By definition, Education is type of learning in which the knowledge and skills, and developed through teaching, training, or research. As Nelson Mandela said:” Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. “But nowadays, does our educational system educate us, or something else? That “something else” is what we generally call schooling. Schooling is (as they want us to believe) education, but at its lowest and stupidest level. They appear to be the same thing, but in fact they have different meanings and outcomes.
Schooling is what modern school applies on students. Indeed, schooling is all about making young people slaves who will lead the world in the future in a very planned and structured way. Governments
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‘Do we really need schooling six classes a day, five days a week, nine months a year, for twelve years. Is this deadly routine really necessary? And if so for what?’ (Weapons of Mass Instruction- John Taylor Gatto (page 15) ). John Taylor Gatto is a very different kind of educator. In his “THE SEVEN-LESSON SCHOOLTEACHER”, he talks about schooling and the way normal teachers are taught to teach. Confusion is the first lesson he talks about. He admits that in modern schools, everything is taught out of context, without following the children interests. He also talks about the importance of class position; he says that every student should be assigned to a specific class with people with the same age and also that the grades reflect the level of the students (which is totally illogical). Teachers also teach students to be indifferent to everything that nothing is worth to spend time on. He also claims that school demolishes the self-esteem on the young students because they think that their esteem depends on the judgment and opinion of the instructor, and that their level is reflected by their work and grades. Also, he says that students can’t have their personal and private world because they are always on a continuous surveillance at home via homework and …show more content…
As conditions continue to crumble, parents, teachers and student s have become hopeless and demoralized. Moroccan schools are run by unskilled, unprofessional and unmotivated faculty who are just seeking for money. Their main purpose is to gain money in the most dishonest way possible without even thinking about the future of the children. Those poor students pass from a grade to another without mastering the basic skills that a normal student should have. Moroccan students do not master efficiently at least one language. Lessons are explained without following a simple theory and without even performing some experiences and activities so that it becomes concrete for the student to understand. Some students in some public schools are unable to read a short text in a foreign language without the help of the teacher. This disappointing situation should change as fast as possible because Moroccan students are victims of a corrupted, unprofessional and careless educational
In “I Just Wanna Be Average,” Mike Rose explains the experience being part of a school system that had no prior knowledge to have educators to teach students. Rose supports his claims by describing the different situations he had to encounter with the lack of the school system, the hopelessness of the teachers and his peers, that lead those students with no support to lead them in a direction of success. Rose purpose is to point out that; all that it was needed was a teacher that cared enough to teach and to influence those students to succeed and to never hinder the student’s learning experience because anything is possible with an little of an encouragement. In the 8th paragraph in “I Just Wanna Be Average,” Rose describes what it felt like
Gatto argues that the modern educational system needs to be reformed. In his initial paragraph, Gatto describes the boredom that students suffer from in the classroom. He accredits this boredom to the currrent educational system that enforces conformity and despises creativity and originality. Creativity and originality, which are the ways in which children express themselves and therefore entertain themselves, are not welcomed in this educational system. Gatto uses personal anecdotes and historical context to argue his points.
Students today live their day-to-day lives in constant fear of what seems inevitable. The United States has one of the highests rates of school shootings in the world. Society has become so desensitized to these shootings that they are no longer shocked to hear about another school falling victim to it. Even when students take a stand against gun violence, the only solution offered to them is a proposition to arm teachers. However, bringing more guns into a school will only further deteriorate the situation.
In the “Against Schools” article, author John Gatto describes the modern day schooling system and its flaws. He uses several rhetorical strategies in trying to prove his point. He successfully uses all three types of rhetoric in writing this article, which includes ethos, pathos, and logos. He establishes these strategies very early, and often throughout the article. He believes one issues with today’s schooling system is boredom, and that there is a distinct difference between what it means to be educated and schooled.
What is education? Some people might say it is knowledge and development, other might say it is the field of study that deals mainly with mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools. To me, education it 's the process of receiving or giving systematic instructions, especially at a school or university. Why were educations for African American children so inferior? One reason was, Southern schools were different from Northern schools because they were segregated.
In “I just wanna be average” Mike Rose recounts his years in vocational school, known as low level classes. Rose was placed in vocational school by accident, rose decided on staying enrolled with low level students. Rose observed his teacher and classmates and talks about them throughout his essay. Rose explains to the reader why many students don’t learn or don’t take school/education serious. Teachers show they don’t care about their students by giving lack of education and by using physical violence and all just to control them.
What this essay is saying about students and education is there is no student who doesn’t want to learn or what’s to get an education. Everybody is capable of learning, but the problem is sometimes the education are given by people who don’t care if you are learning or not. In this essay, we learned that the author was put in classes where the teachers didn’t care too much about their students and because of this he become a mediocre student. Not because he didn’t like school or he was lazy, but because there was no inspiration in learning. Luckily, Mike Rose the author of I Just Wanna Be Average found someone that wants him to start learning someone that make him change his mind.
Charles Baxter’s “Gryphon” provides an interesting look at standardized education and the way society views those who deviate from it. Baxter shows this through how the narrator Tommy views his new substitute, Miss Ferenczi. The character Miss Ferenczi tries to revolt against the clinical and strict standards of society and positively impact the morality and ethicality of herself, Tommy, and the fourth graders. While some readers may think that Miss Ferenczi is either morally inept or somewhat delusional, she proves herself to be a person who cares to teach the children how to love learning.
What is school really trying to do with our lives? The article “Against School” by John Taylor Gatto is an article that talks about the problem of schools and how the goals are not what they say they are. First. the author talks about how the school system creates boredom and what could be done to fix it. He then talks about how school is not needed in its required class times, what the schools say the goals are for the students, and where our school system originated from.
Novelist, John Taylor Gatto, in his speech essay, “Why Schools Don’t Education”, conveys schools aren’t as educational as they should be. John’s purpose is to narrate the idea that teachers and school district aren’t putting enough effort to educate children and to also motivate more teachers to help bust up children’s education. He adopts a passionate tone in order to appeal in his that education should be taken serious. In order, to convey his appeal of the subject he uses rhetorical analysis to help drill in the audience.
First, “Education” is defined as “The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university” by Oxford dictionary (Oxford dictionary). More specific, in a work of John Dewey, an influential American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, education is explained as: The process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include storytelling, discussion, teaching, training, and directed research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of educators, but learners may also educate themselves.
Education is most vital among all of us. Education plays a very important role in our lives. For living an expensive life or for living a better life, you should be educated. Education is that which converts a person to live a superior life and even in a social well-being. Education is the one that doing something useful in our coming future.
EDUCATION IS THE ONLY WAY TOWARDS A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE Knowledge is a very powerful thing that can change our lives. Today education is considered as one of the basic need of life along with food, shelter and water etc. It is a very broad word because with the help of education one can acquire knowledge. The basic goal of education is to provide pathway to the people which they need for a successful life.
Education as an instrument of social change: One of the most formidable and potent tool of social change is Education. The society can bring about pertinent and much sought after desirable changes through education and modernize itself. By creating the right kind of ambience and by providing ample opportunities and experiences, education can enable an individual to cultivate and groom himself for adjustment with the emerging needs and philosophy of the changing society and aid in the can transformation of society as a whole. A sound social progress needs careful and meticulous planning in every dimension of life, be it political, economic, social and cultural. Education must be tailored to suit the needs of the society
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.