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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not obtained any 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
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down the schooling process into six basic functions. Three main functions discussed by Gatto are diagnostic and directive functions. Then there is the differentiating function‚ and finally there is the propaedeutic function. Some of these three functions listed are true and can be related to my own life experiences‚ however others seem to be merely out of line and completely irrational propositions made by Gatto. The diagnostic and directive functions are evident in real life. By definition this
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(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 tells his experiences with students
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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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The Seven Lessons John Gatto is a New York City seventh grade teacher with remarkable accolades. Because of his impressive accolades as a teacher and citizen‚ his words are not taken lightly. As a result of his spotlight‚ he has come up with a list of seven lessons that no syllabus will ever include‚ but Gatto insists that they form the core of our educational curriculum today. While he does not agree with the lessons himself‚ they are being taught nationwide and he insists “that schools have traded
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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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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 days a week‚ nine months a year‚ for twelve years. Is this deadly routine really necessary?[…] 2 million happy homeschoolers
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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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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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