The College Fear Factor Analysis

Throughout the course of our class we have read about many scholars and their thoughts on the schooling system. Our first author we read about was Rebecca Cox, a professor who thinks not only schooling should be improved but our entire political system as well, and her book The College Fear Factor explains exactly that. The second author discussed was Hsun Tzu who thinks that the goal of education should be to make a person who is truly consistent, but says that this takes time and comes with the experience of truly learning rather than relying just on memory. Freire was next and his thoughts on the schooling system are similar to Cox’s. He thinks students are seen more as objects rather than the subject and this is holding back our next generations
The last author is Hsun Tzu and his thought on education is that it should lead you to becoming a gentleman. He’s a believer in the thought that all humans are born evil and that can only be changed by a few things. He believes that humans can only be changed through rigorous study and dedication. One must earn these virtues one step at a time and once you have completed all of these you will be able to see right from wrong and develop an eagerness to learn at all times. This means someone who is pure of heart and sees the value in education.
And to give up on education means to become a beast. Throughout his teachings he is directing this towards not only students but teachers to never give up learning so you can teach your
I believe in most of everything they same with the student teacher bond. But, while i think teachers have a role in that you must also know that not every teacher will make that effort to create that bond. And that where Cox says that you must never give up and push through the fear and anxiety if you truly wish to succeed. I think reforms are needed about teachers teaching a certain rhetoric and nothing else. It greatly hurts the students natural creativity and takes away a lot of real human interaction. The classes i've had the most success in with college are the ones where it is very open. No one is afraid to share opinions and our professors are seen as the same level as us. They not only teach us but learn with us on our way to successfully passing their