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What is the main argument the author makes and how does it apply to contemporary education?

It discussed comments or gushing offered by teachers to a student. Not only are the teachers rewarding the student in front of their peers, but they are also encouraging competition among others. I had never thought about such praise being negative or controlling. I see this all the time in classrooms I observe and even classes I have been in as a college student. However, after reading this chapter it makes sense that it actually is negative and can cause serious problems among the students. I wish more educators understood this idea and did not continue to express such praises and comments to their

Which turned out to be the Social Studies textbook. With this textbook they were more successful with having what they want in that there and not with what is beneficial for students. This also showed that sometimes they didn't follow with some facts that were backed up with facts. Also not all the board members are on the same page because there was one scene where a board member was trying to speak but wasn't given the chance to. This frustrated him, although he is a member of the board he didn't get a chance to speak because the other board didn't want to hear what he had to say. They also wanted to change how certain incidents happened also the culture of some ethnic

Overall I do not recommend this book for you to read, or for a class to read, because of it’s poor details, poor writing in my opinion, very boring, and it’s very

The book uses a combination of short and long sentences to create interest. There are also only a small amount of words on each page. This book works really effectively to be read aloud to an audience, as it creates images and ideas for the students in which makes them think about the issues and themes.

This chapter offers a higher level of education. From the high school student, college student to a part of Teacher Corps, and now Mike Rose works for EOP, becomes a tutor in UCLA. Throughout this chapter, I can see the view of education of the author changes time by time. He is now facing with the highly successful students and the main problem here is how unprepared they are. Actually, I used to have that problem, it is not easy to integrate into new environment. In addition, I was struggled and stressed so much when I got really bad result in the first few tests in the first year in high school even I kept asking question and memorizing the whole lecture but now, I understand the problem was all about the study styles. Besides, I find out

As I reviewed this assignment I see how novice, I was on the subject of reading and how artificial the comments were in this particular paper. At the time of this class I was just starting my educational career as a second grade teacher and enjoying my freedom of having “my own classroom”. I had no clue what I was doing in my classroom, but what I lacked in knowledge and experience I made up for

Leah, I too found it to be an eye opener regarding the statement listed in Task #2 (When we say students can’t read, what does that mean?). The text states: “95% of the textbooks that districts buy and publishers get lots of money for are written at least 2 grade levels above the grade level it is written for. So, unless the teacher modifies the reading and provides other resources, the student is always asked to read something at her/his frustrational level.” I cannot believe that we are actually doing something like this, expecting students to learn not one grade level higher but two! I think that the majority of students nowadays is more advanced than we were back in the day. This is due to technology. As a Childcare provider, I have seen children from 1- to 5-years-old playing with and/on cellphone devices, tablets, laptops, and computers. This is very surprising to me! As a result, I think that this has helped children to learn at a faster pace. I feel that where the school system once lacked the ability to address these students educational needs, due to lack of advanced technology; they have now come up with a way to catch up to where these students are by providing textbooks that are written at least 2 grade levels above their actual grade level. Looking at this text from both sides, I would say that this could be both a good and bad thing. We are talking about a textbook! In today’s society, students are more likely to read a book using a computer rather than

In “How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading,” “Fremont High School,” and “College Pressures,” by John Holt, Jonathan Kozol, and William Zinsser, respectively, many educational problems that were formed from as early as the 1900’s were addressed in their writings. Although the authors of these pieces touch on different, specific flaws in the school system, the authors are all making a similar statement of how schools have the potential to obstruct a student’s learning capabilities through ineffective rules and regulations which only adds pressure and stress on its students. John Holt’s main argument in “How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading” mentions how students do not have the opportunity to learn at their own pace, rather they are forced to undergo a certain style of learning. A prime example of this is how students are forced to understand everything they read - ”Every chapter was followed by close questioning and testing to make sure the students "understood. " Holt then questions if these actions are necessary in educating students.

Firstly, one of the things that stood out to me was the non-learning we do in high school that Prof. Parson talks about. He talks about how teachers weren’t actually allowed to teach just prepare us for an important test. While I was in school I didn’t notice it but if when you take a minute

The mood of this story is dark and depressing. Marv has just lost someone he thought might have loved him. Through Marv’s journey the reader learns of what he is capable and willing to do for Goldie including highly violent and risky tasks. His methods are brutal, but the reader approves of his actions in a town that has no real justice. The violence in this story is savage with Kevin’s cannibalism, Marv’s torcher methods, and fighting scenes.

The first point that caught my attention was how teachers regularly test their students on particular things from the reading to tell whether they comprehend certain pieces. Teachers want the students to know the definitions and where every word in their book originated. Many teachers give their classes questions, study guides, pop quizzes, or projects that follow the topic to see if they are confident with the information. Students might not believe that, some might think that it is just busy work. Holt states that he disagrees

You should include an introduction that catches the readers’ attention, states the central theme, and sets the tone for the book analysis.

Tone & Expression of author was strong in beginning but it has become soften when third segment of book started from How can we stop? And at the end again tone & expression of author found strong. Ideology of an author is ideal which might be varied from culture to culture & Society to Society. Argument presented in the paperback with lot of enthusiasm & conviction, one should appreciate it as well. Grip on content were sufficient within a single part of book and linkages among thr paragraphs were better but among the three parts it bit distracted as first part of book was bit lengthy & over detailed and reader may lost the direction if he is not reading it in a one sitting. Conclusion has been depicted in a very persuasive & suggestive manner which left the profound impression on the reader mind about the third side & Conflict Management.

Chapter 7 was enlightening and the chapter I was able to relate with the most thus far. For example, one part of the text stated that educators and families often set low expectations for students with disabilities. I can relate to this personally. When I was in the IDEA program, my classes were rarely challenging and my teachers generally set low expectations for my peers and me. I believe the reason for this was to not stress the students or push them past their limits. However, my best teachers were those who did push me to my limits, so I could set a new limit the following semester.