The American Dream Of Education Analysis
Karen Paskevichyan
ENGWR 300
Prof. Sapra
2/5/14
The American Dream of Education Have you ever wondered how far your education can take you? Everyone wants to live The American Dream, and with that dream comes The American Dream of Education. Society expects us to do well in school and graduate with the highest degree in college. This does not come easy to most Americans. John Taylor Gatto the author of “Against School” says “help kids take an education rather than merely receive a schooling.” (143). What Gatto means by saying that is that even though we are given the opportunity for a free education we still must choose between just receiving the education, because it’s the law, or being focused and motivated and take the education given …show more content…
As long as I was passing my classes, there was nothing that really gave me any reason to want to strive to do any better. I didn’t quite grasp the aspect of why I am there. Up until I went to high school, it was then when I was always being told about how I need to take my education seriously and to not fool around because I needed to build up the right mentality for getting into the right college. I knew that getting into college meant I needed to take my education seriously. That was the whole aspect of college in the first place. Taking an education and making something out of our lives is the purpose of continuing our education in …show more content…
I asked to move to the front of the class and from then on I always stayed focused in class and took notes of important lessons being taught during class time. I had help from all of my teachers on the side and even stayed after class to ask questions about anything I didn’t quite understand. This was guiding me to the right path that I wanted to be on. I was learning more efficiently and using my time wisely. This was preparing me for the future and narrowed down my mind to focus on one thing, and one thing only; My education. I was becoming the student I have always wanted to be. Even my friends and family were taking notice in my changes. My teachers knew I needed to graduate high school and saw that I was not stopping at just getting the minimal passing grades. I was striving to receive the best grades I could possibly earn to prepare myself for
ENGWR 300
Prof. Sapra
2/5/14
The American Dream of Education Have you ever wondered how far your education can take you? Everyone wants to live The American Dream, and with that dream comes The American Dream of Education. Society expects us to do well in school and graduate with the highest degree in college. This does not come easy to most Americans. John Taylor Gatto the author of “Against School” says “help kids take an education rather than merely receive a schooling.” (143). What Gatto means by saying that is that even though we are given the opportunity for a free education we still must choose between just receiving the education, because it’s the law, or being focused and motivated and take the education given …show more content…
As long as I was passing my classes, there was nothing that really gave me any reason to want to strive to do any better. I didn’t quite grasp the aspect of why I am there. Up until I went to high school, it was then when I was always being told about how I need to take my education seriously and to not fool around because I needed to build up the right mentality for getting into the right college. I knew that getting into college meant I needed to take my education seriously. That was the whole aspect of college in the first place. Taking an education and making something out of our lives is the purpose of continuing our education in …show more content…
I asked to move to the front of the class and from then on I always stayed focused in class and took notes of important lessons being taught during class time. I had help from all of my teachers on the side and even stayed after class to ask questions about anything I didn’t quite understand. This was guiding me to the right path that I wanted to be on. I was learning more efficiently and using my time wisely. This was preparing me for the future and narrowed down my mind to focus on one thing, and one thing only; My education. I was becoming the student I have always wanted to be. Even my friends and family were taking notice in my changes. My teachers knew I needed to graduate high school and saw that I was not stopping at just getting the minimal passing grades. I was striving to receive the best grades I could possibly earn to prepare myself for