I think that when James Baldwin says “the world is larger” he is referring to how longer and larger people lives are then what people think it is. What I mean by this is that a lot of stuff goes on around the world and some people need to know what is happening. In the article James Baldwin talks about the dangers and the real stuff happening in today’s world. In the article it states, “Now if I were a teacher in this school, or any Negro school, and I was dealing with Negro children, who were in my care only a few hours of every day and would then return to their homes and to the streets, children who have an apprehension of their future which with every hour grows grimmer and darker, I would try to teach them – I would try to make them know – that those streets, those houses, those dangers, those agonies by which they are surrounded, are criminal.” This shows that James wants to teach real life things and tell the truth and what he really thinks to the children. James Baldwin believes that teachers are not teaching students things that they should know because he says, ” It would seem to me that when a child is born, if I’m the child’s parent, it is my obligation and my high duty to civilize that child.” He starts the second paragraph of the article by saying “Since I am talking to schoolteachers and I am not a teacher myself, and in some ways am fairly easily intimidated, I beg you to let me leave that and go back to what I think to be the entire purpose of education in the first place.” by saying this he believes that teachers aren’t teaching students what they really need to be taught, and this is what I think James Baldwin means when he says ” the world is larger”.
Category: Unit 2
Since i was a kid i had always been interested in extraterrestrial beings. I feel like it would be fascinating to know that there is life elsewhere in the universe. I feel like bio astronomy is not something you lose interest in. There is always something to be discovering. Before any discoveries we have to ask ourselves questions. In school there was not really much talking about it. But i found out that the internet have information. My curiosity grew because later on, things about extraterrestrial beings, as well as objects were seen. To me the more footage there was, the more questions that will come up with them. In the article, “schools are killing curiosity,” Wendy Berliner quotes Dr. Prachi Shah as she says “Promoting curiosity is a foundation for early learning that we should be emphasising more when we look at academic achievement.” Children are more likely to retain knowledge about a topic when they are naturally interested in it and become intrigued about it. The majority of questions are asked at schools because this is where kids spend almost all of their time. Most of the time, teachers just request students to keep quiet since they don’t have time to respond. According to Wendy Berliner, the teachers are not at fault. Young children must be introduced to the new topic within a set length of time in order to accomplish the targets. It has been shown that teachers should encourage kids to ask questions since curious students usually perform better. A child’s long-term educational path may be impacted by their absence of curiosity. Curiosity, reflective thinking, and an intense interest in our surroundings are all essential components of learning. Learning is the process of asking questions to comprehend concepts better.
When I read A “talk to teachers” by James Baldwin he addresses the unfairness in society. Baldwin believes that ethical Americans need to implement education.He indicates that teachers should utilize education to combat injustice in the community. He describes Americans as more likely to believe myths about their supremacy than to engage in critical, truthful thought and action when analyzing American culture. James Baldwin quotes “I would try to make him know that just as American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it, so is the world larger, more daring, more beautiful and more terrible, but principally larger – and that it belongs to him.” By this he means that we should be learning and expanding our knowledge because just as the world is big. Our desire to learn more about outworld history should be quite as big as the world itself. A person can see the world the way they have been taught. Baldwin’s determination to persuade teachers to abandon their biased views of “negros” and the inaccurate history they are teaching about African Americans. He recommends that a kid should be taught things that are going to actually teach him about real history. I believe it is a necessity to be really taught about the whole world history, even how other countries are involved with each other. When I was in high school and learning about world history I noticed that I was mostly learning about U.S history and well not much was covered. I feel like it would be good because it would let you engage in more meaningful encounters with people from various nations by increasing your understanding of them. By embracing differences and commonalities, you are increasing your regard for and empathy for other people.
