Is his article “Against School” John Taylor Gatto argues that the current education system is turning people not only into servants and consumers but also childish empty beings who learn to accept things blindly‚ he states that the idea of compulsory schooling must be forgotten and students should be able to learn things on their own. And while many may disagree with his claims‚ saying that they are the childish rants of a man who knows nothing of the modern education systems‚ and that children
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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 an important
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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‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ Abraham Lincoln as they were not formally schooled and yet were very successful. According to
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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 States but adapted from the Prussian culture. Gatto is a former teacher
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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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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 tells his experiences with students
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The article “The Seven-Lesson 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
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both works‚ ‘Against School’ and ‘Against Love’ I thought over the two and the connections that could be made between them. In ‘Against School‚’ Gatto proclaims his opinion of the education system through years of hands-on experience. He goes on to address how schools do not properly education children‚ but instead leave them bored with themselves. Gatto allows the reader to understand from his point of view from the use of past experiences that he foretells. However‚ in Kipnis’s ‘Against Love‚’ we
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The biggest addiction that is forced upon the youth is school. In the article “Against School” by John Taylor Gatto‚ states the unimportance of schools and that school should be avoided. As Gatto talks about his personal experience and the concept of schooling is an absolute boredom persuades me to agree on this fact. The idea that students have to attend school without having interest to the students makes it really boring. Students learning in schools must be interested in the subjects. In my High
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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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