Acquiring Knowledge

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Acquiring Knowledge

Knowledge is a learning process that lasts a lifetime. According to Webster's Dictionary, knowledge is the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association; the acquaintance with or understanding of a science, art, or technique. Knowledge is gained in many ways; books, teachers, lectures, videos, communication, social interaction, and cultural awareness. There is a wide range of choices where knowledge can be acquired. Knowledge is attained at the highest level when there is student willingness, teacher desire and parent involvement. Each, parent, student and teacher must allow guidance, inspiration, and a common ground in order to profit from knowledge.

Knowledge begins in the home and school. School is where the children learn what needs to be attained by observing, listening and writing. The challenge for children is to retain the information that they have learned and apply it to their homework. Some children have parental support to help them understand their homework. These parents most likely read with their children and expect them to continue their education after they graduate high school. The majority of these children have a parent or parents that have time to sit down with them and spend quality time. This quality time is crucial to the student's education by allowing them to see that education is important. While on the other hand parents that work double jobs, in order to survive don't have that quality time to be able to help their children with their homework. Or some parents don't understand English and are unable to read therefore, the children are left without help. These parents probably wish for their children to continue their learnin...

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...ide guidance and knowledge in a manner that will enable the students to express themselves in an openly fashion and want to continue higher learning. We must take into consideration that each student has different needs that should be viewed and taken into attention when applying lessons. Remember, these students are our tomorrow's leaders. I leave you with a quote from Zawodniak, "When we recognize the necessity of mutual involvement, students and teachers can work together to achieve a pedagogy that is truly student-centered"(131).

Works Cited

Hooks, Bell. "Keeping Close to Home." In the Presence of Others. ed.Andrea Lunsford and John Ruszkiewicz (1997), 92

Zawodniak, Christian. "Teacher Power, Student Pedagogy." In the Presence of Others. ed. Andrea Lunsford and John Rusziewicz (1997), 126,130,131

Webster Dictionary. Internet. WWWebster Dictionary

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