Part 3 Reflection:
The Guardian article “Schools Are Killing Curiosity: Why We Need To Stop Telling Children To Shut Up And Learn” by Wendy Berliner I agree with Berliner that schools should stop telling students to Shut Up And Learn. Not with all the ideas the article retains. Yes I think that curiosity is very important but what I see is school as more a place to learn how to function in a society as well as the base of how things work and introduce new studies. There is info that Berlinger provide from many different studies for example research from Susan Engel “Even worse, as they got older the children gave up asking altogether.” This data could have many variables to them, not only that if the topic does not interest the students there not going to ask questions they are going to try to get through it as fast as possible. The studies provide by Wendy Berliner they use to give a sense of the author opinion that school are Killing Curiosity. I Think that people just stop being curious or as the more answers the student gets the more they understand they can connect the dots. I think it was a little silly of 14 months to five years old and comparing them to 10 to 11. Of course a 5 year old will ask a bunch of questions but because they haven’t been alive for very long there a lot they don’t know about not only how many of the questions if they were given to 10 years and up could answer. Curiosity isn’t killed by school, it is that as people grow their curiosity calms down as they get older.
Part 4 Rhetorical Analysis:
Berliner writing style is objective with a bit of a persuasive writing style with a serious tone. All of Studies Berliner used gave a general direction to her opinion which was not shown in the article.
The primary audience of Berliner would be parents but most of the general public mostly draw attention to the problem of “Schools Are Killing Curiosity” The article is an educational narrative. That what I think Berliner is Credibility writer of “How to Succeed at School Separating Fact from Fiction” and “Great Minds and How to Grow Them: High Performance Learning” That is what makes Ms. Berliner, she is deeply invested in Education of young people, Two books and many articles at The Guardian . Here is why I think The Guardian Credibility. The Guardian, a British news website, began as a print newspaper in 1821. The print edition is published in London, and the online newspaper was launched in 1999.
Part 5 Notable Quotables:
“Children are born curious. The number of questions a toddler can ask can seem infinite – it is one of the critical methods humans adopt to learn.”-paragraph 8
“How well they behave, and how they perform seem much more important to many people in the educational communities. Often educational bureaucracies have shunted curiosity to the side.” -paragraph11
“School kills curiosity. When do children get to ask questions about things that interest them? As soon as they are at primary school they have to shut up and learn. It’s not the fault of teachers. They have so many targets to meet.”-paragraph 18
I like the notable quotations you used
Andre: You must give CONSTRUCTIVE feedback!
Dear Manuel,
I would add on in your rhetorical analysis that the reading is a feature piece like we discussed in class. I would also recommend going back to your second paragraph Part 4. The sentences sound a bit weird because you don’t use the proper words and your grammar is a bit off.
For example, “That what I think Berliner is Credibility writer of “How to Succeed at School Separating Fact from Fiction” and “Great Minds and How to Grow.“ Read it out loud, it sounds off. Maybe, “That’s what I think” is better?
Manuel: Your ideas are NOT clearly expressed.
Your write: Yes I think that curiosity is very important but what I see is school as more a place to learn how to function in a society as well as the base of how things work and introduce new studies. OK — so what point are you trying to make about the article? What are you agreeing with? f you think the purpose of school is to learn how to function and “how things work” [huh? what things? and what exactly do you mean?] then do you think curiosity is connected to functioning in society? YOU DON’T STAY ON TOPIC — What do you think about the place of curiosity in the purpose of education?
AND you write: There is info that Berlinger provide from many different studies for example research from Susan Engel “Even worse, as they got older the children gave up asking altogether.” This data could have many variables to them [huh?], not only that if the topic does not interest the students there not going to ask questions they are going to try to get through it as fast as possible. WHAT DOES THIS LAST SENTENCE MEAN? CAN YOU MAKE YOUR MEANING MORE CLEAR!