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After you are done reading and making your Cornell Notes, respond to the questions below:
a. What SIDE are you taking on the topic: Teachers are to be blamed when students fail
b. What three pieces of evidence would you use to support your position?
c. How would you defend arguments from the people who have a different viewpoint than yours?
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ReplyDeleteMohammed Rahman- I would like to add on to your post, I also agree with you for saying that teachers should not get blamed for students failing. Things that I will add on which is "America's education woes are caused by inconsistent teacher quality, bad curricula, bad textbooks, and bad teaching methods and ideas. They are caused by the lack of an incentive system that rewards students who work hard and take difficult classes" which says that our education system is messed, schools have been using techers without degrees on the subjects that they're teaching to prove this "Another big problem is out of field teaching, where teachers are asked to teach subjects outside their area of expertise. The problem here is not the teachers. It's the fact that there's a shortage of teachers in some subjects, such as math and the sciences..."69% of US fifth- through eighth-grade students are being taught mathematics by teachers who do not possess a degree or certificate in mathematics.Fully 93% of students in those grades are being taught physical sciences by teachers with no degree or certificate in the physical sciences." so basically this is what I wanted to add on and we definitly need to fix our education system and we need to make it better.
DeleteSebastian Marte
ReplyDeleteA.Teachers should not be blame when students fail.
B.We don't have any challenging high school exit or university entrance exams,”Almost anyone in the US can get into some university”.”Many public universities accept 75% to 90% of applicants”
This shows that even if your grades aren't good or you're being forced by your parents to go to school you can still get into any university.
“In an article I read a while back, a high school teacher complained that students have no incentive to work hard in school. He said many students have no ambition beyond attending the local university and have no interest in putting in any effort or taking challenging courses (the very courses that are in high demand in a globalized economy).”Another big problem is out of field teaching, where teachers are asked to teach subjects outside their area of expertise.”If that teacher does not teach that subject in the right way then they can't be blamed because that is not where they expertise in.
C.Teaching is a two person involvement thing,Not only do we need good teachers to teach but we also need student that are going to pay attention and try to learn.There are a lot of cases where the teacher is doing a great job and everyone in the class is passing,but now there are going to be 2 to 3 student that fail and the blame can't be put on the teacher because those student decided not to pay attention and do their work.
Daniel Mohamed.
Deletei agree with your point of view and how he expressed his feelings toward this text,i would like to add on this post.i agree with all your points but i also think you should add more information about why students are not paying attention in class and why they are not doing their work.For example in the text, it says that most students have a lack of ambition towards their education
Mohamed Rahman
DeleteI agree of you saying that teachers shouldn't get blamed on students failure.
Also I agree with your second pint of evidence that children have "no interest in putting in any effort or taking challenging courses (the very courses that are in high demand in a globalized economy" which is very strong evidence that you used and I like it. You also agreed and had most of my evidence like).”Another big problem is out of field teaching, where teachers are asked to teach subjects outside their area of expertise which also is a very strong evidence to use which means that teachers are also forced or have to teach subjects that aren't around their teaching careers which hurts them and the students education by not liking the teachers learning and what the put out to the students. This piece of evidence was great.
Akeem Olakunlea
DeleteI agree with your statement because teachers do have enough resources to help student learn and the fact that some student chose not to learn because there not interested
Mohammed Rahman a.The side I'm taking for the topic is Teachers should not be blamed when students fail. b.The three pices of evidence i will use to defend my argument is -Paragraph 6 lines 1-4 says "America's education woes are caused by inconsistent teacher quality, bad curricula, bad textbooks, and bad teaching methods and ideas. They are caused by the lack of an incentive system that rewards students who work hard and take difficult classes". -Paragraph 5 line 25-29 "Another problem is the lack of a good evaluation system for teachers. A lot of teachers who aren't doing a good job may really care about their students. Without an effective evaluation system, teachers really have no way of knowing whether they're effective or not". -Paragraph 3 lines 11-15 states "Another big problem is out of field teaching, where teachers are asked to teach subjects outside their area of expertise. The problem here is not the teachers. It's the fact that there's a shortage of teachers in some subjects, such as math and the sciences..."69% of US fifth- through eighth-grade students are being taught mathematics by teachers who do not possess a degree or certificate in mathematics.Fully 93% of students in those grades are being taught physical sciences by teachers with no degree or certificate in the physical sciences." c. I would defend my argument from the people who have differnet viewpoints thatn me is ill use my three pieces of evidence that ill argue with and start up a debate, ill use a knowlede of language which would chane the person viewpoint in the otherside of the debate.
ReplyDeleteSebastian Marte
DeleteI also agree with the point that you made that teachers should not be blame when a student fail.I agree with the point you made where you talk about the teachers resorts.I think that this is one of the biggest reason why student are failing.I also agree with your last point,in fact i agree with every point made.I believe that the last point you made was the strongest point out of all of them.I font really think that you should add anything more because you already have all the strong points already listed.
Aziera Khan: The article "Are Teachers For Our Failing Education System" brings out many positions and brings out a strong argument.My claim/position that I have sided on is Teachers should not be blame if students are preforming low or failing, with making this claim I have 3 pieces of evidence from the article to back it up. The first piece is located in paragraph 8 it says "Teachers have no control over the culture they teach in. America doesn't have a culture that places alot of value on education and learning." The second piece of evidence to support is located in paragraph 6 it says "America's education woes are caused by inconsistent teacher quality, bad curricula, bad textbooks, and bad teaching methods and ideas. They are caused by the lack of an incentive system that rewards students who work hard and take difficult classes". One last piece of evidence to back up this claim is also located in paragraph 6 it says ""Teachers don't control curricula, standards or testing They have to make do with whatever materials, worksheets and curricula they are given, even if they believe that they are ineffective. They have to prepare students for tests that often don't effectively test student ability." These 3 pieces of evidence can backup this claim, its how teachers have no control in nothing, they have to follow what others tell them to do.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Mohamed
ReplyDeleteA)The side am taking is that teachers should not be blamed for students failure.
B)I gathered three(3) pieces of evidence for why i chose this side of the argument.In paragraph 18,lines 4-6,says "a high school teacher complained that students don' have no ambiton,no incentive and no interest".This demonstrates how students show a lack of these characteristics, which most students suppose to have.We can rather say that they don't have any motivation at all,no attention and enthusiasm towards learning.Another evidence is in paragraph 16,lines 5-7,which says,"the lack of challenging high school exit or university entrance exam,takes away the motivation for students to devote themselves to more education".if students have no motivation to learn,what willan when they are ready to face exams.if there is ability to learn is low,then exams would be more difficult and would most likely down courage students to learn.My final evidence is in paragraph 8 lines 2-3 which says"Teachers are part of a bureaucracy with no real control over what to teach and how to teach.they don't control the curricula/syllabus.This says how teachers have to go according to the syllabus,they don't own the curricula,they have to follow what ever the syllabus/curricula says,even if they think its unproductive.
C)i can defend my argument from the people who have different viewpoints which is following the most important rules like providing a strong claim and support it with enough evidence,which would eventually form an argument or debate.Having strong textual evidence and feelings toward a topic can convince the people who have different viewpoints.
Alexander Malena: I agree with you that teachers should not be blamed for students failing and the evidence presented about students having no ambition or ability to work hard, teachers having no control of what they teach in, and lack of exams causes students to fail but i want to add on that its not only about that America doesn't have a real culture that values education and teachers don't have control of that its not their fault its America. Also that students don't take things seriously or take courses that are challenging and teachers have to make do with whatever they have but i also agree that defending your argument you need a strong claim and strong evidence but you also need to have a counterclaim so that something you need to add
DeleteAlexander Malena a.The Side I'm taking for the topic is Teachers should not be blamed when students fail. b.Three pieces of evidence i will use to defend my argument is -Paragraph 11 lines 1-2 "Teachers have no control over the culture they teach in. America doesn't have a culture that places alot of value on education and learning." -Paragraph 15 lines 3-7 "In an article I read a while back, a high school teacher complained that students have no incentive to work hard in school. He said many students have no ambition beyond attending the local university and have no interest in putting in any effort or taking challenging courses." -Paragraph 9 lines 2-5 "Teachers don't control curricula, standards or testing They have to make do with whatever materials, worksheets and curricula they are given, even if they believe that they are ineffective. They have to prepare students for tests that often don't effectively test student ability." c.I would defend my argument from the people who have a different viewpoint than me with a counterclaim because it will acknowledge the other sides view on the topic and help reinforce my view on the topic with real life examples to strengthen my argument.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that teachers should not be blames for students failure as u said "Teachers don't have control over the education system " I would like to add some of my points on that.Teachers do not get the supplies to teach even if they get some supplies it are bad quality or they arrive late so teacher can't wait weeks for a lesson just to get supply's so teachers have to move on without the proper supplies or no supply's
DeleteSambhav Banstola The comment above is mine i think i have erased my name mistakenly.
DeleteIvan Lara-A)I am taking the side of the students should be blamed not the teachers.B)First in paragraph 4 the last sentence it says "Most Japanese high school graduates have studied Chemistry, Physics and Calculus in high school. Most American students avoid these courses. According to the National Academy of Sciences".In paragraph 5 both lines it says "Fewer than 15% of US high-school graduates have sufficient mathematics and science credentials to even begin pursuing an engineering degree".In paragraph 14 lines 1/2 " Many public universities accept 75% to 90% of applicants".C)I can back up my argument from other people because i understand the point of view that they have and why they choose that side but i have information that counters that and explains why the teachers have no control whether the student fails or passes and the mind set that the students have and many more that strengthen my argument even more
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