Quote:
"Again, I stress that this is a defect of the system itself and not of
the teachers, whose overriding obligation is to 'get through the material.' You understand that, in spite of
all this, yours is the most advanced educational system in the world. It works very badly, but it's still the
most advanced there is."
Response:
This quote really made me think and reflect on the american educational system. To me it really makes me think about how the school system generalizes on a bunch of different ideas and topics, even if it is not what the student would choose to study as a career. And the fact that schools go over so many topics so quickly doesn't let the ideas sit and ferment in the student's minds so it doesn't stay in their minds so its almost like a big waste of time until college. Of course Ishmael discusses this and makes a very interesting point when he says that culture is keeping kids in school so they can spend more money on consumer products. It's almost like the american education system is a big conspiracy.
This quote makes me think too. I mean I guess it is important for us to go to school but why would they make us do this (go to school) for so long? We do make our parents spend money for us to go to school, every year we always have to buy new supplies for school and others that go to a private pay much more so they can have a better education but there is no difference from a normal public if we're taught the same and learning things we have no need for. It is all just a conspiracy.
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ReplyDeleteI agree what your saying. And also when I was reading this quote and the chapter as well it made me think more about the American School Education. Like you said how schools go over so many topics so quickly doesn't let the ides sit and ferment in the student's mind so it doesn't stay in their mind so it's almost like a big waste of time until college. The reason that I liked that sentence was because I agree with yo 100% and it is true, if you go around asking any other teenager they would probably say the same exact thing.
-Adriana B
It's like it's a conspiracy that everyone agrees to but no one knows what they agreed on. We just keep marching forward without analyzing the real "why" of things.
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