In John Gattos “Why Schools Don’t Educate” he addresses the issues of modern education. In his speech for “Teacher of the year” he explains that education is part of a social crisis. Which create students into robots. Due to the amount of control that the education system has. He continues by explaining the lack of time given to learn is irrational. Gattos example was the bell in school. Once you begin to comprehend a material the bell rings. And you must continue to the next. He offers solutions
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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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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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Brainwash Factory John Taylor Gatto in his essay “Against School” begins explaining of how boring school is to students. He also explains the damage that the system makes to the teacher and the student by not making the material interesting in class. Furthermore‚ he explains how the students used to look at him as an incompetent teacher who lacks of knowledge. In addition‚ he shows the dark side of a school system that intends to brainwash and destroy the ideas from kids. He addresses the main goal
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John Gatto believes that mandatory schooling does wrong by prolonging childhood‚ and Professor X claims that students are unprepared for college‚ and questions whether some should be admitted. Gatto uses historical references to support his claim that schools stifle independence. Professor X doesn’t think everyone is qualified for a college level curriculum. John Gatto is the last one would expect to be a retired school teacher‚ as he preaches the flawed ways of the public school system to anyone
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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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Summary 3: “Against School” In the essay “Against School” the author 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
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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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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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School” Essay #1 (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
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