Against school john taylor gatto summary

1. In John Taylor Gatto's "Against School" he identifies the differences between schooling and education. Consider what schooling (indoctrination) does not do for the student and what education does.

2. Write three short body paragraphs structure from writing based on the PIE structure below. Make sure that each body paragraph is formatted similarly.

3. In this PIE formula, do not write the word “I, you, us, we, and me.” These words are considered informal or non-academic. Instead use people, society, student, reader, person, or individual. Make sure that the PIE structure is typed, using the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP0js5gFkfY

POINT: What is the problem presented by the quote? (1 sentence)

IllUSTRATION A: Write how the author presents the quote-summary. (1-2 sentences)

ILLUSTRATION B: Insert the quotation with page number. (1-2 lines)

EXPLANATION: Why is the point or quote a problem? (1-2 sentences)

Please note that the Reflections must have: 1. MLA format-look up the link if you are not sure 2. Single spaced the entire assignment or page 3. One page only 4. Times New Roman, font 12 5. Quotations with page numbers 6. Point and Explanations do not have the author's name in it. Be careful. I will deduct a point for each error. If you don't single space your writing, I will not read it.

HERE IS EXAMPLES OF HOW TO WRITE :

How to Write Reflections

This format called PIE (point, illustration and explanation) helps shape the structure of ideas that will later establish the form and content of the essays written for this class. For the class discussion, use this form. It helps to organize ideas and allows for clarity of them.

In this PIE formula, do not write the word “I, you, us, we, and me.” These words are considered informal or non-academic. Instead use people, society, student, reader, person, or individual. Make sure that the PIE structure is typed, using the MLA format.

The format is below

POINT: (State what is the social problem. 1-2 sentences If it is longer, I will deduct a point for each additional sentence.)

ILLUSTRATION A: (Summary includes the writer’s first and last name or the last name. Reword the writer’s idea in 1-2 lines. If it is longer, I will deduct a point for each additional line.)

ILLUSTRATION B: (Insert a quotation from the reading. It must be no longer than 2 lines. If it is longer, I will deduct a point for each additional line.)

EXPLANTION: (Explanation must state why the point is a problem. No more than 2 sentences. If it is longer, I will deduct a point for each additional line.)

EXAMPLE BELOW:

SINGLE SPACE REFLECTION PAPERS, TIMES NEW ROMAN

Last Name 1

Student's Name

Instructor's Name

Class

Date DAY MONTH YEAR NO PUNCTUATION

Title: REFLECTION 1

The power structure tries to maintain segregation by making groups feel like they can't or shouldn't socialize with each other. Coates demonstrates how what truly separates people from each other is based on societal differences not actual culture. "And I saw that what divided me from the world was not anything intrinsic but the actually injury done by people intent on naming us, intent on believing that what they have named us” (120). Racism creates in-fighting, which disallows groups from establishing solidarity to resist power.

(Point 2) Power is determined by who is not considered valuable and can then be destroyed. (Illustration A) Coates exposes various examples of how white people’s words are taken over the word of a person of color, which supports systematic racism. Coates stated, (Illustration B) "Destroying the body was permissible--but it would be better to do it efficiently" (112). (Explanation) The mistreatment of people of color becomes so frequent that society accepts it as normalizes violence against Black people.

(Point 3). People of color are constantly being deprived, which is supported by a structure of power. (Illustration A) Coates illustrates how people of color "live in a system of plunder." In other words, people of color, throughout history, are constantly being stolen from. (Illustration B) "They are an elegant act of racism, killing fields authored by federal policies, where we are, all again, plundered of our dignity (110). (Explanation) History shows plunders by people’s land, culture, history, and bodies been stolen, which leads to the degredation of the culture.

Student’s Name

Professor Seneferu

English 102-08

27 February 2019

Reflection 2

(Point 1) Rather than being thanked and valued for taking on the jobs Americans are too prideful, so immigrants are dehumanized and reduced to the qualities of those jobs- undesirable and disposable. (Illustration A) The Coates explain the way in which immigrants are reduced to the stigmas their jobs hold. (Illustration B) “The stigma of the work gets attached to them- as if those doing dirty, …[makes them become] dirty, despised, and dispensable” (704). (Explanation) The inability to separate immigrants as people from their actions- illegally immigrating and their jobs, which Americans view as dirty and undesirable is a product of their potent dehumanization.

(Point 2) Immigration is a far more complex matter than it is portrayed. (Illustration A) The Coates reveal there is a multitude of factors for one to leave their homeland. (Illustration B) “These testimonies embody the varieties of journeys into the United States. Synergetic ‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors coalesce, luring immigrants away from a relatively, scarce surroundings…” (706). (Explanation) Immigrants’ very complicated and varying journeys are all oversimplified to portray inaccurate narratives as “criminals” crossing the border to “steal jobs.”

(Point 3) American citizens enable and even rely on illegal immigration. (Illustration A) Coates shows America supports illegal immigration, for they rely on them daily. (Illustration B) “All citizens who have consciously or unconsciously enabled a dysfunctional system to flourish” (708). (Explanation) American citizens practice cognitive dissonance, for they believe these immigrants are invaluable but disposable for the services they offer.

Student’s Name

Professor Seneferu

English 102-08

27 February 2019

Reflection 3

(Point 1) School teaches young minds to seek a sense of belonging and validation, instead of finding themselves. (Illustration A) Gatto insists that students are conditioned from a young age to think as a group, (Illustration B) “...to dumb people down, to demoralize them, to divide them from another, and to discard them if they don’t conform” (120). (Explanation) As a result of these practices, students are forced to surrender their individuality to whims of society.

(Point 2) A formal education has its place, but it is not a requirement for success. (Illustration A) In the reading “Against School,” author John Taylor Gatto argues that the learning process is completely independent from being educated. (Illustration B) He attests, “...School trains children to obey reflexively; teach your own to think critically and independently” (121). (Explanation) Modern day schools exist to shape a mass herd of future that actually detract from being a successful, open minded leader.

(Point 3) The students are not able to choose the path success if the school has power and control over that. (Illustration A) Gatto reveals how the societal system already knows who is going to be on top and who is going to be following. (Illustation B) “The societal system implied by these rules will require an elite group of caretakers…to watch over and control a population” (119). (Explanation) Elite are trained to be above and have people working underneath them. This reflects the society’s assumptions of minorities being not intelligent and only able to take small jobs.

WRITE THESE 4 PARTS WITH 3 DIFFERENT QUOTES