Dear Educators,
Enough of this “drill learning.” True learning is achieved through human curiosity and nature. Why are children being forced to learn the same way and be the same thinkers? How does that work when no child is the same. They all naturally learn differently and take interest upon different subjects. Nature loves analogies, but not repetitions. Yes, we need the children to be like-minded in many aspects, but they also need to be able to think for themselves. The unnatural learning that the school system pushes in today’s society creates exact-minded students. What good will creating exact-minded people do for these children in the future? In the outside world? Classrooms should implement strict rules regarding things like politeness and other good values, but also be lenient in structure so that children will be encouraged to speak up about subjects they are passionate about and think for themselves. Spoon feeding the student’s brains is not answer. Learning should be more natural, involve trial and error, and allow students to enjoy their learning to the point that they would want to share their knowledge with their peers and others. So educators, with all that I have said, I encourage you to, well, encourage your students to be free thinkers. Give them accurate perceptions. Teach them the difference between things that are similar and the same. Make them call things by their right names. While doing all of this, let them also learn anything important to them.
From,
R.Emerson
One thing I liked about this entry is that you basically sum of Emerson's entire essay and argument within this small paragraph. I feel like you accurately capture Emerson's perspective on education with this diary entry and also write in a natural way that flows well throughout. You also use varying sentence lengths to make the entry more captivating for the reader.
ReplyDeleteI like how you made a letter through Emerson's point of view, it was very interesting to read. In your post you summed up most, if not all of Emerson's points in the article we read in class. I love how you tied our learning into your piece by using similar language, and points in your post. Overall I loved your post and loved how you tied education into your letter to make the post very interesting
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job of hitting all the main points in Emerson's essay. What I really liked about this post is how you pulled quotes straight from Emerson ("nature loves analogies..."), and how you used a lot of rhetorical questions, just like Emerson. This helped create the impression that it really was him writing this.
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