Griswold's View Of Education

methods, he inspired his students to be themselves and act like individuals. He teaches them to

I believe his defining characteristics on his view of an ideal education would have to include the motherly guidance way of education, the teachers working on each student individually and the teachers inspiring the students to think for themselves by giving them encouragement for their thoughts.

Within the poem “Schoolsville” by Billy Collins, the author describes his career as a teacher, highlighting the relationship with his students and how they have impacted him. Collins executes this through his creation of an imaginary town, intertwined with the reality of his profession and the real world. Through the frequent use of exaggerations, humorous imagery, and critical diction, Collins captures his weakening grasp on reality. The speaker captures himself in a dark moment where he realizes how detached he has become from his students and reveals his sense of hopelessness as a teacher.

Jimmy Santiago Baca is a prime example of the impact that can be extracted from a strong and caring passion towards an education. Baca was passionate in learning how to read when he was in prison, and he eventually achieved that goal. With his passion fueling his career, Baca would go on to become a poet, writer, and education activists for diverse classrooms. Baca is fueled by improving the conditions of those who feel like they have hit rock bottom like he once was. Several books were written from Baca’s backstory in hopes that people would learn from his mistakes and lessons learned within his lifetime. One of the subject areas that Baca has spent a good amount of his life promoting and discussing is the importance of education. Baca wrote a collection of stories that showed his experiences where people attempted to keep him down, but Baca’s drive to continue to expand and learn prevented him from staying down. This collection of stories is called “Stories from the Edge,” and Baca decided to add something extra with this book. He decided to go into a classroom with diverse students and he shared his stories from the book in greater detail. There were open discussions with the students about how his stories related to the students lives. After the student group left, Baca met with the teachers that aided with the student interaction, and they discussed the teaching methods that fuel the students motivation to learn. Jimmy Baca clearly is passionate in aiding individuals

One of the nation’s most fatal shootings. The Columbine Massacre “ranked as one of the worst mass shootings in U.S history as well as one of the deadliest episodes of school violence (Library, par. 6).” Twelve students and one teacher were killed, and twenty-three others were incapacitated. It still remains a mystery as to why Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris went on a murderous rampage on that despicable day but the truth remains. The Columbine Massacre was and still is a day many will never forget.

Opposing the ideas that black people need only some skills-training in order to be able to work, he was defending the position that black people should be able to access higher education just like white people. As it's not the education that makes people's lives miserable but lack thereof: “The training of the schools we need today more than ever, – the training of deft hands, quick eyes and ears, and above all the broader, deeper, higher culture of gifted minds and pure hearts. … Freedom, too, the long-sought, we still seek, – the freedom of life and limb, the freedom to work and think, the freedom to love and aspire. Work, culture, liberty, – all those we need, not singly but together, not successively but together...” I think that it is an extremely powerful passage from DuBois, very succinctly and emotionally he draws attention to the fact that if a certain group is denied access to basic things – work, culture, liberty – there is no surprise that this group is seen as the outcast, but it's not the fault of this group, the problem is structural – give these people what they are denied and watch miraculous changes

Based on the evidence in the film I believe there was a combination of factors which attributed to these killings. The school failed to stop bullying and did not recognize the warning signs these students presented prior to this tragedy taking place. Dietz’s hypotheses are “resentment brewed anger, sadness rooted depression” (Class film). This explains some of the external and internal behaviors that

High school is where we create our most memorable moments. Memories that will sync into our minds and will remember for a lifetime. Some wish they could press rewind and hit play to relive it again. However the students in Littleton, Colorado, experienced a life changing event they wish to never remember. On April 20th 1999, two teens killed 13 people and wounded more than 20 at Columbine High School (History.com).

The author demonstrates many values of education throughout the story. Gary, the author, shows that school isn’t the only thing that makes people smart. He also shows the reader that family has to stick together. Blackwood also makes it clear to take pride in your family because they will always be there for you when the times get rough.

“Brendan and Gary got picked on. That’s a fact. We all did… Anyone who wasn’t big and strong and on a team got it” (68).However, even after learning about the troubles the football players were causing, the teachers did not do nearly enough to help out the students who were suffering. One of Brendan’s classmates say that “[M]aybe if it’s an all out, knock-down-drag-out fight, some teacher will notice and try to stop it, but if it’s just some big jerk shoving you into a locker, who’s gonna see?” (68). Instead, they keep supporting the players on the field, because they do not want to damage their reputation as a school. These actions created a bruising effect to not only the two boys being hurt, but the whole school itself. If the teachers establish a mindset where one’s safety is valued greater than one’s prominence, than they possibly can avoid the shooting. However, the desire for the school to stay superior to other schools over helping every one of their students succeed in a secure environment eventually plummets their reputation. We should take from this that competitiveness is a great thing to hold, but blocking other crucial things can lead to negative

These factors are accountable for his equal respect for all men and women alike and understanding of the troubles society faces. Growing up in an isolated rural community in Georgia where “southern chivalry” was ingrained in their culture while working closely with African Americans he considered friends, he viewed everyone as equals from an early age, only as he grew did he begin to realize the bigotry in front of him as he noticed he was treated differently from his black friends, something that he did not

When you grow up going to school, you always imagine bad things happening in the middle of class, like the fans falling down, the room starting on fire, or if someone with a gun walked in. As a young child, I will admit that I thought of all of those. Fortunately for me, none of those ever happened. Sadly though, it does happen. Today we are all here to celebrate and mourn the lives of the 20 beautiful schoolchildren whom have lost theirs.

this he taught how to remove the distractions and to locate people with a positive attitude. People

In some instances, we have the ability to teach ourselves how to do anything. Most usually discover a new talent or learn a new skill as a result of pushing through a life roadblock or striving to reach a particular goal. However, we typically learn through instruction—whether it be through observation, formal education, or even personal experience. Specifically, the speaker in What Teachers Make and Sargent Shriver in A Good Man act as teachers in that both men reflect their own philosophies of life in their surroundings.

At the same time, the author used his own stories (in a view of a person having poor sight) as well as his friends’ circumstances at The Ohio State to mock the American education of those days as he wrote: “ It was a period of muddy thought and marked, I believe, the decline of higher education in the Middle West.” I would heartily recommend to my friends those who are having academic problems or under pressures from