Education is something that is different for every person. It helps us to grow, evolve, and become the people that we are today. While education is an obvious benefit for the advancement of society, there are severe downfalls of the current methods of teacher set in place. In my personal experiences however, one of the most interesting projects I was given the opportunity to complete was in United States history class. While the project was time-consuming, and often difficult, the fact that I was able to chose my own topic, explore a subject of personal interest, and make connections to myself, and the world around me had a positive influence of my education. While it was possible to be assigned a topic by the teacher, which may have been of less …show more content…
There were barely even specifics regarding the guidelines. In reality, it was freedom. This freedom was an opportunity that had a positive influence on me personally. What education has taught, not only in this instance, but as one collective part of my life, is that freedom to explore, discover, and be creative is the best way to learn and grow as an individual. While I received a high grade on the assignment, it wasn't the number that I was particularly proud of. In fact, it meant very little to me. The part that I was most happy with in this project was the self-exploration and research that I was able to do. Being a human being means many different things for many different people. For many life is about becoming “successful” and “happy.” School as an institution for rote thinking and repetitive learning is not the key to either of these two goals that much of humanity craves. In fact, this style of learning is often restrictive and monotonous. To me, people cannot learn about themselves by simply retaining facts or listening to someone speak and drill concepts into the brain. School is about learning about yourself, your interests, your personal goals, and your goals for the world around
Kids are understandably skeptical that the knowledge they gain will be used outside of school; but in fact, many school subjects provide insight and clarity on the "real world". For example, having knowledge of history allows one to look at the world of today, compare, contrast, and form new, possibly life-shaping opinions. History also allows students to be more empathetic, as it gives them a worldview outside of just their own. Much of what is taught in school prepares
At the age of ten being raised by minority parents was very difficult for me at the time. At the age of ten I was forced for my English and Spanish vocabulary to be very proficient due to always translating for my parents. At that age learning both languages was annoying, frustrating, and difficult; however that experience shaped me to be a proficient bilingual nurse present and gain benefits by being bilingual. The benefits where the many open job opportunities with the increase pay. This experience also assisted to raise my daughter to speak and write both languages actively although just not the way my parents forced it on me.
Education has become the foundation in which society builds upon in order to create stable career and life in America. The educational system, though, has become a repetitive process where students are expected to memorize words and formulas instead of a curriculum that educates students about current issues. John Dewey, the “father of experimental education” expresses his concerns with the previous current education system where he describes it as a system in which “Democracy cannot flourish” due to the lack of curriculum that doesn 't “acknowledge the social responsibilities of education.” Democracy, according to Dewey, is not possible because it needs people who will develop their own “social insight and interest”. Many schools only focus on memorization which doesn 't leave much room for a student to think on their own, but Dewey points out that if students develop interest and insight, then they will be able to determine their own choices in society.
The student determines the main ideas by reading or listening to printed or digital sources and comprehended and integrated the information into text, for example, “John F. Kennedy’s 1962 Rice Universty speech encouraged people to go to the moon.” The student used quotations, supportive detail, and definitions to develop the topic, for example, “To begin with the Space Race started with a bet. The bet was to see who could be the first one to get to the moon.” The main topics and themes were clearly stated in the introduction paragraph, for example, “John F. Kennedy’s 1962 Speech at Rice University, America landing on the moon, and America winning the space race.” The information that was gathered was either paraphrased or summarized but the student did not cite his/her work.
We were required to write a 8 page essay talking about how our past experiences had helped us set our goals for the future. When we were given that writing assignment there were many major events occurring like prom, finals and graduation so it was very difficult for me to get that assignment done because I had many other things to complete plus the lack of my writing skills made it even harder. The topic made me feel uncomfortable as
The multi genre assignment was not my favorite. Although, I do think it was appropriate for a composition/writing classroom. It involved certain elements that would be in a normal paper such as grammar, length, and punctuation. I feel that I had enough time to complete this project, but less time in the classroom would’ve been better. I think we spent too much time in class when we could’ve been doing something more productive.
I had always believed that teaching and learning are not simply the process of imparting and acquiring knowledge. I view teaching as the process of equipping the individuals with knowledge, moral values and skills for their own welfare. This process encourages thinking skills, creativity, moral values, ethics and autonomy. However during that lesson, I went against my own beliefs about teaching and learning. The students were passively absorbing the information as I did not provide any opportunity for creativity and critical thinking.
However, this being said, some students (or parents much to my personal lament) could find
They had to think about the questions they are creating. When creating questions, the students had to think about how those questions could be answered. They had to keep in mind that other students may answer differently. This caused the students to expand their thinking. The students also had to answer the other students’ questions.
Things I had to have in my paper, or how to format. Some of them were what I had to write about, length of the paper, and how long we had to write it. The assignment was a current U.S problem. He did not choose the problem for us, because he wanted it to be something we cared about. The length of the paper had to be four to five pages long, with a works cited page.
My teacher gave me a C on the paper. She said I was too wordy and I didn't answer the question fully. I was crushed. Writing used to be so fun when I could be creative. She kept giving explanation papers and I kept getting C’s.
However, it doesn’t mean school should taught us out of creativity and transformation to prepare us for these responsibilities. Facts are just empty words, they need more life to it. We need to see it for ourselves; how it’s form and where these theories or functions come from. Sitting still in a classroom like a robot and memorizes every fact thrown to us is not how the
Everybody has spent countless hours in school, however schooling could be more effective if classes were geared towards one’s future. First, I understand many fundamentals of life are learned from school, but at what point will people realize that some of the learning is too far in depth for anyone to everyone use. You need the basic skills such as reading, writing, and math, but when are you actually going to need to solve a quadratic equation using the quadratic formula? Instead of teaching useless skills that individuals may never need, maybe teachers should teach real life skills that everyone can actually put to use and that will help society be more effective. Second, school teaches students to learn something for a short period of time,
What topic would they choose, how long would there be to do it, why on earth would a teacher make students milk a topic to the point where they had five pages filled with in-text citations, thesis statements, and four to six body paragraphs. A week had gone by and I still had nothing. No topic, no thesis, no introductory paragraph. After searching high and low seeking a topic that sparked my interest enough to attach it to such a task.
While the student could not pick the kind of assignment they were completing they did get to decided what the topic was and how to structure the speech. This was a boost to their self efficacy allowing them to tackle a fairly unfamiliar assignment since their knowledge of the topic was so