talking points 8

“In a sense, some whole schools are on the vocational education track, while others are geared to produce future doctors, lawyers, and business"

I chose this quote for several reasons. The first is that even those vocational schools are aimed at making doctors and business because they all have pre-med and pre-business and even pre-law. there is not anything wrong with vocational schools, and it's not as if someone will be more successful coming out of a regular high school. I personally feel that more schools should take up vocational options, mainly to offer wider variety of courses, but also to help those students are less motivated in school. It gives these kids an opportunities to find a field of interest rather than coming to school and looking at the same lame classes everyday, they can find one they like and can possibly learn a trade and find employment in.

"Work tasks do not usually request creativity [in the middle class school]. Serious attention is rarely given in school work on how the children develop or express their own feelings and ideas, either linguistically or in graphic form."

i chose this quote because i feel its very important. If we are giving these school children everyday tasks that don't require any creativity, we will essentially be creating a classroom full of robots. There will be no individualism among these students. Creativity is a very important part life, especially at this young age. It is very important to get these kids doing activities that require large amounts of creativity.

"There is little excitement in schoolwork for the children, and the assignments are perceived as having little to do with their interests and feelings. As one child said, what you do is "store facts up in your head like cold storage - until you need it later for a test or your job." Thus, doing well is important because there are thought to be other likely rewards: a good job or college."

I chose this quote because its important and i don't like the truth in it. These kids are doing schoolwork all day for five days a week. When they're doing work that is boring to them, it makes it that much harder to pay attention. these kids will learn much better through activities that they find fun and exciting. It will also help to keep their attention on the materials they're supposed to be learning. Rewards should not be their motivation for doing work, they should be working because they enjoy it and want to learn.