Sizer:
"Schools, he argued, should abandon one-size-fits-all educational methods like standardized tests, grading and even the grouping of students into classes by age."
i agree with sizer that schools should change the ways they teach student, though i do not enjoy or agree to having to do exhibitions. But i think that "Setting these kinds of standards leads to "unfamiliar places"" would be more interesting to students than the regular standard version, which can get dull after a while. Having teachers that are so devoted to teaching and smart and willing to let their students take some charge, would be better to have, because thats what we teenagers want, to have some power in what we do, and to be able to do that in school seems more interesting than having to do whatever the teacher wants and just like every other kid.
Hirsch:
I think having younger kids do the standard method is good, because they're just starting school, and need to learn the basics, and get use to them, so i agree with that part of what Hirsch thinks. though i think as the kids get older or once they know the basics and are good at them, they can start the Sizer plan, because now they're older and have already gotten use to the Hirsch method, now they should try something different so that they dont get bored of school, and start not doing their HW or doing things, i think they should change method repeatedly.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
HW#44
1) http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2009/08/liberal_arts_education_why_it.html
Liberal arts education is useful for some i guess, but it seems kinda of like everyday normal high school classes, learning a bunch of different stuff, so this seems like for a person who actually enjoys learning more then one thing, like shakespeare, biology, and art, just like being back in high school just when shorter time. But it seems ideal for someone who doesnt like change of paste, or just doesnt know what to pick to learn.
I guess i can understand how some people would be kind of upset or offended with how underestimated liberal arts can be, since it doesnt seem like a course that'll get you a good job in the future, though learning more then one thing does seem more useful than just focusing on learning one specific thing, because just incase you cant get a job based on what you learned, you could always get another.
2) http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks/
Its people like these that throw into peoples head, that if you go to school, then you'll be successful. This speech didnt really seem that special, its was just another "celebrity" life story, and how people should try their best for a better tomorrow, to fill our life with hope, but its really no different then the stories you hear your parents tell you about how, "oh i never got to graduate high school [because of so and so reason] and because of that look where im working". Though some might actually be inspired by this speech, the majority probably would be like "oh wow, thats a really good speech" and then forget about it the next day and continue now to their normal day.
Not the people shouldnt try to inspire other, but at this point all the speeches are kind of same, i think to actually be able to change your views, you have to witness the type of life you dont want, whether your experiencing it, or not. Though i cant disagree with the president when he mention how you might not even know what you like until you experience it, which goes against my idea of just focusing on one type of lesson, i guess thats why we get different types of lessons in school before we get to college, so we can know what we like. Though sometimes the things you might be good at or interested arent taught at high school.
Liberal arts education is useful for some i guess, but it seems kinda of like everyday normal high school classes, learning a bunch of different stuff, so this seems like for a person who actually enjoys learning more then one thing, like shakespeare, biology, and art, just like being back in high school just when shorter time. But it seems ideal for someone who doesnt like change of paste, or just doesnt know what to pick to learn.
I guess i can understand how some people would be kind of upset or offended with how underestimated liberal arts can be, since it doesnt seem like a course that'll get you a good job in the future, though learning more then one thing does seem more useful than just focusing on learning one specific thing, because just incase you cant get a job based on what you learned, you could always get another.
2) http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks/
Its people like these that throw into peoples head, that if you go to school, then you'll be successful. This speech didnt really seem that special, its was just another "celebrity" life story, and how people should try their best for a better tomorrow, to fill our life with hope, but its really no different then the stories you hear your parents tell you about how, "oh i never got to graduate high school [because of so and so reason] and because of that look where im working". Though some might actually be inspired by this speech, the majority probably would be like "oh wow, thats a really good speech" and then forget about it the next day and continue now to their normal day.
Not the people shouldnt try to inspire other, but at this point all the speeches are kind of same, i think to actually be able to change your views, you have to witness the type of life you dont want, whether your experiencing it, or not. Though i cant disagree with the president when he mention how you might not even know what you like until you experience it, which goes against my idea of just focusing on one type of lesson, i guess thats why we get different types of lessons in school before we get to college, so we can know what we like. Though sometimes the things you might be good at or interested arent taught at high school.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Hw#42
Students nowadays are just not as interested in school as they use to be/should be, the school just teaches us what they, the adults, think is important for us to learn, which is to grow up smart, and get into a good college/school, and get a good paying job. Yet students are always complaining about how they're never going to use what the teachers are teaching in their life, so why don't schools start teaching things that we're going to need to know, thats important to know?
In other countries, like japan for example, they teach students home economics, here in NYC, not many school (nor any that i know) teach home economics, yet use teenagers always rant on how we cant wait until we move out of our parents place, and be free and independent, but when that comes, we need to know how to cook, clean, iron our clothes, because we probably wont have the money to keep sending it off to the cleaners since we're going to be new at the whole independent thing. Some students need that, sure we might know the basics, like scrambling and boiling eggs, and we need more than eggs, and cereal to survive without wasting our money away at some restaurant or store. Home economics, also helps with finances, which would be very helpful, because most teens don't really know where to go to get the best price, and if we did, they'd be able to save more money, for like bills, and rent.
Schools should be more like college kind of, where we get to pick the classes you want, because not all of us want to work in a job that has to do with biology, or chemistry. It'd probably more interesting that way, because we students get to choice for ourselves, and thats what we always want, to make the choices in our life. We dont want to just do whatever people tell us to do, we want to do things that interest us, and what sucks in learning about something we actually are interested in and maybe want to pursuit as a career.
In other countries, like japan for example, they teach students home economics, here in NYC, not many school (nor any that i know) teach home economics, yet use teenagers always rant on how we cant wait until we move out of our parents place, and be free and independent, but when that comes, we need to know how to cook, clean, iron our clothes, because we probably wont have the money to keep sending it off to the cleaners since we're going to be new at the whole independent thing. Some students need that, sure we might know the basics, like scrambling and boiling eggs, and we need more than eggs, and cereal to survive without wasting our money away at some restaurant or store. Home economics, also helps with finances, which would be very helpful, because most teens don't really know where to go to get the best price, and if we did, they'd be able to save more money, for like bills, and rent.
Schools should be more like college kind of, where we get to pick the classes you want, because not all of us want to work in a job that has to do with biology, or chemistry. It'd probably more interesting that way, because we students get to choice for ourselves, and thats what we always want, to make the choices in our life. We dont want to just do whatever people tell us to do, we want to do things that interest us, and what sucks in learning about something we actually are interested in and maybe want to pursuit as a career.
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