In the article “With No Boys to Ogle, We Had Time to Learn” by Christine Flowers that was published in Newsweek on October 24, 2005, Flowers discusses the benefits of single-gender schools. Flowers attended an all girls school during her secondary education and continued her single-sex education in college. Flowers claims that this was extremely beneficial for her, and is also beneficial for most educational institutions. Flowers first begins by talking about her own decision to extend her single-sex education into her college years. She claims that having this type of education prevents distractions in a student’s education. Flowers backs this assertion up using two of her own experiences. One experience was her own college education, and the other experience was her teaching career at an all boys school. The problem with Flowers’ claim is that she only based this conclusion off of her own experiences. She did not provide any other sources to support the idea, and she essentially made the hasty generalization that this assumption was true in every situation. It is also worthy to note that her logic behind the educational quality is faulty cause and effect reasoning. Just because Flowers herself had a good experience does not mean that single-sex education was the cause of her …show more content…
Flowers makes the claim that schools should not be considered places to socialize. She claims that they have other places they can socialize, and they have activities that would aid in this endeavor. Flowers falters in her logic yet again because she fails to support these claims with any evidence to prove what she is advocating for. She doesn’t even use her own experiences to back it up this time. Flowers makes another hasty generalization that every student will have the ability to socialize or be a part of extracurricular activities. Overall, her argument was unsupported, and it lacked logical
We have a solution that will solve this problem that many women are plagued with today. There will be no more broken hearts, tears or pain. How can we accomplish this you wonder? This is not a simple fix and it cannot be accomplished overnight. This solution will require years of jerk population control.
“Where The Boys Aren’t- The Gap On College Campuses” When reading this article by Melana Zyla Vickers the reader’s first impression is to assume that just by the title “Where The Boys Aren’t- The Gap On College Campuses” that the article is about pro-feminism. This is not the case, Vickers makes the point that males are not getting the same education as females, she calls attention to why males are not being taught to Value College. Vickers shows, "At colleges across the country 58 women will enroll as freshmen for every 42 men. As the class of 2010 proceeds toward graduation the male numbers dwindle”.
Victoria Jenkins is an Australian author who has made a name for herself writing the highly popular Detective King and Lane series of novels. The first novel in the series was The Girls In The Water that Jenkins first published in 2017 to much critical acclaim and popularity among crime fiction fans. The series of novels features Detective Constable Chloe Lane and Detective Inspector Alex King who are the lead investigative characters that solve some mysterious murders in their hometown. Even though Jenkins’ writing has only come to the fore in the recent past, she has always been a writer. Right from her childhood, she would write stories and went on to win her first literary prize aged only ten.
The Other Education Rhetorical Analysis David Brooks is a well-refined journalist for the New York Times News Paper Company. He writes many different controversial articles, that tends to focus around arguments of education. Within Brooks’ arguments he uses effective techniques to persuade the audience. In this specific column, he addresses society as a whole, but with special emphasis on students. David Brooks successfully persuades his audience through his presentation of his claim, his persuasive writing style, and his usage of emotional appeals.
Essay – The Writing of The Long Song Everyone have somethings he or she are ashamed of or proud of. It could be all from the way they look or the way they talk to who their ancestors were. One’s heritage is not something that can be changed or erased, but can and should be accepted and is not something that you should feel ashamed of. That is also what Andrea Levy is trying to convince her reader about in her essay “The Writing of The Long Song”, which was published in 2010.
According to Bill Gates, “It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” This ideal of learning from failure, instead of fearing it, can encourage students’ success; they will learn that there are consequences for their actions. Unfortunately, educators and parents surmise that it is damaging to acknowledge children’s shortcomings. This is central in, “In Praise of the “F” word” by Mary Sherry and “The Speech the Graduates Didn’t Hear” by Jacob Neusner, which both expound on the effects of recognizing failure. In Sherry’s article, she emphasizes that children are deceived by educators because teachers and parents aren’t holding students accountable for decisions.
The main argument is that perceived throughout the reading is that the schools itself is failing students. They see a student who may not have the greatest test scores or the best grades, and degrade them from the idea of being intellectual. Graff states, “We associate the educated life, the life of the mind, too narrowly and exclusively with subjects and texts that we consider inherently weighty and academic” (Graff 244). Schools need to channel the minds of street smart students and turn their work into something academic.
In the text “Why Kids Sext” by Hannah Rosin goes into detail why kids sext, what these kids are doing is wrong because it invades privacy, on how social media has a big part, harm that is being done by this, and the proper way to deal with this without making laws to lock kids up for making mistakes. This text was based on a school that had a huge problem with sexting. Photos of girls in this school were being posted on a porn site and on social media. When the parents found out there daughters were on this site they were very disappointed and wanted this shut down as soon as possible. These were smart straight A students that made a simple mistake.
Naomi Shihab Nye focuses on the concept of solitary and independence in “The Boy and Egg”. Throughout the poem Nye uses alliterations, imagery and personification to create a literal situation. However, in “Famous” the author uses the poem to make the reader develop a new perspective on the definition of the word ‘famous’. The poem uses similes, irony, imagery and tone to show how the author views the world.
She sees that students never ask questions and dig deeper into discussions and questions to create their own beliefs and thoughts about the world around them. . Those in authority positions do not want individual thoughts that lead to actions that could threaten their learning, similar to weapons in a rebelling society. She believes that the schools advise the younger generation what to think and lecture them what the truth is, regardless of whether it isn't that. The students are expected to listen,
In The Lesson, written by Toni Cade Bambara, it begins with Sylvia giving her own description on Miss Moore. She is confused as to why Miss Moore always gathers the kids from the neighborhood and takes them on boring outings. Sylvia mentions that Miss Moore is one of the few who has a college education, but she does not seem too impressed and would rather spend her day at the pool with her cousin, Sugar. As they enter the taxi cab, Miss Moore hands Sylvia a five dollar bill to tip the driver at the end of the trip. However, Sylvia has a difficulty time figuring out how much she should give the driver and decides against tipping him but would rather give him nothing.
People are not born with their own opinions, rather their opinions are created and shaped through what they see and hear from sources that they consider trustworthy. This why most popular media mostly showcase ideas and opinions that the average person finds the most acceptable. When it comes to stereotypes, they originate from those in power who creates an overgeneralization that ends up repeated countless times that it eventually begins to be considered a fact. Authors such as David Brooks assert that women are better students than men and that men are more aggressive, an assertion I disagree with. Stereotypes dealing with gender like the one promoted by David Brooks and studied by other authors are created through the influence popular media has on society in order to manipulate people to think a certain way and create conflict.
A Critical Review of “Gender in Schools: A Qualitative Study of Students in Educational Administration” by Mary Lou Andrews & Carolyn S. Ridenour Though the number of skilled women are increasing by time in administration, management and other job opportunities which have been considered as men’s profession, gender problems still exist in these areas. In the article, Mary Lou Andrews and Carolyn S. Ridenour (2006) make an effort to identify the impact of educational administration graduate class in diversity on students’ awareness of how gender plays a role in school culture and climate. The article seems to be valuable for identifying the diversity of learners and getting information about gender-awareness training.
Ever wondered how much more productive students would be if classrooms were single-sex only? The mingling of boys and girls in a classroom setting can directly affect how each gender processes and learns new information. Authors Peggy Orenstein and Karen Stabiner, discuss two different learning environments (co-ed and single-sex) for students, and how these environments affect a student’s educational progress. Through their research they were able to show the importance of single-sex classrooms and the benefits it has on certain students. To explain their findings Orenstein uses a pathos appeal through direct observation, while Stabiner uses a logos appeal through research.
In the poem, “A Hymn to Childhood,” Li-Young Lee talks about having fragmented individuality from childhood due to war. He is lost in perception of a traumatic childhood caused by war and a normal naïve childhood. Lee depicts the two diverged childhoods from his memory through the use of antithesis to emphasize the world perceived by a self fragmented individual. Throughout the poem, he consistently presents two opposing ideas to show what it feels like to grow up with emotional trauma.