really be oppressed by the predisposed standards that previous generations have set for the coming ones? Is it logical and fair to give children a set standard of 12 years of school‚ 6 classes a day‚ and five days a week? After all‚ weren’t some of the most successful people throughout history non-graduates of merely secondary schools? According to Gatto’s three-fold purpose of schooling‚ the main reasons are due to 1) To make good people‚ 2) To make good citizens‚ and 3) to make each person his or her
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higher schooling than a high school diploma‚ if that. Abraham Lincoln‚ Andrew Carnegie‚ Thomas Edison‚ Steve Jobs‚ and Bill Gates are just a few examples of educated but‚ not necessarily schooled people. In John Taylor Gatto’s 2003 article‚ “Against School”‚ Gatto makes his position very clear that he is personally against America’s public school system. Personally‚ I agree with Gatto’s key points in his article. The robust and strict environments that public schools have put into place are the problem
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“Against School” Essay #1 (summary) In “Against School” by John Taylor Gatto‚ he bonds boredom‚ the common condition of having low energy‚ to schools in the U.S. schooling system. Gatto was a teacher in Manhattan where he taught for thirty years. He retired from teaching in 1991. During his journey as a teacher he was named New York Teacher of the Year for three consecutive years (1989-1991)‚ and honored as New York State Teacher of the Year in 1991. In this short story‚ “Against School”‚ Gatto
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Growing up I never really liked school‚ I did okay in all the subjects‚ but it wasn’t my favorite part of the day. All throughout my k-12 education I always questioned why I had to go to school all year except summer‚ and especially why it had to be so early in the mornings. In the book “Rereading America” there is a passage titled “Against School” by John Taylor Gatto. In the passage Gatto asks “ Do we really need school? I don’t mean the education‚ just forced schooling: six classes a day‚ five
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Attempting to persuade his audience reading from this Article‚John Taylor Gatto’s displays his points of view that he does not belive in our school system. He believes that the staying in the American schooling system for so long has supplied him with every reason to refer to it as a childish program. According to him‚ people may see the key problem of schooling as boredom. To clarify his point‚ Gatto asserts having education is not equal to taking schooling which is instead considered as “a daily
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Brainwash Factory John Taylor Gatto in his essay “Against School” begins explaining of how boring school is to students. He also explains the damage that the system makes to the teacher and the student by not making the material interesting in class. Furthermore‚ he explains how the students used to look at him as an incompetent teacher who lacks of knowledge. In addition‚ he shows the dark side of a school system that intends to brainwash and destroy the ideas from kids. He addresses the main goal
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October 2014 Influences of public school In the story “Against school: How public education cripples our kids‚ and why” the author‚ John Taylor Gatto‚ establishes the idea of how public education can lead to a negative impact on students. School train kids‚ “[to become] employees and consumers…” (Gatto 231) instead of teaching kids how to deal with certain situations that my come across in life. The story was directed to parents with kids in elementary school. Gatto believes that there are many different
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Summary 3: “Against School” 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
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of “Against School” John Taylor Gatto believes that during his long career in public schools he didn’t realise that schools are playing any major role in modification of “raw” children except making them childish adults. And the key problem behind the outcome is boredom‚ it occurs because scholars feel confined in 12 years of “imprisonment”. Gatto thinks that schools can increase the chances of success for their students if they let them make own decisions and take risks when necessary. Gatto raises
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John Gatto believes that mandatory schooling does wrong by prolonging childhood‚ and Professor X claims that students are unprepared for college‚ and questions whether some should be admitted. Gatto uses historical references to support his claim that schools stifle independence. Professor X doesn’t think everyone is qualified for a college level curriculum. John Gatto is the last one would expect to be a retired school teacher‚ as he preaches the flawed ways of the public school system to anyone
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