tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633443941092309803.post3020519044143399725..comments2024-03-15T01:17:12.074-07:00Comments on Dr. Preston's English Literature & Composition 2013-2014: montaigne #2: on educationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633443941092309803.post-74196417704785644782013-08-12T21:08:38.384-07:002013-08-12T21:08:38.384-07:00Now days student are just "doing" school...Now days student are just "doing" school meaning they are not really learning anything, but getting the work done. Education is very valuable to me. I have learned that even though it is more difficult to actually learn the material it is more beneficial because what you know cannot be taken away from you. I guess i could say that education is what i know because after all it is "my" education. For the past eleven years i have been taken to get "educated" at this place called school. This place called school has stressed me out all my life. The deadlines, and test large amounts of homework are just never ending. I think our educator must focus on teaching us how to think critically, how to see beyond our world, and how to work with others. It is only this way that we will become not only educated people, but successful people as well. Erihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09579169290251125205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633443941092309803.post-43802935345442860192013-08-12T13:31:02.551-07:002013-08-12T13:31:02.551-07:00Montaigne is right about education and Brenna is r...Montaigne is right about education and Brenna is right about the speeches and homework. I definitely believe that we learn right now to pass the class or make the grade, unless you truly love sitting through health or chemistry. More often than not, however, we find ourselves in classes we feel like we need to take rather than ones we actually want to take, which I believe college is supposed to be about... But we are so worried and stressed about grades that we forget to enjoy it... I understand a little stress is good but when I start coming home crying over homework, there is definitely a problem here. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17683341894561369233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633443941092309803.post-65239522391218453532013-08-08T00:22:53.887-07:002013-08-08T00:22:53.887-07:00Everything Montaigne says is true to my opinion; a...Everything Montaigne says is true to my opinion; a small, useless opinion to education; as it would seem. With this enforcement of societal expectations, schooling has become this mandatory program of steps and deadlines. Learning for the sake of learning is dead because intelligence is seen as being more valuable than knowledge.<br /><br />"Then a time came when Horace Mann, the great education reformer got worried that over stimulating the minds of children could lead to stress, insanity and mental breakdowns. So in the year 1840, the summer break was created."<br /><br />This concept of the intended summer break is now officially bullshit because of homework. The human mentality needs to be taken into consideration when you're systematically trying to program students into socially accepted adolescents. High levels of stress are successfully achieved with high levels of expectations; it's very much an unhealthy give-and-take process. You could say my bias comes from being a student of this century where homework over break has been added; but opinions are more valid if you have the experience. <br /><br />Personally, I learn by observation and self-acquired understanding of customs and corruption. Everything is much clearer when you don't remain innocent and naive. Moreover, something I would change, and it's a practice, would be required memorization. I don't find it necessary nor helpful to have the ability to recite (for example) Antony's speech word-for-word unless I was a thespian. I'm not an actress; I would much rather analyze such a speech, than be forced to drone out a shaky recollection of it in front of people who would much rather watch you fail for a higher self esteem.Brenna McNamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03491085823932626639noreply@blogger.com