Children are made fully aware of how they should behave in and around the school through the use of school and also classroom rules. Any behaviour that is unacceptable is dealt with according to the…
When it comes to the traditional education, John Taylor Gatto’s “Against School” questions whether we really need the nine month, drawn out, traditional curriculum. Gatto goes on to name several successful people through history that were not products of a contemporary school system. When I think of Gatto’s theory of forced schooling, a friend of mine named John Smith who goes by the alias of Viper comes to mind. Viper is in his late 20’s, lives in South Philadelphia, and has worked as a Roofer for the past 10 years.…
In both essays, “Against school: How Public Education Cripples Our Kids, and Why” by John Taylor Gatto and “The Naked Source” written by Linda Simon, the problems with education system and how to reform it is demonstrated. They both declare that how courses curriculum ruins students’ curiosity and imagination by dividing them with test ratings. However, in order to make the best out of each person teachers must support student’s abilities. Talent development is essential in order to satisfy their infinite curiosity. Nowadays, obedient citizens are the product of obligatory schooling. Inevitably, It leads to mental exhaustion. When the reason of children’s boredom was asked by John, the students demanded to do “Something Real” rather than sitting…
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From his standpoint, Gato believes that the education system controls the will of students. According to Gato, the true intentions of mandatory education are to turn children into servants. Gato refers to Alexander Inglis’s view of mandatory education. Within these concepts are six basic functions, and most of these functions are what control is in the education system. A few functions, for example, are the diagnostic and directive functions and the differentiating function. Respectively, one function states that the school evaluates each student’s “proper social roles” by logging evidence into cumulative records known as your “permanent record” while in the other function, children are sorted to each role after evaluation and trained in a systematic manner.…
According to Gracey in the article, “Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp” , the rules and routines of a classroom are important to children to form a "little society" for them to function in. she speaks about the relevance of the daily structure and routine that kindergarten has on infants. It creates a world for them to function in. Stripping them away from their identity and individuality is what is occurring here. They are being told what to draw in art class; children crave order and this is exactly what classroom order gives them. A child who can follow and obey the rules and routines are viewed as having the potential at being more successful students. While the students who fail to follow the order are looked upon as problem children…
In the essay “Against School” the author John Taylor, Gatto claims boredom has made a big impact in schooling systems all around the United States not only in Manhattan, New York. Gatto believes that boredom affects the capability of ones education and also states that boredom is a common condition not only in students but also in schoolteachers. Gatto is against schools all together, saying that our school system is to blame, a school system not designed by the United States but adapted from the Prussian culture.…
Providing a school environment that is safe and stimulating for the children in our care. In order to ensure that this is so, there is a policy with set procedures to create a calm, secure and happy working environment for all. There are, however, occasions when individual children exhibit behaviour that is unacceptable. As part of the Discipline Policy of rewards and sanctions, all staff use behaviour modification strategies to change an individual child’s behaviour.…
In the article “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work”, Jean Anyon writes about what she saw in five different Elementary schools in New Jersey from classes in fifth grade that she visited. The first two Elementary schools were working class schools in these two schools, students were told what and how to do work without any individual freedom. Teachers would usually shout at the students, and would have to ask to leave the room by making a pass. The type of student that would attend this school would come from a blue collar family. Moreover, the third school was a middle class school that encouraged students to get the subject to the point were they could remember it and usually get the right answer. As seen in “I want to make sure…
Schools might demonstrate their aims by providing the basis for the delivery of the best curriculum, and commitment to enabling all of their children to succeed and be supported to achieve their best through a range of exciting learning opportunities. They would uphold the aims by ensuring the rules are followed, teaching the children valuable skills to use in school as well as in their home life, it would also keep order in the running of the school. It is the schools role to ensure that their children are well prepared for the opportunities and challenges of life. Parents are involved in encouraging their participation in the education of their children, and by offering a supportive framework where they work with school. Examples could be extra help with reading, classroom assistance, homework, fun ways of learning for example St David's and Ysgol Panteg use fun computer programmes to teach the children. Children are also always encouraged to take pride in themselves, their appearance and their work, with high standards being required at all times…
Most Youths have a different perspective than adults do about schooling. Most adults view schooling as an opportunity to become what you want in the career world. Visa-versa, the view students share towards schooling is that schooling is boring and a waste of time; some may even call it imprisonment. Adults tend to blame students for student’s lack of interest which discourages students and make schooling more boring and feel like more of a waste of time for themselves. The fact that adults have different views than students do on education shows us that we are teaching our kids that education isn’t important. Therefore, we need to address this issue by teaching our kids to value education.…
When school was first invented, it was in the industrial age. School was used for a training for kids to train for factory work. School is still used today as so called “training” for a real job but in many ways the school system hasn't changed since the industrial age. In school everyday all kids do is follow instructions, but in the real world, how much could following directions really help you?…
Parents are the first teachers of their respective children. Prior to birth, the fetus interacts with the mother through its gestures. The child learns his first lesson in alphabet, numbers, colors and shapes at home. When the child starts his formal schooling, parents transfer their responsibilities to teachers- the second parents of the child. The teachers are given the sole accountability for the total growth and development of the children. On the other hand, children, because of wisdom, have no other alternatives except to perform good or bad in the school. Oftentimes, they formulate their own study habits to cope up with the demands of their respective teachers in every class, at the same time, the demands of the family at home.…
Second, the students should learn how to consciously follow the regulations and rules at school. When the students are at school, they have to obey the school disciplines . If they don’t follow the rules and regulations, they have to be penalized such as being given minus marks, or not allowed permission to take the final test. When the students graduate and work in a company, they have to follow many regulations, limitations and rules” (Kim, 2011). If they don’t come to work regularly, for example, they will be penalized . The school attendance policy is fair to every student so that the students will get results based on their work. Therefore, the students will be more likely to go to school motivated to study. It means they can have good habits, good character and a good fate.…
It is a fact that schools provide a long-life learning system which balance between mental, emotion, spiritual and physical needs of a person. To make the schools as an option for children also means to make the education, the vital aspect of life, as an option for them. Obviously, this will lower the educational level among future, young generation which eventually leads to other serious problems such as unemployment, crimes and poverty.…