Summary: “In Praise of the ‘F’ Word” In this article‚ “In praise of the ‘F’ word”‚ Marry Sherry makes the point that in order to help kids do their school work and get their education; they must be threatened with failing. Before she started teaching her class‚ she would blame the poor academic skills our kids have today on drugs‚ divorce and other impediments to concentration necessary for doing well in school. She had an experience with her sons grade 12 English teacher. The teacher told Marry
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High schools all over the United States of America allow teenages to continue moving up when they are not ready. This problem may have even been experienced by many different readers. In an essay‚ called “In Praise of the F Word” by Mary Sherry‚ the author tells the readers about the struggles of students who just barely pass‚ and students who are being cheated by the educational system. Have most people in American society been cheated by the educational system? For the most part‚ Sherry is skilled
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“In Praise of the F Word” by Mary Sherry In the article‚ “In Praise of the F Word” by Mary Sherry‚ Sherry talks about the educational system and how the handing of high school diplomas is meaningless. The problem concerned is that these high school graduates are founded to be semiliterate when entered into the real world. Sherry teaches basic grammar and writing for adult literacy programs‚ hearing the different and unpleasant experiences of graduates being passed along high school. Sherry argues
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“In Praise of The “F” Word” Mary Sherry gave a very good argument about the failure of children in school. Mary Sherry thesis was “Tens of thousands of 18-year-olds will graduate this year and be handed meaningless diplomas.” Mary Sherry uses the idioms like‚ “Meaningless diplomas” and “Their validity will be questioned”. This gave us as readers evidence that argument exists. I think Marry Sherry did this to get our attention. This essay also shows that there are two sides to every story.
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Adrienne Nicole Strunk Writing 115 Chris Risley Summary-Response In Praise of the F Word In her essay “In Praise of the F word” by Mary Sherry‚ she talks about how she teaches high school graduates that have been "cheated" by the education system; that they are “handed meaningless diplomas.” 2.) Students were just passed along to the next grade whether they understood the material or not. 3.) And the students soon discover that themselves later on. 4.) Sherry describes how her attention-getter
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Shu Zhu 9/6/12 RHET 0321 SEC#3 Mrs.Strong How I Start Saving It started from zero to thousands of dollars‚ what is it? Money. It was my senior year of high school‚ people started talking about where they are going to do after high school‚ some of them decided to go to college to continue study‚ others decided to get a job‚ few of them don’t know where they going . I chose to go to college. The moment i decided to go to college ‚ the problem comes‚ I realized that I don’t really
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Article Analysis: “In Praise of the F Word” Summary In the article “In Praise of the F Word”‚ the Author brings up her worries about our current education system. Having a high school diploma is becoming meaningless due to the bad performance the students have been demonstrating in the past few years. In fact‚ the students themselves admit the lack of incentive to succeed in school‚ not only inside of the classroom but also with their parents. Soon after‚ she talks about‚ as a teacher‚ what strategies
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According to‚ In Praise of the F Word‚ by Mary Sherry tens of thousands will graduate high school with meaningless diplomas. Those with meaningless diplomas are the ones who’s been passing along even though they don’t truly understand the materials taught to them. Sherry argues that our educational system is to blame for cheating those students out of a proper education; however‚ an easy remedy is for teachers to use the trump card of failure. Sherry claims that before students can concentrate‚ the
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Mary Sherry in her article “In Praise Of The “F” Word.” claims that the school system flaws in actually teaching the students what they need to learn; instead they just pass the students so they don’t have to deal with them anymore‚ ultimately cheating them and their future. She also claims that the consequence of failing is a beneficial teaching tool. Sherry‚ as a teacher‚ has seen two students stating that they regret doing drugs and party instead of learning; both were still passed on to the
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In her article‚ “In Praise of the F Word”‚ Mary Sherry (1991) argues that we must re-examine the threat of flunking students and view it as a positive exhortation tool. Sherry initially believed less than adequate education was received by students due to several unpleasant experiences while they were in school such as drug addiction and excessive partying. Later‚ she concluded that the nature of the student’s problems was the lack of healthy fear brought upon by the threat of being flunked. Sherry
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