...Myth of Education Education in America has always been important and a major topic of discussion. There are myths about education and how it is not all cracked up to what it is supposed to be. When people think of education in America, they think of prestigious universities decked with the latest technology and the students having an amazing time while at school. In all actuality, most people will not even obtain an education after high school, let alone even accomplish high school. The myth of education is not upholding its standards and the way people view it. The myth of education is that education is the engine to the dream. It can work for everyone because we are “created equal” and can be achieved by hard work and not by luck (Learning Power 109-15). In today’s world, life is all about education. Most well paying jobs today require some sort of education past high school; whether it may be your bachelor’s degree or even your Ph. D. In today’s society there are more opportunities for kids to go to school and better their education, but they do not take advantage. People get the idea that schools or universities in America are the most prestigious schools in the world and that we get the best education; but that is not 100% true. Some kids are less fortunate than others to receive an education that will benefit them in the future. Underprivileged kids that are born into low income families maybe not have the funds to afford to go to a big university if they do get accepted...
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...There is a misguided myth that many Americans believe that in order to be successful you must have a college degree. While a college education has affected our great American culture and economy, the idea that college is the “right” and “responsible” decision for those who are pursuing the American dream is outdated and borderline dangerous. Today, many opportunities are given to everyone to receive higher educations. But this does not mean that everyone should attend a four year college. Everyone was not created equally in their educational abilities, everyone should not be pressured to attend a four year college but should be encouraged to go to a community college, vocational school, or job experience instead of being looked down upon in...
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...Pessimism of Myths Myths are stories passed down from generations which surround our society and determine true or false concepts. A notion is established within a myth to indicate a specific story and idea. Well-known myths, such as the 'Myth of the Model Family' and the 'Myth of Education and Empowerment,' provide a representation of ideas that have exceeded the strength of time. These complex, yet simple, myths represent a diverse range of opinions within society since they've been molded and have transformed over the period of time. “Rereading America” offers different perspectives from a variety of authors regarding these particular myths. The opinionated narratives mentioned in the text prove that these common myths have the ability to influence society in many ways. Regardless of the variety of influence, the authors portray their viewpoints by displaying how the myths can form a common understanding among a people. While these myths create a...
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...Homework #1 1. What are the six myths of modern education that Orr identifies in chapter 1? Which of these six myths do you agree with most? Why? Myth one is that ignorance is a solvable problem that is escapable by the human race. Myth two is that enough knowledge and technology can manage planet earth, it can help change the way we do things each day and change the way us humans affect the earth. Myth three is that knowledge about the problem is increasing. Myth four is that higher education can rebuilt the earth, and rebuild the damages that we have caused to the earth. Myth five is we educate children for more success and mobility only; we are not really preparing them for the problems they will be facing in the future. Finally, myth six states that culture is what represents all human achievements. The myth I agree most with would be hat ignorance is a solvable problem. A lot of people have no idea how we can fix the earth and how simple changes in our life can slowly help. The ignorance people just need to be educated on how they can change and what they are doing now, affects the earth. 2. What is Orr’s reasoning for saying, “all education is environmental education?” Orr is saying that all education is environmental education because students today are taught that we are part of the earth and that whatever we do each and everyday, can affect it in the long run. In schools around the world today, there are more economical classes teaching about the changes...
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...read each, she wrote a paragraph description of each: Alexander, L.A., & Link, B.G. (2003). The impact of contact on stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental illness. Journal of Mental Health, 12, 271-289. Alexander and Link (2003) examined the stigma of mental illness, perceptions of dangerousness and social distance in a telephone survey. They found that, as a participant’s own life contact with mentally ill individuals increased, participants were both less likely to perceive a target mentally ill individual in a vignette as physically dangerous and less likely to desire social distance from the target. This relationship remained after controlling for demographic and confound variables, such as gender, ethnicity, education, income and political conservatism. They also found that any type of contact – with a friend, a spouse, a family member, a work contact, or a contact in a public place – with mentally ill individuals reduced perceptions of dangerousness of the target in the vignette. Corrigan, P. W., Rowan, D., Green, A., Lundin, R., River, P., Uphoff-Wasowski, K., White, K., & Kubiak, M.A. (2002). Challenging two mental illness stigmas: Personality responsibility and dangerousness. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 28, 293-309. Corrigan, Rowan, Green, Lundin, River, Uphoff-Wasowski, White and Kubiak (2002) conducted two studies to investigate the strength of the theoretical relationship between stigma and personality responsibility, and stigma and ...
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...Six Myths About Female Sexuality and Why They're Myths Never underestimate the female libido Published on July 3, 2012 by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D. in Fulfillment at Any Age 0 inShare The year 2012 may be remembered less for apocalyptic endings (we hope) than for the apparent explosion of women’ssexuality in pop media. Magic Mike is becoming the runaway hit movie of the summer, and the book Fifty Shades of Grey is shaping up to rival Harry Potter at the top of all-time best seller lists. Social critics proclaim their surprise at this burst of female libido into popular consciousness. Despite what you may be led to believe, though, the truth is that women and men just aren’t that different when it comes to basic sex drives. Women are flocking to Magic Mike as do bachelorettes to a Chippendale party. However, this isn't the first movie to appeal to women's lustier tastes. Though the story line may be lighter than its 1997 predecessor, The Full Monty, both movies share a fascination with the male body in motion. The Full Monty did exceptionally well in the box office itself, becoming the top grossing film in the UK until the release of Titanic later in the year. Novels with female protagonists demanding that their sexual needs be fulfilled are not new either. We only have to think back to 1928’s Lady Chatterly’s Lover, written by D.H. Lawrence (and banned in its entirety until 1960), to realize that female sexuality has been the driving force behind the success of plenty...
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...as having everything “figured out”. They are willing and ready to assimilate completely into American culture; they stay of trouble and are submissive, and they dominate in both education and in the work place. Even though this stereotype seemingly praises Asians; in truth, it has a counteractive effect on both the Asian community and other ethnic groups as well. Despite the existence of this model minority stereotype, Asians are not followers of the myth and altogether demonstrate it counterfactual. In Asian American Dreams, Helen Zia introduces the model minority myth through an article titled “Success Story of One Minority Group in the United States” where it explains it as a reasonably form of praise claiming “at a time when Americans are awash in worry over the plight of racial minorities, one such minority, the nation’s 300,000 Chinese Americans, is winning wealth and respect by dint of its own hard work…” (Zia, 46). This quote claims that Asian Americans are achieving a high degree of success solely due to their perseverance and hard work. In addition, they are also receiving the respect of the other racial minorities. Finally, although not mentioned in the article, the myth also claims that Asians not only do well in terms of the workplace, but are doing extremely well in terms of education....
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...The purpose of this essay is to describe and analyze the cultural myths and ideologies that surround the knowledge that is being distributed to public schools by examining a history text. A cultural myth refers to “the dominant ideologies of our time” (Chandler). For example, a group of people could have a belief in a myth while another group might believe otherwise. I will analyze a seventh grade history by using the method of semiotics. An examination of the history book shows that children are being deprived from a lot of historical information. In this paper I will argue that the educational system only centers it’s purpose of education and learning on the human capital ideology. This subject is important because like Joel Spring states in “The Knowledge Industry: for many young children these textbook are the only source of knowledge and the information that’s is being distributed to our children is not necessarily true or complete. As a result students are being restricted from learning how to be thoughtful and productive because teachers are being forced to teach according to a strict curriculum. The method of semiotics refers to the study of the way people make meaning. According to Daniel Chandler in “Semiotics For Beginners, a sign is a fundamental unit in the method of semiotics. A sign has two components, a signifier (the carrier of meaning) and a signified (the meaning that has been made). To describe the relationship between the signifier and the signified...
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...Assess the view that educations main function is to maintain a value consensus. Functionalists argue that the main aim of education is to maintain a value consensus in society. They highlight the positive features of education and they believe that educational organizations are a way of using different types of people’s skills and talents to help find a suitable place for them in society. This is known as the 'sifting and sorting' process. Which matches them to their future work roles that suits their different abilities. They see the learning of history as important for children to gain an insight into their heritage. This is particularly strong in American schools where loyalty to the flag and recognition of heroic characters is encouraged in all schools. This helps the children in education to feel a sense of belonging and can help develop role models. It can be argued that people from cultural sections in the USA may feel that paying loyalty to a flag which is not their culture, can cause conflict and negative sub-cultures as they may feel their culture isn't recognized and they may feel singled out. Functionalist’s believer meritocracy is true and that if students work hard enough they can achieve high grades and work their way up the social ladder based on how well they work. This will allow different abilities to be 'sifted and sorted' into their appropriate role in society. However, not everybody agrees with this consensus opinion. Marxists deliver a conflict...
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...Wearing a head scarf is perceived as a negative symbol for the rest of the society and therefore she feels targeted. She has not experienced any physical violence but she does experience hateful stares, which reflect the prejudices that many Americans feel. She knows from the media and she hears that many Americans hate Muslims who live in America and Muslims are targeted by prejudice people. Excerpt shows how stigma and stereotypes have serious implications. She clearly fears for her freedom and safety. She feels afraid and even reflect on previous practices in the US against Japan. Myths and stereotypes about the Muslim community, including hate crimes against Muslims in American can lead to social isolation and fears about institutional discrimination. Myths and stereotypes young of Muslim impact young people in schools in harmful ways. Education is viewed as a vital part of carrying on with a decent life in the U.S. and therefore it is very important to understand the experience of being a Muslim teen in high...
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...A Critique Essay on “The Myth of the Millennials” The journal The Myth of Millennials written by Edward Koc (March, 2008) do not make the readers clear about the facts of millennial generation because the general analysis made by Koc are based by observing the attitudes and behaviour patterns developed at the time of childhood of this generation. In contrast Elam et al 2007 conducted a survey to understand the generational differences by learning online systems. The results showed that millennial generation believe in group activity are very close to their parents, techno-crate and believes in cool is smart. Whereas the findings of the study shows that Millennial generation are not interested in online courses and are more interested in connecting with people and becoming more social. The Critiques developed after reading this article are that Koc should have provided more real facts and statistics to the readers so that they can easily understand the fact of the article. Koc states that the millennial generation constitutes the new college students, who will play the critical role in shaping the US economy as this generation has a unique set of characteristics required in today’s job market. The evidences Koc has used to convince the readers about the Myth of Millennials are the surveys and isolated and uncommon cases which have failed in defining the characteristics of these generations. Koc has argued that previous generations were also passionate towards the work and looked...
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...wealthy participants they considered their selves in the upper class. Most participants responded that they hated the term “class” because they were just people who were well-born. Although it is unspeakable to talk about the upper and lower class, it is acceptable to talk about the middle class. This is because it seems that the middle class in the U.S, is neither part of the high nor the lower class. They’re four myths that suggests the people in the U.S are ignorant of class differences and how it impacts people daily lives. The first myth is that the rich and...
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...Standardized Testing: Debunking the Myths Trestin M. Holmes Wiley College ENGL 1302 08 OL-English Composition Dr. Don Lawson November 17, 2014 Abstract The purpose of this research is to thoroughly examine the myths and preconceived notions pertaining to standardized testing and compare it with factual evidence. The criteria that will be used to accurately analyze this study will consist of evaluating the overall effectiveness of standardized testing in terms of student achievement, estimating how much of a financial burden standardized testing has proven to be in past years, and observing the adverse impact that standardized testing has had on children from a statistical & realistic standpoint. This will undoubtedly give insight on how much of a detriment standardized testing is in today’s society. Standardized Testing: Debunking the Myths What is Standardized Testing? A standardized test is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent, or "standard", manner. Standardized tests are designed in such a way that the questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent and are administered and scored in a predetermined, standard manner. Any test in which the same test is given in the same manner to all test takers is a standardized test. Thesis Standardized tests have been a part of American education since the mid-1800’s and its use has skyrocketed since the induction of 200’2’s “No Child Left Behind Act”...
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..."I hope you guys left the explosives at home." — President Obama welcoming television's "Mythbusters" to a science education event (CongressDaily 2009) The primary aim of science communication is to communicate the scientific method effectively with an entire audience. In order to do this, Olson suggests that the goal is to “move the process out of your head, into your heart with sincerity, into your gut with humour, and, ideally, if you’re sexy enough, into your lower organs with sex appeal” (Olson 2009). The Discovery Channel television show Mythbusters portrays an example of this effective communication, as it breaks the bridge between subjectivity and objectivity by presenting the scientific method in a context of popular culture and myth. Firstly, it does this by arousing scientific interest by referencing popular urban myths, wives tales or movie scenes and testing these by embracing the spontaneity of the cast. This cast plays a vital role in accessing the ‘gut’ and ‘heart’ of the viewers, as they break stereotypes previously formed in the media about scientists but still communicate scientific concepts effectively. Mythbusters accurately communicates the modern image of a scientist by embracing diversity within the scientific field and utilising sex appeal. Finally, the show uses communication techniques to target audiences and demographic that aren’t often targeted by scientific communication. All these factors work together to arouse the interest of the television-viewing...
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...Beauty Myth, Stigma, and Deviance Carol Webb Northwood University In the year 2013 where as a society people are accepting that men marry men and women marry women, it is hard to believe that as a society we still judge a person and their professional capabilities based on their physical appearance. The reality is that this is an ongoing problem, not just in the United States, but globally. The manner in which people are treated that are defined as deviant by any person or group of people, can have an extremely negative effect on their emotional well being, and as a result on their physical health as well. This paper will address the correlation that exists between the Beauty Myth, the Stigma it creates, and how deviance plays a role in these beliefs, especially in the work place. In the book The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolfe, she states that the basic premise of The Beauty Myth is that as a women have gained increased social power and prominence, expected adherence to standards of physical beauty has grown stronger for women. (Naomi Wolfe, 1991). In the workforce, this expectancy that is placed on employees can range from the business owner or management if they are passed up on a job opportunity, or for promotion. A personal view that the obese person is lazy or sloppy can originate from the co-workers that gossips or say cruel things, often on a daily basis. Social stigma as defined by Wikipedia is the extreme disapproval...
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