What Does It Mean To Be Well Educated By Alfie Kohn

“What does it mean to be well educated” is a book written by Alfie Kohn. The book consist essays from different authors whose their main objectives was to discuss and promote conversations about the challenges that exist in the American school systems. The author has emphasized and encouraged the readers to understand the purpose of schooling and its long term effects. First and foremost, I was surprised by how our school systems are being turn into business institutions due to the fact that school policies are influenced by corporations whose main goal is to make profit educational institutions. These policy makers believer that the main purpose of success in school is economic gain therefore, their ultimate decisions was based on how corporations can benefit. But on the other hand, the author believers and challenges his readers that the purpose of

The main thesis of the book was to discover the point of schooling and the type of skills that students develop while they are in high school and how that can shape their thinking about reality. These was demonstrated by providing evidence based on the impact that students experience from standardized testing, grading and evaluations. These three concepts was some important to make decisions on the performance of the students. Teachers and educators have charged students based on how well they meet this criteria. However, the author has different arguments which I found is the most important concept to be considered in the educational sittings. Students have different learning style, thus, we should not judge on their academic performance but rather teach them how to discover their own talents. I have liked how the author has discuss that the impact of standardized test on students physiological development. Standardized test has a major effects on the learning outcome of the students because the federal and the state government have