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1) Jean Anyon describes a variety of schools and teaching methods. Think of the schools you attended from kindergarten through twelfth grade--which of Anyon's schools comes closest to the schools you attended? (Be specific and elaborate)
2) Which type of school would you want to send your own children to and why?
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Due: Noon on Monday, 9/14
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1)From Kindergarten through fifth grade I went to a private Christian school, and sixth grade through eighth I went to a private Lutheran school. Both of these private schools resembled the "executive elite" school in the way their language arts "emphasized language as a complex system". They always wanted us to analyze the structure and pushed towards figuring the logical ideas and answers behind assignments. Yet for high school I went to a public school. The "Affluent Professional School" reminded me of high school because of the individualistic creativity but also the group activities. Both of the private school and public school experience for me was more towards the upper-middle classes' schools.
ReplyDelete2) I think I would like to send my own children to the "executive elite" schools because the teachers seem to be much more involved with the childrens' education. The children aren't just told what to do and what's wrong and what's right. They have to analyze and figure out for themselves the correct answer and not be afraid to disagree. They learn to use more of their brain than to be little robots mimicking everything the teacher does. I want my children to get the best education and to become logical thinkers, to not settle for second best but strive to take advantage of their education.
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ReplyDeleteFrom Kindergarten through sixth grade I went to three different schools and 7 to 12 grade all fell in the same area. most of my schooling would have to fall in the Middle-Class School system. growing up in that school system it was all about getting the right answers. they just wanted us to read the book for whatever we were studying and then answer that came right after. it was also a good amount of note taking and copying the teacher, but putting it in to the reading. the one year i did go to a private school to me was not much different and didn't seem to get out of the middle-class teaching. there was also a lot of A-B-C-D testing. like i said it was either right or wrong not to much gray area.
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I think I would like to send my own kids to executive elite schools. after reading the passage and reading Elise Humphries's post it seems to be a better way to teach and kids would get more from it. it does seem to produce more of a logical thinkers, and it maybe the best education, but a mix of both affluent professional school and executive elite maybe better. because to me executive elite schools could also produce a little bit of a stuck up attitude or a more "Holier than thou" thinking.
I attended public school from kindergarten until eighth grade and then went to a private Christian school for high school. As far as demographics go, all of the schools I have attended fit into the middle class category because the student population always consisted of a diverse mixture of social classes. When it comes to teaching methods, my elementary and junior high school most closely matched the middle class school. The curriculum was presented as fact and we were expected to learn it and comprehend it in order to get the right answer. While creativity and expression was promoted for certain assignments (like that of the affluent professional school) most of the curriculum was for the purpose of memorizing and obtaining answers. My high school on the other hand, though it did include some middle class school characteristics, was mostly an example of the executive elite school. In high school we were constantly encouraged to think critically and analyze information for ourselves. There was often class discussions over controversial issues in which students were encouraged to use reason and logic to form opinioins and come up with solutions to problems.
ReplyDeleteI would like to send my children to a school resembling the executive elite school. Although I think that some aspects of the other schools are beneficial and necessary, I primarily agree with the executive elite teaching method because it encourages kids to think for themselves. When kids are presented with information, I feel it's important for them to understand why they are learning it and how it applies to their life. I also agree that school work should help one "to achieve, to excel, to prepare for life."
1. From kindergarden through elementary school I went to a private Christian school which I would consider to be a mixture of middle class schools and affluent professional schools. I was taught to be a creative thinker more and more as I grew older, like the affluent professional schools, but it wasn't always stressed too much. Considering we took up timing going to Chapel once a week and studying the Bible everyday, education in other subjects weren't always what seemed the most important. When it came to certain subjects, like math or science for example, we were taught step by step methods like the middle class schools. In jr. high, though, I switched to a public school and things were much different. We were taught step by step methods to doing almost everything like the middle-class schools. Towards the very end of my high school though we were taught to think creatively, especially in English class, like an affluent professional school.
ReplyDelete2. I would like my children to go to an affluent professional school but with a mixture of an executive elite school. I would like them to be creative thinkers and be very open minded but I also wouldn't mind if they were taught how to be leaders as well. Also, at the executive elite schools, children are treated more maturely and learn that sometimes its ok to disagree. I believe this would be good environment for my kids to be in.
Kindergarden through fifth grade i dont really remember what the schooling was like. I went to orangewood and then into foster care during that time so I went from school to school. From sixth to senior year I would most relate it to the middle class shooling system. The teachers taught me step by step. There was never alot of emphasis on being creative.
ReplyDeleteI would want my son to be well rounded and open-minded. I always wanted to send him to a private school because I wanted him to be in a positive enviroment and to stay away from the wrong crowd but I recently realized that no matter what school he attends that will always be a possibility. I dont have a certain type of school I would want my son to attend. I want him to experience all the different types of teaching methods and be accepting of people of different classes.
From Kindergarten to twelfth grade I attended well public schools and only in the eigth grade I went to a catholic school. Their curricular studies was well tought but it didn't exceed pass public schools. An Affluent professional school resembles the schools iv'e attended the most, because my old schools allowed after school programs, and avtivities that could really express a students creativity. The teachers practiced critical thinking to the students as well.
ReplyDeleteI would like my children to experience a combination of both affluent professional, and executive elite schools, because i want my children be very expressful, creative and to have characteristics of a leader; not as executives of big companies though, more on the regular side of occupations as an affluent proffesional school could prepare for. My children should go to school for things that could help them in life and i think this combination of a school can be helpful to them.
1) From Kindergarden to High school I attended public schools that were all in the same Distric. I think that these schools were middle class schools because everything was based on getting the right answer. The tested were based only on the text book and the teachers lessons. Are work had to be neat and organized. But when it came to projects it was very affluent professional school, the teachers kept examples from previous students and emphasized being creative. I remember 4th grade we did a project on anything in California and students made miniture replicas of disneyland and the golden gate bridge.
ReplyDelete2) I would like my children to attend affluent professional schools because I think its good for children to be creative and open them up to new ideas and methods of learning. The school seems to have the children be pretty independent and organized. Though the learning material isnt that different from middle class schools I feel the way affluent professional has a creative way of teaching the kids and makes the learning easier for them because its not based on just getting the right answer.
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ReplyDelete1) My elementary school would come closest to the affluent professional school. The reasons i believe this are because my elementary had a broad range of subjects. I mean who needs history in elementary? They prepared us to be well rounded young adults. They also had a lot of group activities such as, olympic day. Olympic day consists of various physical tasks. Its basically p.e. class but instead of it being one period, its one day. So the school unconsciously gave us all the skills we need to become successful adults.
ReplyDelete2)I would want my children to attend the executive elite school, with a small combination of the affluent professional schools. I want my children to be very very successful in their academics. I dont want them to be snobby or anything but, i do wish for them to be a little superlative to the general public. I dont want them to just be a statistic, i want them to rise above and beyond the expectations society has imposed on our youth.
1)From Kindergarden to first grade I don't remember much except that I went to private school but since my grades were suffering because I "had"/have very bad dyslexia the school tolf my parents that they would like it if I didn't come back for the next year. So I went to public school and the only thing i can remember is that when the school found out I had dyslexia and that English was my second language everything went way down hill for me. From then on I felt like I was in the worst school on earth. The experience was total working class they treated me as if i was not capable of thinking. The step by step process without any reasons to why one would do this did not for me and now i think i know why so many people drop out of school. From 2nd grade to 8th I went to a catholic private school. My science and computer classes were totally taught in the middle class style where getting the right answer was the key to success and that the answers were usually found in the books or by listening to the teacher, one still had a lot of free thought to come to the answers in their own way. But i do have to say that the tasks were usually not very creative in those subjects. My english, history and music classes were very Affluent Professional mixed with Executive Elite. Our work involved a lot of individual thought and expressiveness and we were always required to present our work to the class and our classes were very open to different kinds of views and discussions. For my high school years I went to a private catholic school which is a complete mix of Affluent Professional and Executive Elite. My school believed that forming leaders is a very important role in one education. My school work was quite open at time for me to interpret what I believed the subject was about. Individual thought and expressiveness was very important and so was our use of reason and logical problem solving.
ReplyDelete2)I would like to send my children to Executive Elite/ Affluent Professional schools since through my own experience these were the best years of my education. I would like to send my children to this type of school so they may become responsible educated people in our society. I believe that through these two teaching methods it may help them to understande why they are being educated and to appreciate the opportunity they have to better them selves and the world around them. I do not want my children to become one of the trained masses, I would like them to learn for thier own good and to make their own educated decisions.
1) The schools I attended from kindergarten through twelve grade would probably fall under the Middle Class category. I believe this because it did seem like a good deal of the time that if one accumulates enough right answers, one gets a good grade. Also, I believe this because for language arts it seems I was taught more for what I would need for everday life. For example, I was never taught anything involving MLA format for papers, neither were any of my friends. The one thing I dont agree with though is that there is little excitement in schoolwork. I think that aspect depended on the teacher.
ReplyDelete2)If I could choose I would probably want to send my children to an Affluent Professional School because I would like to give them the oppurtunity to be creative, rather than just do what they are told to do. Also because I would like them to learn a sense of independence both with their work and as people. I would like them to be open minded to creativity, by being taught in creative ways.
According to Anyon's schools the one the comes closest to the schools I went to is the "Middle Class School" . One of the thing that Anyon mentions about the middle class school's is that is all about getting the right answers. I remember that most of my teachers were always lecturing and we needed to take notes because some of the stuff mentioned in class was almost always on the test. I always read and took notes..We didn't really get one on one with the teacher just like mentioned in the article "serious attention is rarely given in school work or how the children develop or express" and i believe this is true for most schools.
ReplyDeleteI think i would like to send my children to the "executive elite school" in this type of school the students have to use a lot of analytical thinking and according to Anyon the teachers don't follow the bells so there's no bells that indicate when the classes end. Students in executive elite schools do a lot of work on their own and make their own decisions and "set [their] own priorities".
I attended public schools from Kindergarten up until the very last day of high school. Almost all of that time was spend in classroom environments much like the one described by Anyon as Middle Class Schools. Most teachers kept to the bell systems and were always watching the clock to make sure that lessons were flowing according to their plan. There was often a lot of memorization, especially when it came down to testing. I don’t remember a lot of classroom discussions unless they were closer to lectures with little student involvement with the exception of the usual oddball question that was asked by one or two of the students. We would go off of whatever was on the book and homework was almost always based off of bookwork of some kind.
ReplyDeleteFor my own children I would have to send them to the affluent professional schools, perhaps a good private school. It is important to me that they know the subjects well, and in my opinion the only way to really understand a subject is to interact with the instructor and work with them as more of a partnership. I may not go for the executive elite school as much because I think children need an authority figure to help guide them, however the communication skills they would learn there would definitely be desirable.
From kinder garden through elementary school I attended a private school which was supported by one of famous companies in my country. I want to say it was affluent professional school. It was pretty big and was located in a nature. I really don't remember which kind of level the school was, but I can remember teachers encourage students to have a lot of experiences outside, and they respect us except big fault. I always hung out with my friends around a small river and we caught some small lobsters and fishes there. And we sometimes saw snakes and rabbits. It was the happiest time for me. I didn't care educations system and teachers because I liked to learn from the nature and my friends and it helped me much better than in class. From middle school through high school I attended a public school which was totally different from elementary school I attended. It seemed defiantly middle-class school. All students had to follow what teachers wanted, and we had big punishments if we didn’t follow them. Questions rarely were happened during the classes. If students wanted ask something, it should be out of the class, not in the class. There were no various answers, and most homework was to copy textbooks and to memories notes that we took during the class. The purpose of teachers was to make students have high scores to send us to great universities, not a raising our personalities.
ReplyDeleteI want my children to go to affluent professional school, not an executive elite school. In my opinion, children need to experience variety social groups. If children go to very high class of school such as executive elite, I don’t think that they can understand the other people’s life. They may be so proud of themselves having such a perfect background, and they may be look down other people who don’t attend the school they attend. I want my children to have so broad perspective that he or she can make right decision and see right people. However, working class and middle class don’t have enough surroundings to educate my children who are going to be a big person because they teach children as robots. I don’t want my children to be a passive person nor a boasted person.
As a small child I went to two private schools. One was a more like an affluent school. The first school didn't have any textbooks, instead the curriculum was developed by the teachers and principal. The school was VERY small, only one class for each grade, and around 20 or so students. However, the subjects studied were vast. We learned Spanish, art, music, and went in-depth on many wide ranging topics. The school had different learning groups for reading, so that we would be comfortable reading with others, and we were rewarded for right answers with edible treats (pretzel sticks, cheese puff balls, etc), often getting one for each completed paragraph with no mistakes. It became a source of honor to have a stack of pretzel sticks, and we wouldn't eat them until everyone saw how many we had.
ReplyDeleteI went to a public middle and high school, and if I had the choice, I would much rather send my child to a private school, provided I had done the research to verify the curriculum. The advantages I gained in elementary school were invaluable, so much so that I nearly became lazy when I went to public school because I was so ahead of me peers. I do think that public school's offer a great chance at learning life experiences, and I think they will be more prepared to deal with the issues of college and life that are not necessarily academic.