Febuary 2013 Rough Draft In the article “Dumbing us down: Weapons of Mass Destruction” John Taylor Gatto explains how today’s education system needs to be changed to focusing more on children’s interests instead of an institutionalized curriculum. He wants to revolutionize the school system to something similar to his education in a small town called Monongahela‚ Pennsylvania. When he went to school he was taught through classical schooling‚ which trained him to develop independent thinking
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In John Gattos “Why Schools Don’t Educate” he addresses the issues of modern education. In his speech for “Teacher of the year” he explains that education is part of a social crisis. Which create students into robots. Due to the amount of control that the education system has. He continues by explaining the lack of time given to learn is irrational. Gattos example was the bell in school. Once you begin to comprehend a material the bell rings. And you must continue to the next. He offers solutions
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John Gatto’s “Against School” is a persuasive essay arguing both the ineffectiveness and negative outcomes of today’s public school system. Not only does Gatto provide credibility with his experience as a teacher‚ but he also presents historical evidence that suggests that the public school system is an outdated structure‚ originally meant to dumb down students as well as program them to be obedient pawns in society. Fact and authority alone do not supplement his argument. Gatto also uses emotional
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Against School The article Against Schools is a very intriguing article or could case great debate and concern about public schooling systems in America today. Born in Monongahela‚ Pa‚ John Taylor Gatto is a retired America school teacher with nearly 30 years of experience in the school system. Gatto is a recipient of many awards such as: The New York City Teacher of the Year award in 1989‚1990‚ and 1991 and The New York State Teacher of the Year award in 1991. He is broadminded perilous of compulsory
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Larza v. Board of Education “Against School” is an essay that argues the true effectiveness of the current public school system‚ and how it affects children later in the real world. John Gatto‚ a teacher of 30 years in the Manhattan school system and winner of many prestigious teaching awards‚ discusses how high school was just a breeding ground for boredom. The boredom not only affects the children‚ but also the teachers. Gatto believes that the children in the school should be able to manage themselves
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Beata Gubernat 16 April y Against School John Taylor Gatto The main subject in John Taylor Gatto’s essay is the schooling system and all it’s weaknesses. He argues that‚ the real objective of mandatory schooling is not according received wisdom to make good people and citizens‚ but to reduce individuality‚ put down dissent and originality just in order to make populace manageable. Taylor Gatto provides number of arguments in favour of his thesis. Essay is coherently and consistently written
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Against School John Taylor Gatto Against School is an article that represents the writer’s view and his experience in the American schooling system .This articles were written by John Taylor Gatto. He is an American teacher who spends thirty years in good and bad schools in Manhattan. He found out that boredom was his specialty as teacher. Also he was not the only one who was bored as an instructor and if we ask the teachers about their boredom they will blame kids. Whereas kids blame
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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
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Schoolteacher” is about the lessons John Gatto the author has taught. As a teacher he has taught seven things to his students. Those seven things are confusion‚ class position‚ indifference‚ emotional dependency‚ inteletial dependency‚ provisional self-esteem‚ and one can’t hide. These are lesson he has taught his students Each one to him are lessons that he much teach his students because the school makes him. These lessons to him are what is wrong with the school system. Response to Content:
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Gatto and Holt In the essays “Against School” by John Gatto‚ and “How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading” by John Holt‚ both authors discuss their views on education and schooling. In both essays the authors analyze education and state their opinions about what is wrong with our schooling system. The authors explain the issues surrounding teachers‚ teaching styles‚ and curriculum in our schools. In John Gatto’s essay “Against School‚” he explains how he does not believe that forced schooling
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