Teaching Tolerance In America Summary
SUMMARY AND RESPONSE TO TEACHING TOLERANCE IN AMER 2 Summary and Response to Teaching Tolerance in America
Within his essay
“Teaching Tolerance in America,” Devlin (2011) begins by introducing the reader to the current state of the nation‟s schools, specifically high schools, by discussing a variety of ways that tolerance in schools is falling short and that this is a significant problem. He then describes in great detail this issue, but categorizes its cause into to three specific areas: racial differences, gender differences, and social differences. For example, with regard to social differences, Devlin states, “The outsiders, geeks, and gays are ridiculed by everyone and harassed, bullied, and picked on by the jocks and by other members
of the elite social class
”
(p. 128). Devlin then briefly discusses eliminating the current solutions that he states are not resulting to much, and he specifically calls out integrating tolerance topics into classes
Within his essay
“Teaching Tolerance in America,” Devlin (2011) begins by introducing the reader to the current state of the nation‟s schools, specifically high schools, by discussing a variety of ways that tolerance in schools is falling short and that this is a significant problem. He then describes in great detail this issue, but categorizes its cause into to three specific areas: racial differences, gender differences, and social differences. For example, with regard to social differences, Devlin states, “The outsiders, geeks, and gays are ridiculed by everyone and harassed, bullied, and picked on by the jocks and by other members
of the elite social class
”
(p. 128). Devlin then briefly discusses eliminating the current solutions that he states are not resulting to much, and he specifically calls out integrating tolerance topics into classes