J.R. Galluzzo ENG4U1-01 Ms. Brandon Tuesday October 6‚ 2010 Against School: A Corrupted System The educational systems purpose is to prepare people with the necessary skills and knowledge so that they can excel and function properly in today’s society. John T. Gatto challenges that idea and begs the question is 12 compulsory years of standard schooling consisting of six classes a day‚ five days a week‚ nine months a year needed? Gatto refers to George Washington‚ Benjamin Franklin
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The author 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
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Imagine schools and classrooms where students are able to do more hands on activities‚ enrichment‚ and more skill building that will be useful as adults. Many students‚ parents‚ and teachers could say that they are against the fact that schools allow standardized testing for students K-12. The state government should allow students not to take any form of state testing to insure more hands on activities. When students go to take the standardized test most students do not take their time due to stress
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Rieman April 7‚ 2010 Is School really necessary? All throughout my educational career I had never taken the time to reflect on what school really meant to me and if school was made optional would I still attend? After reading the essay “Against School‚” by John Taylor Gatto a series of questions began to arise in my head. Is school really that necessary? Is it really the only way for a person to be successful in life? According to John Taylor Gatto schools are nothing but merely “laboratories
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Are school sports the cause of many students failing academically? Some schools prefer to not have sports because they believe that sports are a cause of academic failure. Many believe that schools are putting too much attention to sports than they should be. Should sports be excluded from schools and no longer have in-school sports? School sports are not essential in-school‚ but they do help students achieve goals in themselves throughout the school year. In‚(“High- School Sports Aren’t Killing
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Media is a mixed blessing/How ethical is media? Points to be known:- * Media is about all the ways you can get information — books‚ e-media‚ magazines‚ newspapers‚ radio‚ and television. * In present generation media is playing a very important role. * Media is a freedom of speech especially in democratic countries. In Against:- * Media played a big role in getting independence to India as it created awareness in people. * Through media‚ we can know the happenings around
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student’s high school career. Despite having taken the requisite number of math courses‚ one of a student’s limited block periods is now going to be coerced by a nonessential math course extraneous to their focus. While mandatory
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En 101 Essay 2 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
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A Term Paper on A case study on a successful small business: Ruchira Bakery Course Name: Management of Small and Medium Enterprises Course Code: MGT-306 Submitted To Dr. Altaf Jalil Professor Department of Management Studies University of Dhaka Submitted By Group Name: Explorer BBA 17th Batch Section: A Department of Management Studies University of Dhaka January 09‚ 2014. 1 Group Profile Group Name: Explorer SL. No Name Roll Designation 01 Mahjabeen
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In the article‚ “The Case Against High Sports‚” Amanda Ripley outlines the flaw of the United States education system as prioritizing athletic sports over academics. The article is a well thought out argument that has supporting evidence‚ a strong thesis‚ and a counterargument that can be disapproved. Looking over the article and various other sources‚ I have come to support Amanda Ripley’s central claim: “as states and districts continue to slash education budgets‚ as more kids play on traveling
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