Monday, February 11, 2008

Goldberg's 100 People Who Are Screwing up America

Premise
-education system's ideals
-political influence in classrooms
-the differing presentations of America's involvment in history
-the idea that Kozol is a symbol of the liberal educational establishment
-Kozol's ideals regarding teaching children unbiased views on the world and wordly concepts

Argument
-Golberg argues that Jonathon Kozol's has liberal views on teaching including teaching politcally unbiased accounts of events in the classroom along with exposing children to the "truths" of society.

Evidence
-Goldberg explains that Kozol is a fierece opponent of traditional learning and that he does not believe classrooms should be poltically neutral.
-Kozol believes that children should "have skepticism of authority"
-Kozol believes that little children should be opened up to the "truths of feminism, enviromentalism, and the Left's account of history."

Questions/ Comments/ Points of Interest
I did not understand why Kozol's theories are viewed as so extremely eccentric and unecessary. To me, it seems as though his ideas are merely aiming to completely educate children; providing them with well-rounded accounts of events in history.

1 comment:

Cousin Tom said...

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