Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Book Club Meeting 3
In one of the chapters Mike Rose makes some interesting points on his thoughts regarding school:
-We spend much of our young lives in school, and a much longer stretch of our adult lives at work. And the two are intimately connected in that a primary justification for schooling is to secure a place in the economy.
-Ours is an economy built on information and high technology and requires a new kind of worker: creative, problem solving, skilled in collaboration and communication.
He goes on to further is argument on how we develop as people, using certain values. He questions the measures of IQ tests and if they truly solidify ones intelligence. Or, instead of what we learn through testing is least important then what we are actually taught through school- values. I couldn't agree more with this argument. I believe that the things we learn in school are definitely taught to us, but mostly not through academics. Friendship, time management, responsibility, respect, are all values that we learn from each other and experiences while being in school, and they make us who we are.
-We spend much of our young lives in school, and a much longer stretch of our adult lives at work. And the two are intimately connected in that a primary justification for schooling is to secure a place in the economy.
-Ours is an economy built on information and high technology and requires a new kind of worker: creative, problem solving, skilled in collaboration and communication.
He goes on to further is argument on how we develop as people, using certain values. He questions the measures of IQ tests and if they truly solidify ones intelligence. Or, instead of what we learn through testing is least important then what we are actually taught through school- values. I couldn't agree more with this argument. I believe that the things we learn in school are definitely taught to us, but mostly not through academics. Friendship, time management, responsibility, respect, are all values that we learn from each other and experiences while being in school, and they make us who we are.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Book Club Meeting 2
One of the things I found interesting was his thoughts on standardized testing. I totally agree with his ideas that they are completely bias. For example, one child could be really strong at writing and analyzing essays, and another one could be good at multiple choice. Standardized testing doesn't fully measure your academic ability and I've always thought this, mainly because I am a terrible test-taker, but somehow good with reading and comprehension.
I also thought his ideas on grants for bettering schools were interesting. Grants are granted to schools who reach a certain level of academic achievement, and they are given opportunities to better their schools. But, if a school is in a poor district with a bad school system, how are they supposed to receive grants and better their educations if they never have the abilities to qualify for grants?
I also thought his ideas on grants for bettering schools were interesting. Grants are granted to schools who reach a certain level of academic achievement, and they are given opportunities to better their schools. But, if a school is in a poor district with a bad school system, how are they supposed to receive grants and better their educations if they never have the abilities to qualify for grants?
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
'Why School?'
"Why School?" By Mike Rose proposes many thought provoking thoughts while reading.. He brings up interesting statistics and thoughts that you're aware of, but don't put too much thought into. Maybe because you're naive to whats happening around you, or you're simply uneducated.
- Among the poorest Americans, the threats to sustenance, shelter, and health are continuous, brutal, and increasing.
- From 2000 to 2008, at least five million more Americans fell into poverty. By 2010, a shocking 22 percent of children under eighteen were poor.
And he also reveals the importance of teaching- which personally, was encouraging for me since my ultimate goal is to be an Elementary Education teacher helping young children reach their full potential
- Teaching is such remarkable work, revealing the sublimity of development, of learning, of the continual human effort toward mastery and the inevitable disappointment that is part and parcel of the process of attaining competence. Through teaching you learn so much about intelligence, will, desire, frustration, foible, anger, resistance—the human drama. Teaching also grounds you, bringing you closer to the daily consequences of policy decisions, organizational norms, broad-scale social ideologies.
- Among the poorest Americans, the threats to sustenance, shelter, and health are continuous, brutal, and increasing.
- From 2000 to 2008, at least five million more Americans fell into poverty. By 2010, a shocking 22 percent of children under eighteen were poor.
And he also reveals the importance of teaching- which personally, was encouraging for me since my ultimate goal is to be an Elementary Education teacher helping young children reach their full potential
- Teaching is such remarkable work, revealing the sublimity of development, of learning, of the continual human effort toward mastery and the inevitable disappointment that is part and parcel of the process of attaining competence. Through teaching you learn so much about intelligence, will, desire, frustration, foible, anger, resistance—the human drama. Teaching also grounds you, bringing you closer to the daily consequences of policy decisions, organizational norms, broad-scale social ideologies.
- We seem trapped in a language of schooling that stresses economics, accountability, and compliance.
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