Distant Mirrors Book Report

361 Words1 Page
bulb-icon

Recommended: Technology impact on education

The American Education system is supposed to be full of deep thinking, students desiring to learn, and inquisitive questions. It is exactly the opposite of that. The American Education system is quickly dwindling and turning into students who do not want to put forth effort. Not all, but most professors and teachers are more focused to teaching students information for the quizzes and tests, and less concerned about students retaining the material. In addition, American students want to put in the least effort they can, and want the best grade without any effort. In chapter seven of the Distant Mirrors book, author Andrei Toom gives an example between an American student and a Russian student. “A Russian student would grasp the chance to learn

Show More
Related

  • Ronald Kaki's A Different Mirror By Ronald Takaki

    1069 Words  | 3 Pages

    In our world today, how would one describe an American? Throughout the history of the United States, the image of an American is often portrayed as someone with fair skin, and who is of European descent. In reality, this idea is rather false, for America is greatly shaped by different racial groups from all continents—including Asia and Africa. In Ronald Takaki 's book, "A Different Mirror", he talks about how people in America are viewed through the "Master Narrative of American History", the idea that a person is an American, or not, depending on whether he or she satisfies the requirements to be considered as white (4). Takaki argues the Master Narrative left out certain groups including Asian Americans, African-Americans and Native Americans

    Read More

  • The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson

    1207 Words  | 3 Pages

    During 1910 and 1970, over six million blacks departed the oppression of the South and relocated to western and northern cities in the United States, an event identified as the Great Migration. The Warmth of Other Suns is a powerful non-fiction book that illustrates this movement and introduces the world to one of the most prominent events in African American history. Wilkerson conveys a sense of authenticity as she not only articulates the accounts of Ida Mae Brandon Gladney, George Swanson Starling, and Robert Joseph Pershing Foster, but also intertwines the tales of some 1,200 travelers who made a single decision that would later change the world. Wilkerson utilizes a variety of disciplines including sociology, psychology, and economics in order to document and praise the separate struggles but shared courage of three individuals and their families during the Great Migration.

    Read More

  • Book Report On The Other Wes Moore

    718 Words  | 2 Pages

    Wes Moore Paper Richelle Goodrich once said, “To encourage me is to believe in me, which gives me the power to defeat dragons.” In a world submerged in diversity, racism and prejudice it is hard for minorities to get ahead. The novel “The Other Wes Moore” is a depiction of the differences that encouragement and support can make in the life of a child. This novel is about two men, with the same name, from the same neighborhood, that endured very similar adversities in their lives, but their paths were vastly different. In the following paragraphs, their lives will be compared, and analyzed from a sociological perspective.

    Read More

  • The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

    1031 Words  | 3 Pages

    Steven Johnson is an accomplished author who tells a compelling, well written and informative book, The Ghost Map, which tells an intriguing story of the 1854 cholera outbreak in London while at the same time provides a wide array of information surrounding the thoughts and beliefs of the majority of the current society.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of Outliers: The Story Of Success, By Malcolm Gladwell

    731 Words  | 2 Pages

    The US education system doesn’t have: follow-through. According to Chapter 8 of Outliers, “Rice Paddies and Math Tests,” the research of rice paddies has created a cultural legacy among Asian cultures that leads to more relative success for people from those cultures. Malcolm Galdwell argues “That lesson has

    Read More

  • A Generation Of Slackers Are Not So Better By Catherine Rampell Summary

    895 Words  | 2 Pages

    However, such accusations such as laziness and entitlement, although common, have been prevalent amongst those of college age as proven in “A’s for Everyone.” Shepard had investigated the cause behind this and had put the blame on grade inflation in the years prior to entering college, the pressure to get superb grades due to high tuition costs, and most importantly the belief that “effort” constitutes a grade bonus. However, if one has entered the school system in America, one could see the relative ease in which one could improve their grades through inordinate amounts of extra credit. Multiple students have heard and even seen fellow students ask their parents to even come in for meetings of which equate to blaming their child’s poor grades on the teacher and harassing said teacher to allow their child, soon to be a hardworking, productive citizen of society, to get the “grade they

    Read More

  • Mirrorings by Lucy Grealy

    895 Words  | 2 Pages

    Sure, some of us have this great confidence within ourselves about looking great, but that does not hold true for everyone. I understand the pain or disgust, or even disappointment one feels when they look in the mirror and say, “I wish I could change this or that about myself”. Although this piece is written about the author’s life, it holds meaning and connects with for many people; one only has to dig deep enough to find one. For me, it was to realize what is important in life can change, adapt and that we must explore our inner selves and find our own path in life.

    Read More

  • Persuasive Essay On American Education

    903 Words  | 2 Pages

    Why is it that no reforms being made to improve American education and stop the digression of this chaotic worldwide embarrassment? One reason could be that these horrifying statistics are of purposeful intent. It seems there is a legion of people who believe the government is behind the dumbing down and anti-intellectualism of America in order to tighten their reign of power so that they can manipulate American citizens into becoming mindless cash cows who blindly follow the government’s commands. An article known as the “Atlantean Conspiracy” provides an example of this way of

    Read More

  • Public School Reform in America

    619 Words  | 2 Pages

    Public Schools in America for a long time were regarded as the best public schools in the world, but with the development of Asian and European schools American schools are not ranked as highly. American Public schools in 1999 were ranked sixteenth and seventeenth in science and math right behind Bangladesh. Some students are graduating from high school with little more than an inadequate ability to read and a diploma that should mean the student knows at least the core subjects. Other students are dropping out and not graduating at all. Colleges are not trusting diplomas and grade point averages as a basis of admissions because they know that with the large variety of classes that high schools offer as credit that the student may not know as much as his or her GPA says. Colleges are recalculating GPA's deleting non-core classes and evaluating SAT and ACT scores for the purpose of admissions. Colleges also have to offer more remedial classes to teach students what they should have learned in high school. Something needs to be done to reform America's public schools especially at the high school level.

    Read More

  • The Social Problem of Crime in America

    835 Words  | 2 Pages

    Vindis, Miha. "The Decline of American Education." Home. University of Texas at Austin, 25 July 2012. Web. 09 Dec. 2013.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of We Should Cherish Our Children's Freedom To Think

    1241 Words  | 3 Pages

    College students are getting many different educations between countries, and some countries focus on their imagination, and others focus on their solid knowledge. There is no doubt that America has one of the top education systems in the world, otherwise, wouldn’t attract so many international students. From the article, “We Should Cherish Our Children 's Freedom to Think” by Kie Ho, he shows what he thinks about American education. He mainly states that American education is the most top in the world and is a country of innovation, because its system is more about let students “think” and less focus on “actual knowledge.” Although I agree with Ho’s idea about student’s freedom to think, however, I disagree with Ho’s minding about students

    Read More

  • Quality Education Endangered

    1056 Words  | 3 Pages

    America is the home of famous colleges like Harvard and yet American college students have to work extra hard to get a good educational experience. College freshman in California are a perfect example of this. "Between 70 and 90 percent of all students entering the California State University system have to take some form of remedial course work in basic subjects like English and math" (Jennings 305). These students are starting out their college years behind where they are supposed to be so they will have enough knowledge of basic courses to be able to succeed in college level classes. In essence, students are paying money and spending extra time to learn exactly what they are supposed to have already learned from their public education. Everyone knows how hard it is to get out of a four year college in four years today and remedial course are a source of the blame. IUP, for example, has a full course list for the students to complete to get their degree with minimal free elective credits to accommodate the extra classes. Remedial classes also take up the space designed to allow for a minor if the students should desire to receive the extra education. It is no wonder that so many students are now be referred to as super seniors.

    Read More

  • What Is Downgrade Change In Education

    1017 Words  | 3 Pages

    American education is going down. It is very noticeable by parents, experts, and students. There are numerous articles and research analysis done trying to find the cause of the downgrade and recession in K through grade 12. To most students, schools are not an exciting place where they may feel like they are not learning any new material. For others, schools cannot provide a basic level of education because they do not have funds to do so. All those factors create a big issue because the level of education is going down, meaning weaker working potential in the future which will lead to weaker economy and will lower the standards of life. It makes Americans question the upcoming future of their careers, incomes and standard education. American public education needs to be reformed, but unfortunately, that reform will not lead to any significant changes in student’s behaviors that have caused low academic achievement and the lowering of faculty moral.

    Read More

  • High School Education in America

    374 Words  | 1 Pages

    Education in America has a large range of differences. Many kids attend High schools that have a different culture, or way of doing things. Some students attend school in an independent school district, while others either attend private schools or school in the privacy of their own home.

    Read More

  • The Importance Of The Quality Of Public Education

    1019 Words  | 3 Pages

    When we look at the test to show how 15 year olds across the world fares in math, science, and reading, the US test scores rated lower than the other developed and industrialized countries such as: Canada, UK, Japan, China, Australia, Russia, France, Germany, Singapore, and other countries. It was disheartening to accept this fact. Our government systems do not do a better job in teaching their children when compared with other countries. According to The Atlantic “parts of China, Singapore, Japan, Korea, and Liechtenstein topped the rankings for math, reading, and science. Finland, which is often pointed to as an example of an excellent school system, continued to perform well.” (Ryan, 2011). It makes you question how we can let our

    Read More

More about Distant Mirrors Book Report

Open Document