In my personal educational experiences, I have dealt with both styles of education that Aronowitz discusses in his memoir. ... From a personal point of view, I believe in Aronowitz argument that "schooling" has quarantined the way students should be taught in today's schools. ... From local exams to the infamous SAT and ACT standardized exams, these exams created general stereotypes and prejudices between students who excelled and those who did not do so well on their exams. ... I personally did not excel on all of the standardized exams given to me that were meant to judge my ...

• Word Count: 1445
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In time, society finds ways to also experience personal gain and finds ways to dodge the laws, especially the laws that affect their perceived quality of life in the future. ... Often good intentions passing into law to benefit the "total" America are misinterpreted by intelligent law makers and manipulated to award personal gain and find ways to dodge the laws, especially the laws that affect their financial future. ... This amendment was the guidance that American leaders needed to change the policies under which schools, business and local state and federal government adopted a new era a...

• Word Count: 1980
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I've developed a new appreciation for literacy that would have totally redefined my learning experience during grade school had I made this realization earlier. ... As my seven-year-old self sat around a bright blue table amongst other first graders racing to solve simple math problems of addition and subtraction in order to win pieces of candy, literacy was being instilled in my unaware brain. ... At Sashabaw Middle School I was building on the base literary skills I had developed at Pine Knob, at this point my motivation behind attempting to receive good grades was more personal, getti...

• Word Count: 1640
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Moreover, Mantsios mentions that class distinction extends into education and employment as evidenced by higher SAT scores and incomes of the upper class compared to those of lower and middle classes. ... She uses a documentary style to highlight the occupational lives of immigrant men and women in New York. ... They unite and mobilize immigrant colleagues to launch a boycott and lawsuit against the retailer in an attempt to achieve basic social and economic justice as well as personal dignity. ...

• Word Count: 1593
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The article shows an objective tone when hard facts are brought up "SAT composite scores (Verbal plus Math) are 43 points higher for single-sex graduates within the independent school sector, and 28 points higher for single-sex alumnae in the Catholic school sector.... " She lets us know that, though this is not her personal case, she empathizes with people who don't fit in society's pre-made molds of normal citizens. 2. ... We live in a world that changes at an incredibly fast pace, people now have the freedom to express their identities and preferences safely, and the e...

• Word Count: 1262
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Phase 3, was composed of engaging threats such as "staying inside the room while his parents stood outside the door, staying inside the room while his parents sat inside another office, and staying inside the room while his parent walked outside the office building (Dia, 2001). ... As the sessions commenced, Weems and Carrion detailed that personal interviews were hard to conduct. ...

• Word Count: 3134
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate