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Many professors have con-veyed to me their feeling that the classroom should be a "safe" place; that usually translates to mean that the professor lectures to a group of quiet students who respond only when they are called on.
As an educator shouldn't it be somewhat rewarding to have a class full of students who are actively participating and involved in lessons rather than a silent classroom?
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their efforts to say that they could accept the need for change, but were uncertain about the implications o f the changes
In my opinion, I believe that educators should be more open-minded to change since we live in a rapidly changing society and we need to be able to provide kids with different forms of learning.
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they fear losing control
How and why would they lose control in a classroom just by simply alternating their learning plan?
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there is not nearly enough practica! discussion of ways classroom settings can be trans-formed so that the learning experience is inclusive.
I am all for inclusivity however I feel as if it is a goal that is taking way too long to be achieved. I wonder why something obtainable is so out of reach.
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Gifted and talented (GA 7
From what I remember of this many of the kids who didn't get into programs such as GAT were minorities or kids who spoke a language other than English. which comes to show that the who succeed are given more opportunities to do so rather than disadvantaged kids.
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AP/18/GA Tor vocational education Paid standardized test preparation First-generation college capital Work or extracurriculars?
Looking at this chart I question how well my school has prepared me for college in the sense that we were only provided with AP classes but none of the other listed courses.
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"Why do poor students perform poorly?"
This question can be answered in many different ways however I believe many people stay poor because of the lack of support and uncontrollable family problems.
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Tnh er-. ese teachers of tomorrow are particularly concerned that even after all students h been offered "12 years of free schooling," they are unable to "lift themselv::~ out of poverty. In short, they genuinely wonder how such dismal outcomes f poor children could persist when the great equalizer undoubtedly works andor poverty-ending solution is clearly at hand.
The education system is set up for a stereotypical student thus any stereotypical student has a very high chance of succeeding compared to the rest that do not match the algorithm. For example, a student who grew up speaking a language other than English will struggle more than those who grew up only speaking English.
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For years I have been floored by the number of candidates who believe not only that public education is the great equalizer but also that children and families who remain poor are to blame for not exploiting such a freely available opportunity to improve their lots. My students struggle to II7
As an educator, it is important to take into consideration the different backgrounds that each student has. Many Kids come from families that speak different languages or that are simply not educated or even absent due to having multiple jobs. Thus this comment does not sit right with me because you can victim-blame someone who has limited knowledge of what to expect.
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his conviction that "the educated, the wealthy, the intelligent" had gone morally astray by abandoning the public was fortified {Johnson, 2002, p. 79). Mann chided the economic elite for shirking obligations to their fellow man by favoring private education over common schools. He conceptualized public education as "the great equalizer," or the most powerful mechanism for abating class-based "prejudice and hatred," and, most important, the only means by which those without economic privilege or generational wealth could experience any hope of equal footing.
In my opinion, I agree with Horace Mann to e certain extent in the sense that public education has the potential to be " the great equalizer." However, due to the achievement GAP and the societal gap, public education has been decreasing since more resources have been circulating within wealthy areas rather than low-income areas. Thus this furthers the success of a private education.
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Public schools are essential to make the American dream work, but schools are also the arena in which many Americans first fail.
This sentence reminds me of a question that many people often ask which is "Do you need a degree to succeed in life?" I have always thought you did however after reading many articles on the failing education system I am not quite sure of the value education holds if there is presented inequity within.
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Under pressure they have been willing to sacrifice the wider objectives or put them at risk for the sake of the narrower ones, whether or not there was good evidence that the objectives re-ally were in conflic
This paragraph confirms my belief that the privileged will stay privileged while those struggling to succeed will stay struggling. This is because the foundation is sent up to fail those of a lower class.
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Hispanics and inner city residents still drop out much more frequently than others, the gap between black and white achievement rose during the 1990s after declining in the previous decade, the achievement gap between students from lower-and higher-class families has barely budged, and poor students in poor urban schools have dramatically lower rates of literacy and arithmetic or scientific competence. Most importantly, life chances depend increasingly on attaining higher education, but class back-ground is as important as ever in determining who attends and finishes a four-year college
As can be noted from the text, many kids from diverse backgrounds face many disadvantages however those who have a language barrier often face the worst of it. This is due to the fact that we are a part of a system that is made for us to fail simply because we don't fit the society norm. This then causes our hard efforts to be overlooked simply because we speak a different language.
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Most Americans believe that everyone has the right to pursue success but that only some deserve to win, based on their tal-ent, effort, or ambition.
Personally, after reading this part of the text I am beginning to question the concept of the "American Dream" in the since that a "dream"is something easy coming rather than something sacrificial.
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resident Bill Clinton, 1993
This citation creates a misleading idea of America as a whole. Well at least in my opinion it creates the assumption that every wrong is corrected and overpowered by the positive things. However, as someone who grew up in a middle-class society, I disagree with Clinton as I believe that there are more negative factors in America than positive, thus the negative outweighs the positive.
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