Ken Robinson Argument

It seems pretty self contradictory but it does shed some light on his idea. The child wants to learn more and wants to expand his/her previous unheard

Chris McCandless died on the Stampede Trail, Alaska in August, 1994. The book, Into the Wild, written by Jon Krakauer shares the ideals Chris McCandless possessed and his journey to self-enlightenment. In order to reach fulfilment, McCandless chose to live deliberately by the words of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principle.” This quote is from a self-reliance essay written by Emerson. McCandless lived deliberately to the best of his ability.

What the system can be seen to be doing is killing the creativity in the children and barring them from making any progressive measures in their abilities. The system was developed for different age and it is the reason may countries are doing a lot more to educate their children to take their place in the economies of the twenty-first century. Robinson’s speech was persuasive his audience successfully by using his emotional to explain the audiences’ concern. Also he gave the relevant example and his logic throughout the speech to make it more powerful and impressive to his audience.

This demonstrates that if Sam’s school had got more funding then Sam may have received a proper education, and would have learned the intellectual skills that could help him to obtain a high paying job. Unlike many other people in richer parts of America who are able to achieve a lot in life due to their education, Sam’s lack of wealth ruins his future. Another example is one that hits closer to home- in terms of educational funding, the Illinois system is corrupt, and one of the districts that suffers most is that of Chicago Public Schools. In an interview with Ryan Young from CNN and an anonymous Chicago Public School teacher over the recent strike over budget cuts and the overall lack in school funding, the teacher states, “We care about the students. We want funding for our schools so our children can have supplies… gym, art, and PE., just like the kids in the suburbs do.” This is a direct representation of what is occurring in the Chicago Public School system today as a consequence of budget cuts and unequal funding. In general, the lack of school funding gives poorer children disadvantages when it comes to supplies that can help them to thrive. Also, budget cuts weaken the capacity of schools’ to develop the intelligence and creativity of the next generation of workers. In fact,, funding cuts lessen the ability of the schools to help prepare children better for their future, such as improving teacher

There is a scene at the beginning of the movie where Malcolm meets with one of his teachers about his Harvard application essay in which the teacher is less than supportive. Malcolm’s teacher urged him to write about the stereotypical “single mom, bad neighborhood” story and told him to stop trying to be creative. As a country, our education system has been under fire for many years because of things like inadequate funding and lack of resources. Many argue that our school systems are trying to teach us how to conform and simply follow directions instead of being creative and finding our own unique talents. With more focus on athletics and standardized tests than music and art programs, our education systems leave out whole groups of people whose talents are more suited to the arts instead of math and science related

A strong written argument is supported by several methods that are used to legitimize the author’s position as well as to discredit any counterargument brought forth. The techniques include introducing a counterargument and weakening it’s position with evidence. Providing legitimate academic research such as statistics as well as anecdotes from scholars on the given subject can reinforce the author’s argument. Another important method used is requiring the reader to critically think about a subject brought forth by challenging their preconceived ideas about a topic. This may also include using hidden assumptions that use implicit statements which have a certain opinion such as “If I follow the rules, good things will happen”, this is common

2. Unsustainable and unstable world unemployment young adults are not able to find meaning full work so they are going to trade schools but that will just shift the unemployment to an older age group. The problem with figuring out how to base an economy not on growth but rather community prosperity has not come to be. For rapid economic growth the planet cannot sustain.

Improving environmental, societal, and political conditions where people live are are the ones that can be mentioned. Acknowledging the existence and learning and taking actions to improve social determinants

Many people have formed strong opinions about the young Chris McCandless, from the story Into the Wild, who ventured into the Alaskan wilderness where he eventually starved to death there. These opinions vary in ideas, but one Shaun Callarman has claimed Chris to be “just plain crazy.” Despite what Shaun Callarman says, Chris was not crazy, but he was smart and intelligent or else he would not have lasted 113 days in the wild of Alaska. Mr. Callarman does have some arguments which are able to support his claim, but in the end I would definitely disagree with his analysis.

Fredrick, I enjoyed reading your discussion post and found it to be very well thought-out. Right off the bat your argument resonated with me. Your statement of when you “know better, you do better” was pivotal. After learning about the name of Washington’s NFL team, I talked with my son whom is nine years old about his Redskin’s blanket, which I purchased for him because he likes the team. Nevertheless, I will be the first to admit that I am embarrassed by my stupidity and for the part I played in supporting racial slur. Needless to say the choice was made not keep the blanket or any other sport related caricature that trivialize race of people.

One of the most widely watched trials in Maycomb history ended Tuesday December 9th when a jury found Tom Robinson, 25, guilty of raping Mayella Violet Ewell, 19, daughter of Robert Ewell. The guilty verdict hinged on the testimony of Robert Ewell, who claimed to have seen the crime. Tom Robinson’s Attorney, Atticus Finch put up a strong defense, but was unsuccessful in convincing the jury of twelve white Maycomb county residents that Robinson, a black man, was innocent. Finch has stated that he was disappointed in the outcome, but will appeal the verdict. The prosecutor for the state, Horace Gilmer said “he felt Robinson had gotten what he deserved.” Robinson was taken into custody following the verdict. Any appeals will take several

After reviewing Ken White's argument, I have narrowed down a lot of information. The intended audience for White's argument are people who have neutral opinions on gun control and gun laws. When he first talked about the arguments surrounding guns, ths writer states, "It pleases me, it entertains like-minded people and it affirms whatever my "term" already believes (White, p.8)." This expresses the idea that some people already have neutral opinions on gun control. Furthermore, White breaks down the different kinds of terminologies in the gun control debate mean to certain people. The audience is shown two sides of the gun control argument. In conclusion, White is taking no sides. He is simply arguing how people have arguments over gun control. White is also an attorney that specializes in the First Amendment. This means he is open minded and he most likely believes in the freedom of people having opinions

If you search almost anywhere on the internet about creativity and public schools you will run into a video by a man named Sir Ken Robinson. He emphasizes that schools kill creativity in every way. On the other hand, President Barack Obama disagrees whole heartedly. Both of these men agree that creativity is important to children and schools but they disagree on whether or not creativity is being implemented in schools. Robinson stated in his lectured at TED 2006, “I believe this passionately, that we don’t grow into creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather, we get educated out of it” (Ken Robinson. TED2006). He goes to say that

a. What other companies could learn from Under Armours process of innovation, is to always push ideas and creativity pass its

technology. At the same time, we must give every student access to a college degree.