The Major Functions Of Schooling Is Socialization

While the most important purpose and goal of high school has ultimately remained the same, its factors have changed over the years. In the Articles, “Missing in Interaction,” written by Myra and David Sadker and “Savage Inequalities,” written by Jonathan Kozol, the authors introduce and include examples of the way education itself has changed other the years, as well as the goal that was set for it. Our system of education’s main purpose has been to educate children and help them with their future, but certain issues in regards to our system have not been given the attention that should be required.

First, Gatto who taught in the school system for thirty years uses his personal experience, and the rhetorical strategy ethos to show that he believes that being in the public-school system for twelve years is not good or helping the children in their lives outside of school. Gatto says “I’ve come slowly to understand what it is I really teach: A curriculum of confusion, class position, arbitrary justice, vulgarity, rudeness, disrespect for privacy, indifference to quality, and utter dependency” (607). In this quote Gatto is saying that when children are in the school system they are not learning things they will need in life. They are getting used to repeating the same process over and over again. They are also learning to be dependent on an instructor to tell them when where and how to do things and not relying on themselves for anything. Kids in the system become dependent on being around others and a lot of time do not know how to handle themselves. The author states, “well-schooled people are conditioned to dread being alone, and they seek constant companionship through the TV, the computer, the cell phone, and through shallow friendships quickly acquired and quickly abandoned” (615). In this quote Gatto is saying that people in the system get accustomed to being around a group of people and they cannot stand to be by themselves. The author is also saying that when the kids in the system are not around a group of people they fill the gap by watching television, being on a computer, and/or on a cell phone.

The essay ‘Against the school’ by John Taylor Gatto draws our attention on to all the cons of attending twelve years of high-school. Gatto has experience in teaching profession for twenty-six years in schools of Manhattan, he shares from his experience that he majored in boredom and could see that everywhere around him. He also points out the initial reason why schools came into existence and what the purpose it fulfils now. He also educates us on the fact that all the great discoverers never attended school and were self-educated.The main idea Gatto addresses in his article are that public schooling is doing the youth an injustice.He implies that the purpose of schooling, now is to turn children into good employes and someone who follows orders.

Time and time again I've found myself declaring education as the central pillar of my growth and development, that of which has been consistent throughout my life and educational career. From the age of 8 I've attributed school and learning as a way to escape the outside world, both willingly, and as an involuntary coping mechanism; school was a refuge, a safe place where I could build healthy relationships and escape my worries. I felt valued by my teachers, and I was given opportunities to contribute to a community, and for the first time felt autonomous- and that I could control my future.

For example, my very intelligent child had been labeled as a “trouble maker” at a young age. He could not sit still in Kindergarten and focus on lessons. He had not yet developed these skills that were expected of him. Children are designed for movement and play. In a formal school setting, these natural impulses are stifled and pushed aside to obtain high test scores. The school system is designed to create a model student conformed to produce model citizens.

In ‘Abolish high school’ by Rebecca solnit, she writes “High school is often considered a definitive American experience, in two senses: an experience that nearly everyone shares, and one that can define who you are, for better or worse, for the rest of your life.” which means high school isn’t wonderful for many people, it has a lot of challenges for teens, maybe some of them ‘kill’ by pressure and challenges, it would affect their rest of life. The high school is not a wonderful place for everyone. People should skip it and escaped it that you would don’t be suffered by it. However I disagree with her, because I believe high school is a indispensable place for students. It is a place for students, they can find a great relationship and an unexceptionable place to learn. On the other hand, I believe the high school is the key to definitive teens who they are in an great way. For example, Teachers would shape everyone’s identity, make you strong to face challenges, and open child’s heart. For example, in my childhood, when I lived with my parents, I was happy to learn, because my parents always encourage me to learn. Also, they want me learn from mistake, because It is a way to learn. They want me to be someone. However my parents left me at 12 age, they have to work more hard to support this home. I can’t focus on learning, I was playing video games every day, because I think I was ‘release’ from my parents. I have no ideas about my future. There is no one like my parents to guide me , I feel alone and confuses. Until I was be a part of high school.The high school make me stronger and hopeful. Teachers guide me walk on the right way again, they talk to me about future and how wonderful thing would happen in high school. I

In particular, school is an imperative part of a child's life that shapes who we become as adults. The difference between the type of school a person goes to, can determine the kind of person they will become later on in life. For example, the author, Wes Moore, is sent to military school after he was placed on academic and disciplinary probation at his public school. While he is at Valley Forge Military Academy he learns several characteristics such as leadership skills, respect and discipline. Shortly after arriving at Valley Forge, Wes observed how a young man quickly caught every person’s attention and how he demanded respect from his peers, the kind you earn from being a true leader. He described how it was the first time he was beginning to truly understand his surroundings:

After a child goes through this level of education, it was very difficult to move on in school, especially for girls because they were rarely let into male middle schools. Another thing that hindered children making it further in school was that it was no longer free at the middle school level. In fact, only about ten percent of the males that graduated elementary school made it into middle school (grades 7-11) and only eight percent of girls went on. Most of those that did not pass the exam to get

The role of school in society was to provide skills and knowledge to students as well as socialize them. Students are spending more time at school and being surrounded by members of their age groups. Thus, schools and peers were the two major elements in adolescent’s social life. A peer society developed as youth created their own culture and enforced peer pressure for American youth.

When a child reaches high school they study when, what and for how long according to what they want. It is completely student driven and allows the students motivation to be the driving force for study. This is the opposite of today’s student who is driven by fear of failure, parents, and competition, as stated by Frazier. Since they will not be learning to become a high paying professional, they are learning for the sake of knowledge. This becomes something that is highly prized and children are motivated by to gain for themselves. It is important because it translate into other parts of their life; they do things for their own interest producing an all around happier individual and therefore a more productive whole. The happiness of a productive society member can also be attributed to equality of all society members.

I still maintain to this day that school is a place to learn languages, learn maths, learn history, and, most importantly, learn how to learn. It is not a place to learn conformity or regulations that have no bearing on society, or becoming a drone who automatically accepts everything an authority figure tells them.

The functionalist concept, hidden curriculum, is best defined as “organizational features and routines of school life that provide the structure needed to develop the psychological dispositions appropriate for work and citizenship in industrial society” (Feinberg, p. 21, 2004). It is intended to assist in achieving norms, learning one’s position in society, and how to think of oneself. Hidden curriculum has also been explained as making the transition from family to the real world less difficult. This concept applies to the examples I gave because when the teacher asked the students to settle down, they instantly knew that

According to Waller, school is a museum of “virtue”. There exists a conflict between telling “reality” and “lies” of the world because many consider that they must keep their kids and adolescents from the contaminated sides of the world. Also, it is important to emphasize the positivity of the world in school, because adolescents should be treated with care, warmth, and receive mostly the positive sides of the world. He states that having constraints on which contents should be displayed does limit the school’s ability in influencing the students. One of the reasons is that if students do not learn in school enough about what to expect when they enter the real society later, this hinders them socially for not having prepared in advance. These moral characters and function of schools can be strongly affected by the community they are in. As explained in the reading, because there are economic gap differences between any families in any society, this difference becomes very visible, especially in school. Because there are cultural differences between the classes, students who do not have abundant material resources can be disadvantaged socially in school unlike those who are rich. These unavoidable environments can possibly limit the moral functions of a school where students encounter the social inequality.

School, to me and among many peers of my age, is not a distant term. I have spent one-third of my life time sitting in classrooms, every week since I was seven years old. After spending this much time in school, many things and experiences that happened there have left their mark in my memory. Some are small incidences while some have had a great impact on me. However, regardless the degree of significance, things that happened all contributed to shape the person that I am now.

Socialization is the process through which an individual learns to become a functional member of society. Through socialization, one learns their cultures language, their role in life, what is expected from them, and what is considered acceptable behavior. Social interaction provides crucial sensory stimulation, which then leads to the creation of short and long-term memories. These memories are important because they reinforce behaviors or actions in new social situations. Another important part of the process of socialization is cognitive development, also referred to as modeling (Bandura,