being “hounded to the grave” by her classmates (Cullen 1). The author uses the word “hounded” to portray the fact that she was being forced to kill herself from the pressure that the constant bullying caused.
Authors utilize syntax and style to create the individuality of his or her purpose of writing; different elements of the style of individual authors can often times slightly alter the full purpose of the essay. For example, Joan Didion’s “Goodbye To All That” and Dave Barry’s “Dating Made Easy” both obtain similar purpose: to reveal the naive spirit of youth and to caution individuals from falling into foolish, ignorant actions in the carefree, surrealistic environment of youthhood. However, the methods of the respected authors extends the overgeneral purpose to a more specific, more personal derivative. In regards to the syntax of each individual author, Barry tends to utilize the more natural cumulative sentences, with his main points in
Susan Sontag’s “The Way we live now” set in New York City in the 1980s, portrays the gathering of victim’s friends around him and their response to his illness and also their own fear about disease. The topic of my essay will be change in lives and attitudes of friends of an unnamed patient. I choose this essay, as it highlights the reactions and conversation among friends about the patient and the disease itself. My research questions are as follows: “How AIDS bring changes in lives of people who are close to or at least know an AIDS patient?
Nicola Yoon uses assimilation in Everything, Everything when Madeline begins to fall in love with Olly, and whenever Madeline discovers that she has never been sick. Madeline had to adapt to Olly because she had never wanted to leave her house until he moved next door,and she started to fall in love with him. She had to adapt to not being sick because that is all she grew up knowing. I think the author’s overall message was love makes people do crazy things.
Freire’s “The Banking Concept of Education” (1968) and Rich’s “Claiming and Education” (1977) both persuade their audience to informed them about their education system and to changed their way of learning. Furthermore, “The Banking Concept of Education” (1968) was an essay written by Paulo Freire in the 1960’s. For instance, Freire used “Banking of Concept” to criticized the current education system and discussed that he agreed with his own ideas on how he believed that this should work. According to the author, “The Banking Concept of Education” was composed by a listening object that was the student, and a narrative object that was the teacher, therefore, the student listened and memorized the information what teacher taught. However, “Claiming an Education” (1977) was an essay written by Adrianne Rich at the Douglas College.
Author Paulo Freire, in his paper called “The Banking:Concept of Education”, Freire discusses the process of the the banking concept of education and how it is not a means to helping students. Based on a narrative character, in which Freire mentions, the artifact focuses on the subject as the teacher/patient and the listening object/audience as the students. Freire believes that “education is suffering from narration sickness” and that the banking concept is not a solution when it comes to providing the opportunity to educate students (Freire 258). One of the main concepts that I took away from Freire’s paper is that we should be teaching students how to be creative, to trust student, and think for themselves than just giving them a set process and structure in
I chose the book by Neila Connors, If you Don’t Feed the Teachers, They Eat the Students!:Guide to Success for Administrators and Teachers to review. The book is an easy read and is refreshing in its approach as a guide for administrators. The author uses cooking metaphors to offer some practical advice on how to be an effective leader. Although the tone of the book is light and funny, it does a good job addressing the serious task that all school principals face, creating a positive and encouraging environment for teachers. As the book emphasizes the teachers are the foundation of the school, unhappy staff will not produce successful students.
Financial Literacy Essay In the passage Working Financial Literacy in with the Three R’s,” it’s clear that in personal finance not only Americans need help in learning to balance their checkbook, but also how to understand concepts like the time value of money, risk and reward, and, yes, the importance of savings (Tara Siegel Bernard). [Students should be required to take a financial literacy class before graduating from high school because people need to know how to make financial decisions in a changing world and how to manage their money]. This is a class that every students needs in order to be more prepare for future decision essential in their career and life. Even though we know the importance and the many reasons we should take financial class, many people think the opposite.
In 2008, an enormous global financial crash occurred impacting millions of people. The financial crash was the worst financial crash after the Great Depression of 1930. Children were left to work at low wages and they skipped school to support their families. Interestingly, the main causes for both depressions was people’s lack of knowledge and understanding of how finance affects everybody. Becoming financially literate can allow people to be more prosperous in the future by saving more money and helps reduce the chances of falling into a downward spiral.
Argumentative Essay Teaching kids the basic fundamentals of money management can prevent future money catastrophes. According to, “Education System Overhaul” and “Better we Get Back to Basics” both texts agree that students need to learn about economics. In recent years, the Council of Economics Education discovered that 17 states make high school students that courses in personal finance (Ashe). Learning about personal finance is very important because kids graduate every year.
After high school, people are left on their own to deal with a world that is, as the article says in paragraph 3, “costly, complex, and rapidly changing.” This quote highlights the fact that the world is constantly changing, and students must be taught how to deal with it. As a student myself, I can honestly say that most students feel as if schools don’t teach skills that are necessary to survive in the real world. Most students dislike the fact that schools force students to take classes like chemistry and algebra, which are skills that students think they’ll never use in the real world. Therefore, it is my belief that high schoolers should be required to take personal finance courses because personal finance courses would teach students how to deal with the real world and how to be financially secure in a society like ours, which, at this point in time, is only getting more and more expensive.
In grade schools core concepts such as history, math, english and science are taught because they are identified as concepts that will be useful to students in their future endeavors. I believe that finance is something equally relevant in our lives to merit its teaching in schools. The questions that such an endeavor arise is to what extent will such a curriculum have on the financial decisions of youth into adulthood? To what extent should financial literacy be taught in schools? Who should teach it?
The Fiscal Times says, “only 14 states require students to take a personal finance course in high school; 22 require a course in economics.” I believe that there should be more emphasis on having finance classes in high schools to better prepare its students for the next stage of life. This country has become infatuated with test scores and having higher numbers on a piece of paper than being concerned with the well-being of each individual. If high schools were to start once again teaching their students these financial skills, I believe the United States as a whole would run more efficiently and thrive as a
Getting the proper equipment to have a successful class may be expensive and not feasible. Colleges also collect plenty of money, but the money is already directed towards certain areas and adding another expense may not be an option. Some states, state Boards of Education depending on the governor, may not see the importance in teaching students about finances. A more liberal state would overlook a course on finances because being debt free is not as important to them compared to a conservative state (Where’s your proof??). Inadvertently, states may not offer financial courses as another way to grow their economy because the youth are uninformed (Explain why you wrote
