Learning To Read And Write By Frederick Douglass: An Analysis

Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa, once claimed, “Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world,” which means, obviously, that education is crucial. There is no better teacher than the student’s will to learn. Due to the potential and possibility of education, students who are willing to study and learn should be provided with a better environment for learning as much as they possible. Ideally, this environment should function to assist independent learning. I have found that this develops values such as responsibility, an experimental mind, and intellectual initiative. These qualities led me to decide that my ideal learning environment is a balance of home education, private tutoring, and studying

Also, I develop independence and responsibility through education. This means, it is more effective for me to learn at my own pace rather than to follow the class’s schedule. In “Learning to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglass, the story about how Douglass earned to read and write, the author states that Douglass cannot go to school or another institute, so he should have learn him, he learned to read and write by himself. Paradoxically, his independent learning without any educational institute, led him to be enlightened, to run away from slavery, and to be an abolitionist. Also, learning is a responsible job since students should learn by themselves, and manage subjects, content, and progress. In my opinion, learning is like a business management. Students pay for the expense, which is a hard labor, and gain profit, such as a degree, employment, and knowledge. Good home education results in more profit. Looking back to Douglass’s experience, he was reading a book whenever he could. This independent learning helped him to be eligible to make his own decisions and put them into real

People might think it is costly, but that is not always true. There are a lot of free tutoring services in many schools and states. Private tutoring allows me to learn a specific subject more thoroughly because it does not depend on time or place. For instance, “Struggle for smarts: How Eastern and Western Cultures Tackle Learning,” an NPR broadcast, tells the story of Japanese students struggling with a math problem which they cannot solve. This is the correct way to study math because studying math is not just about getting the correct answers but deriving there from critical thinking. Therefore, private tutoring is a good opportunity to struggle with difficult problems in a complex way. School lectures mostly cover basic concepts, which are suitable for all students. Thus, it is hard to challenge students with difficult concepts. Moreover, tutoring makes communication much easier between the student and teacher because it involves fewer students than school lectures. Mutual communication leads to the satisfaction of students’ curiosity and making up for their weaknesses. Students can ask teachers questions and get feedback from them immediately. In my experience, I have studied Calculus 1 (which usually takes 3-4months in school lecture) in a month. At the time, I was preparing for the subject with my