Homework # 45 More big thoughts on school

Ted Sizer is like the grandfather of School Of The Future. Basically using the habits of mind creates students into critical thinkers. It seems as if he feels it's all about the process of how we think. One thing leads to another, known as the Process. He wants students to get taught whats interested to them. For example in Faculty Shack Chats with Ted sizer the faculty asked,

FACULTYSHACK: And to give students a product that they wanted that would engage them in the kind of thinking that you wanted them to do?

SIZER: Right.

So overall his theory is not what is taught but how it is taught. Unlike Sizer E. D. Hirsch's idea is that Knowing stuff will help you understand. You need to know a certain amount of information in order to achieve. So its really the opposite of Sizer idea. Hirsch theory generated from his sons principal. He went to complain to the principal and his reply was,

“Our kids don’t need to learn about the Civil War. What they are learning at P.S. 87 is how to learn about the Civil War."

This is the similar theory to the way Hirsch wants students to think. It's all about the Product!!!

Unorganize thoughts on obama's speech

NOtes on article with obama

-"put in the hard work it takes to succeed"

-Education will help you discover what your good at

-"Maybe you could be a good writer – maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper – but you might not know it until you write a paper for your English class. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor – maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or a new medicine or vaccine – but you might not know it until you do a project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a Senator or a Supreme Court Justice, but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team."

-"You’ve got to work for it and train for it and learn for it."

-education is your first step to achieve anything.

-If you discover what your good at, why must students continue with a subject they may never need to use? if they continue to fail the class, that will reflect negative grades, which is not fair.

-"you’re quitting on your country. " One for all, all for one

-"But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life – what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home – that’s no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude. That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. That’s no excuse for not trying." Is there ever an excuse??

Journal About School

My earliest memory of school is when i was in pre-k. We always went outside to ride bikes, which was my favorite thing to do. All the bikes looked alike but i always wanted the one with the cool seat. My strongest image is when I was in 8th grade. My teacher wanted me to go to the honors class but i refused because i felt like the work was good for me. I felt as if i moved classes i would lose my friends because they probably would of thought i was better then them. As of now i feel like there is no purpose to school because i don't feel like i'm learning anything really.