Weapons of Mass Instruction‚ is a book written by John Taylor Gatto‚ that 5touches extensively on what he considers to be negative aspects of the public school system. Gatto sees the compulsory public schooling as a tool used in orchestrating the development of a mediocrely minded population that is highly manageable due to the lack of ability to think for oneself. Gatto can be quoted saying‚ “we have been taught (that is‚ schooled) in this country to think “success” is synonymous with‚ or at least
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contributors to the dumbing down of the human species of the twenty first century. This claim has created a controversy where some people agreed or disagreed that the surge of these factors has been negatively affecting the intelligence of human beings. This controversy began around the late 20th century‚ where many people‚ criticized the negative effects of either the education systems or the increase in processed food production; examples include a teacher called John Taylor Gatto who wrote a book
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Adam Gracyalny Literature and Composition Honors Mrs. Madrigal 19 April 2013 Dumbing Down of Society Caused by Technology What would a perfect world be like? Could a perfect world be achieved? How would technology play a role in a Utopian society and how would it affect people socially? Technology plays a crucial role in our society today in economic and social ways. It allows people to easily access email and quickly return phone calls. Virtually all businesses today use some form of technology
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From the information presented in the article “The dumbing down of Canada’s universities”‚ I strongly agree with Kee Dewdney and Vanessa Morgan‚ my belief is that Canada’s school system is lacking on the basic ability of teaching. There are many reasons behind this‚ in my opinion I would say it is not just the students fault‚ yes we are easily distracted‚ yes our attention span is very low and yes we do tend not to care or put in any effort‚ but it is just as much a teachers fault as it is a students
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brother‚ I see that he was doing bad at his school. From my experiences‚ technologies affected my ability to read and other long narrative because it makes me thinks that the book is not exciting. From the textual evidence in “Technology is Dumbing Down our Society”‚ The quotes explain “ As the internet becomes our primary source of information‚ it is affecting our ability to read books and other long narratives. This process of rewiring our brains carries the danger of flattening human experience
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media is content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies. At its most basic sense‚ social media is a shift in how people discover‚ read and share news‚ information and content [2]. What if we were to break it down‚ we would say that media is a source of communication i.e. a newspaper‚ a radio or a television‚ and social is communication with a variety of people through a variety of ways. When we think about it social media are sources which not only provide
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Nur Fajrianti Review Journal : Is pop culture dumbing us down or smartening us up? This journal is telling us about the fact that American people are getting smarter. That statement is based on American people’s I.Q. tests results which are rising about three points per decade by using the same standard score of I.Q. test that has been kept for years. This fact is uncovered by a political philosopher named James Flynn. Meanwhile‚ other people over the developed world also get better I.Q. test
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Julie Bucsky Prof. Smith English 100: Essay #2‚ Revision 04 April 2012 A Stressful Life It’s 11 p.m. on a Tuesday‚ and a college student had one week to write a college paper due tomorrow morning‚ but is just now getting started. What should the student do? Does the student stay up all night trying to finish it or just not do the paper? The truth is almost‚ if not all‚ students have been in such a stressful situation. I have had many stressful times with homework and exams‚ staying up
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Andrew Redus Joseph Ptomey Thinking and Writing Research 1304 4 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
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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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