David Brooks
School for Wisdom
The New York Times
October 18, 2015
In this article Brooks focuses on the education system by referring to a documentary called "Most Likely to Succeed". The documentary claims that the American school system is "unsuited for the modern workplace" because students aren't being taught what they need to be in order to thrive in the real world. Brooks argues weather or not the switch from content to life skills is the proper response because with one, you would have to sacrifice the other. Brooks appeals to logos by stating what could go wrong with a drastic change in how the educations system works and he gives an example of a school that has done this and points out the pros and cons of it.
This is a very interesting point of view, considering usually all anyone says is that the school system in America is broken. This takes another, more productive approach by identifying a problem and showing a way to fix it. I'm not all that sure of how this would play out, because personally I think America finds itself in some very deep holes with things like this, but this is a lot better than just saying there's a problem.
ReplyDeleteBailey Stevens
Hey Cole,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your punnit on this issue. Across America schools are taking the traditional type of education and giving lecture base classes in order to teach their students, eliminating all chances of problem solving, critical thinking, and the development of transferable skills. If schools would switch to a more progressive, hands on type of education the employees would work work and think much differently then they are presently.
This is underdeveloped. You should be writing at least 150 words.
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