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Chapter 13
This chapter mainly revolves around the educational influences through poverty and war of the mid 21st century. The first that that struck me in this chapter was the talk about raising the poverty line through means of education. While this may sound great in theory, I believe that everything has a balance. This means that while the rich stay rich, and get more rich, this poverty line is just a number with people still in the same financial boat. So my qestion is this, How would the poverty line really be influenced when educating the less forutnate class of citizens? Would education standards not increase throughout since they are increased at the bottom?
Another iteresting topic that I could easily relate to was the talk about the SAT exam. I know that many stressed over this test hreatly while in highschool. Fearing for their future and ability to get into a good college. I too am a vitim of stress because of this test. Is that really the way to foster learning? I really don’t believe that a single test can really measure a person’s intelligence, for that matter any test.
Lastly, the emphasis on math and reading because of the cold war seems a bit silly to me. Yes, we had this race to beat the soviets to space because we thought the world would end if they beat us. But, they focused so much on math and science that they did not even think that there are so many other subjects that american citizens may excel in. To limit the mind to only certain things is a shame. My question is Do you really think that emphasizing math and science is the way to excel in intelligence?
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Chapter 12
Today’s generations of children are heavily influenced by the media. Kids are subject to television, movies, video games, and countless other forms of media. It’s unfair that the media needs to be tendered towards children. It’s understandable that certain parts of media need to be censored for the sake of profanity. Although, this chapter suggests that censorship goes into the depths of controlling children’s social behaviors. The control of comic books by the education system would be a terrible step in limiting the mind of a child. We need to put less regulation on children’s means of entertainment rather than more. We can limit what they should be entertained by as far as content. But never alter a comic book because it may show signs of violence or vulgarity.
The Truth is no matter how much we can censor children’s media. There will always be outs where children can get their hands on adult targeted media and that media will influence them. So my question is is censorship really the best idea to help influence the minds of children and teenagers for the sake of morality? Should we even be doing this?
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Chapter 11 – The Politics of Knowledge
This chapter partially talks about the way schools were supposed to be taught with all these limitations. As i was reading this, a question struck me. Why do we put so many of these limitations and barriers on the mind? Should children not be allowed to be taught with a free mind? Rather than one that has been constricted to specific guideline. I believe in an education where free thought is encouraged. Where individuals are able to question why things are and not be construed to certain topics.
Why is it that we put these strict limitations on curriculum and overall student management? I can answer this question myself with a very upfront answer, but this question’s answer needs to be unmasked and further explored. It is a shame that our education system is limited by these huge factors of belittled thought because certain people choose to believe that their way of thinkings is the correct way.
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Chapter 9
There is no definite way to govern schools. All a society can do is implement things that are, to the best of their knowledge, effective in teaching students. Education has evolved quite a bit from where it first started in the united states. The reasons as to why schools were started back then are not the reasons why schools still exist today. Yes, schools may have been focused on getting children to become workers. However that does not mean its the same today. Or Does it? Can we really relate a different generation’s educational system to our own? The world is constantly changing and so isnt the role of education changing with it?
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All this talk about kindergarten and whether or not we need to teach moral values in this stage of learning is a bit over the top. Morals should be present in schools first and foremost! It’s just how we have to run our dense country if we want some kind of order. Children cannot govern themselves, it’s our responsibility to teach them moral basics in and out of the home. If the home is the only environment that we learn our morals, what makes us think that children will act that way without the presence of their parents?
The whole immigration welfare implementation is pretty interesting. I don’t know if this would work since we do have such a large immigrant population and this would definitely need some funding. I think just restructuring the way we teach instead of throwing on new programs would be a better solution to the educational institution. Education does not need to be costly.
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An interesting chapter that talks about the discriminations of previous generations in the, now, primitive school system. Going into the Mexican american experiences of education in the old common school system, you notice right away that such disciminatory acts against a certain race of people is plainly not acceptable in today’s generation. Although, it is hard to totally eliminate such thoughts and biases completely. So my question is: Do races still get discriminated in our school systems today? It is hard to really analyze the word discrimination in today’s society as well. People have the ability to fight for their beliefs more than ever and so many topics are very sensitive, especially when it comes to schooling.
Earlier posts mention that this is america, the land of opportunity and freedom. Although, to be devil’s advocate, Americans even in searching for freedom pushed out Native Americans in a harsh manner. It is hard to say that discrimination is something that can be nullified. During world war two, we segregated japanese americans in internment camps. No society is just or fair, and so discrimination will always occur on various levels. In my train of thought, at this current moment, leads me to believe that discrimination can only be suppressed and never forgotten.
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New York Times article relating to today’s discussion
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/opinion/13kristof.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=pay%20teachers%20more&st=cse
An interesting piece on the subject of teacher’s pay.
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This chapter talked about the growing patterns of development in the educational system two hundred to three hundred years ago. Women were able to rebel their social standings as schools began to develop in a legal and authoritative manner. They began to be the common figure in education. The chapter mentions this, and how women are essentially better teachers than men. My question is: Does biology show that women are essentially better educators? Or is that just the perception because of women’s social standings throughout history?
Pestalozzi’s teaching methods were very interesting. In the chapter, it meantions that he was trying to psychologize the education of humanity, through “adapting methods of instruction to human development and the laws of the mind”. Now if this is the case, does this not mean that these perceptions of teachers hundreds of years ago is somewhat irrelevant to today’s teachers? We think, act, talk, socialize, etc. differently in today’s time so must we be educated differently?
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Chapter 5
Chapter five really emphasized how the white protestant anglo american culture feared for their own social class standing. For a certain american culture to attack another culture for the sake of preserving exclusive luxuries in a community may seem a bit unfair. A society should be rational and work towards the better good of humanity. Although, when conflicting views of religion come into play, it’s hard to work with people who do not have the same beliefs as you. A question that wanders my head is: Can we really truly work together for a better society when religion is always a fiery subject?
The use of government money to support religious education was a subject in this chapter. The idea of doing such a thing reigns catastrophe in my mind. To support, financially, a certain religious belief goes against what an American society should stand for. Religion has no place in education and should be taught outside of school. In today’s society I believe it is even more crucial to make sure religion is not taught in a public education system. My question is: Does it seem just to ignore religion from a child’s learning curriculum or should there be a sort of basis to learn?
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