2. We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States by: David Catrow The age appropriate for children to read this book is for Elementary grade levels of first through second graders. The cover of the book shows the reader a little what the book will be about.
Within the reading of chapter four of Our Kids by Robert Putnam one key point of his argument is that it really matters where kids attend school and who they are attending school with. The overall growing class gap is extremely evident within the American school system. However, schools are not responsible for the creation of the opportunity gap because the gap already exists before schools are put into the picture. While this may be true, the schools that kids from affluent families are attending are significantly different than schools that children from poorer families are attending. This could be a product of the fact that affluent and poor families are usually not living in the same areas.
The outcomes of lacking and having freedom of thought are shown through
Some of the students began to realize the purpose of the trip. One child said, “that this is not much of a democracy…equal chances to pursue happiness means an equal crack at the dough, don’t it?”(Bambara92). This child was able to understand the purpose of the trip by coming out their comfort
Some people's life stories can show us the hardships that one can go through in history or the future for the upcoming generation to share their story. One of the books that i've read was ‘Night’. The author is the main character of the story, Elie Wiesel, who went through a german concentration camp that was meant for people to work till they drop, literally. The second book is ‘Boys in The Boat’, by Daniel James Brown. In this book a boy named Joe Rantz as the main character, this story talks about how he and his team won gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Bradley Curtis English 101 4/10/24 Holt begins his essay with the powerful statement: "Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more curious, less afraid of what he doesn’t know, better at finding and figuring things out, and more confident, resourceful, persistent, and independent than he will ever be again in his schooling. " The tone for the remainder of the essay is established by this thought-provoking statement, which grabs the reader's attention right away. Anecdotes are a clever tool that Holt uses to make his points.
A Summary Paragraph In his article, “Teaching the Common Core in China,” David Metz (2015) claims that when comparing teaching styles of Americans versus the styles of the Chinese, one will notice a dramatic difference of what is important to each culture and what is not. First, Metz describes the struggles he has when attempting to move from a "teacher-centric" classroom to a more "student-centric" classroom. Second, Metz points that the administration and the parents of the students disapprove and distrust him when he tries to get the students to formulate their own ideas and not steal from other classmates or directly from books and other texts. Next, the author states that students would benefit from being more independent
During the beginning of modern Europe, there were conflicting views on the proper way to view children. Previously in history, the infant mortality rate was very high, so kids were treated more like adults and were often neglected because odds were they would die. There was a resounding view that kids should be treated harshly in order to become strong. Then in the seventeenth century, the idea of being tender and gentle to your kids was introduced. The way in children were brought up was influenced by assumptions made on both old and new schools of thought.
In the fictional essay “Mother Tongue,” Amy Tan states that we speak diverse languages to communicate with each other and that our intellect is judged by the way we speak. She uses language as a way to observe experiences that assisted her in realizing the many “Englishes” she uses. Tan defines “Englishes” as Chinese-English. As a child Tan had to speak two types of languages because she was born in a Chinese culture. The first language she learned was “broken English.”
Overall, I find both the Puritans and the Rationalists' image of children disagreeable. I believe that behaviour falls onto a spectrum with different responses for varying scenarios. Thus, to try and place a person into a confined role such as, moral and pure, or sinful and impure, in my opinion, creates a dichotomy that denies the fluidity of the human identity. For instance, children, especially young children, can often subscribe to a mentality of righteousness--as is seen through their concerns over the "principles of right and wrong behaviour"--to ensure that everything is always 'fair' (OED). Likewise, where adults can understand an ambiguously grey figure, children instead uphold the notion that good, or heroes, always triumph.
The article begins with a set of questions arguing that our current educational system is doing an injustice to mankind by not preparing them to think independently and critically. Dorothy Sayers proposes going back to medieval methods of thinking and learning. There are two basic concepts that stand out in Dorothy Sayers article “The Lost Tools of Learning.” First, most schools have taken out the basic tools for learning. Secondly, the Trivium goes along with the development of children.
It shows the disadvantages that many students face in public schools, such as being placed in lower level classes where the students are considered notoriously rude and ignorant by the school administrators. The movie works to disprove the idea of the students being lazy by showing the hard work they put into their notebook and the passion they show when Miss Gruwell teaches them with an attitude that shows she believes they are just as capable of any other students. “Freedom Writers” addresses the problem of the structure of the education system, showing the viewers how the system makes it more likely for certain students to be left behind or left out of academic success. The movie “Freedom Writers” contains fatal flaws in its portrayal of the characters. The content is riddles with racist and classist connotations that reduce the efficacy of the movie’s attempt to seem like a progressive film.
Everyone has ineffable difficulties in their mind. When we were children, most children learned the same things at school. But, why are their lives going in different directions? Children grow up in different families that have different family values. Students not only just study in schools, but also they learn
Paulo Freire argues that the relationship between a teacher and a student is a system of oppression. Where a teacher has absolute and total control over their students’ way of thinking. Freire refers to this as “The Banking Concept of Education,” where teachers teach and students listen and don’t question what they are being told. In the banking concept, teachers are depositing and students are the depositories. To Freire the banking system of education is destroying creativity and individualism in student.
Schools are the second place after home where students’ behavior and future educational success are shaped. At schools there are many elements or factors that can influence the teaching and learning process that may take place. Rasyid (2012) stated that there are four perennial truths that make the teaching and learning process possible to take place in the classroom. If one of these is not available, there will be no teaching and learning process, though the learning process itself may still take place, they are: (1) Teacher, (2) Students, (3) Material and (4) Context of time and place. All of them are related to one another.
