Friday, November 11, 2011

Fix it! (If you want)

My goal is to read somewhere between nine and eighteen papers this weekend. It would probably take too much class time to complete eighteen fix it sentences on Monday, so I'll post a few here this weekend. Fix 'em if you want; ignore 'em if you don't. Feel free to post your fixes in the comments to help your classmates.

Here's the first batch of three:


Rose’s placement was a mistake, and telling anyone their not good enough for mainstream education is a mistake. Both Rose and Douglass felt like they had no meaning, because they were outside the mainstream, when in reality both had worth far above the norm and only needed a push to reach their potential.

To be educated is to have knowledge; yet day in and day out the public education system does not give America’s youth knowledge, but rather a series of test taking skills and strategies to exceed on college level entrance exams.

With the class came a workbook filled with practice tests and study material.

2 comments:

  1. Rose’s placement was a mistake; telling anyone they're not good enough for mainstream education is a mistake. Both Rose and Douglass felt like they had no meaning because they were outside the mainstream; in reality both had worth far above the norm and only needed a push to reach their potential.

    To be educated is to have knowledge. Yet today, the public education system does not give America’s youth knowledge--rather a series of test taking skills and strategies to exceed on college level entrance exams.

    The class came with a workbook full of practice tests and study material.

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  2. Edited:
    A person will only do what is expected of them and because Rose was accidentally placed in the vocational track, he was only expected to do "average", yet he exceeded those expectations. Rose and Douglass both felt they had no meaning, yet they were both exceptionally smart and all they needed was a push to reach their potentials.

    Edited:
    The public education system doesn't give America's youth knowledge, it only teaches them how to take tests and exceed on college level exams. Education is to have knowledge and to be able to apply that knowledge in the real world.

    Edited:
    All the class consisted of was a workbook of practice exams and study materials.

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