Case against school meals Although school meals may have advantages‚ there are disadvantages of it also. School meals provided for children‚ are good and help parents financially but it depends on what kind of food is presented to their children. In my opinion‚ some reasons why I think it is not a good thing is because the food provided may be of processed foods and fruits‚ the unhygienic of the preparation of the food and the nutritious content of the food. Many of people rely on schools to provide
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Rhetorical Analysis: "Against School" In the essay‚ Against School‚ John Taylor Gatto‚ expresses his strong belief in middle diction of how students in the typical public schooling system are conformed to low-standard education in order to benefit the society much more than the student themselves; causing schooling to be unnecessary as opposed to education . He believes that children and teachers are caught in extreme boredom as a result of repeated material. This boredom also causes a lack of
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Coy “Against School: How public education cripples our kids‚ and why “‚ is a piece written by John Taylor Gatto which was published in the Harpers Magazine September 2003 issue. Gatto was a New York City public school teacher for about thirty years ‚ who after all this time teaching came to a conclusion that public schooling was nothing but‚ a system created by the high powers to create a large labour force and to keep the general public under some level of control. He believed that schools stifled
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Many schools in America have banned books in their libraries for the content in certain books. the name behind this idea is called censorship. Books are censord because people feel like it will protect children from certain ideas‚ improve society‚ and keeping moral values. Main reason books are censored are for religion‚ sex‚ drugs‚ abuse‚ social issues‚ and more. Censorship on books has been a controversal topic for many years. Censorship in schools should not be allowed because it infringes on
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In the article “Against School‚” Gatto‚ compares school to the concept of boredom. Of course‚ almost anyone who has gone to school would obviously agree with that statement; boredom is the common condition to everyone who spends time in school. Gatto also‚ breaks down the purposes in placing Inglis’ “six basic functions” of school by trying to overemphasize the reason for public education. Yet the truth is that we all go to school to better our selves and our family. We all want one thing in life
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After reading “ Free schools” by Dewitt Clinton and “Against School” by John Taylor Gatto both have two completely opposite ideas about school and make very valid points. Dewitt Clinton believes that everyone should be educated and schooling should be free so people of all wealth could be educated where as John Gatto believes that not all people need school and in fact by making it mandatory it becomes boring. Gatto argues that school days are too long and seem to be never ending for twelve years
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Censorship of Children’s Literature – An argument against Some of the greatest novels for children and young adults are under attack. Due to what some deem as “inappropriate” language or certain topics‚ countless books have either been censored or banned entirely from schools and libraries. This is not just something that happens abroad‚ but in America as well. That’s right. America. This is home where freedom of speech is one of our oldest and most highly held ideals. An all too common pastime
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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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to use the bathrooms. with their gender identity”. However‚ in one of the sources‚ the parents are for the sake of transgender student‚“Students‚ parents and community groups are still able to — and we expect will continue to — bring lawsuits against schools that discriminate‚” said Harper Jean‚ Unlike the other‚ the other source when the parents are of the transgender students‚ “parents...worry that allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice could violate other students’ privacy
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Is his article “Against School” John Taylor Gatto argues that the current education system is turning people not only into servants and consumers but also childish empty beings who learn to accept things blindly‚ he states that the idea of compulsory schooling must be forgotten and students should be able to learn things on their own. And while many may disagree with his claims‚ saying that they are the childish rants of a man who knows nothing of the modern education systems‚ and that children
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