Synthesis-Writing

SynthesisWriting(Sun)Sun1SunChunjuanProfessorGuoShuqingAdvanced—Writing(0901011019)17Nov.2011FailedCompulsoryEducationSysteminAmericanInmodernsociety,mostpeoplethinkitisanimportantandresponsibleprocessforstudentstoreceiveeducationfromtheschool.Andpeopleholdthateducationisnotonlyapartofculture[1],butalsoanimportantreferenceforstudents’jobs[2].Thus,itseemsthatcompulsoryeducationplaysakeyroleintheeducationfield.However,thefactsalwaysgoagainsttheintentions.CompulsoryeducationalsobringsalottroubletoAmericansocietyatthesametime.Forexample,killthechildren’sinterests,limittheirthoughtsandputalotpressurefortheirjobemployment.Tobeginwith,itisafailurenottoconsidertheproblemofhumandiversityandindividualinstructionsbeforetheestablishmentofthecompulsoryeducationsystem.Thereisnoaccountingfortastes.Everyonehastheirowninterests.Thus,oneteacherinaclassisnotenoughtotakecareofeveryone,andteachershavetocastalltheinstructionsintooneuniformpattern(MurrayN.Rothbard).Asaresult,students’interestsarenotdevelopedandtheyareabsent-mindedintheclass.Afteralongtime,theylearnlittlefromtheclasssothatmoreilliteracyandignoranceappearintheAmericainspiteoftheattendancelaw(SamuelL.Blumenfeld).“Youcanleadahorsetowaterbutyoucan’tmakehimdrink.”Youcompelthemtohavetheboringclassandtheyjustsittherewithoutthoughts.It’sjustawasteoftime.Sun2Therefore,fromtheaboveexamples,interestisveryimportanttostudentsandindividualinstructionisnecessaryfortheirdevelopment.Besides,thetyrannyofcompulsoryschoolingisalsoafactortoleadthefailure.Studentsaretaughttostepthewaythatteachershavepavedforthem.Therearejustobediencebutnocreationanddiscoveries(JohnTaylorGatto).Thusit’saruledandboringlifewithoutnewthings.Anditwasexplainedinthearticle“FormaleducationoughttobecompulsoryintheUnitedStates”,“CEmakeskidsacceptbeingatooloftheworkingmachine;justapartinasoullessmechanism.”Itruinsthestudents’inspirationandindependentthoughts.Nowonderdothestudentshavenologicthinkingandfallmorebehindthantheirpioneersatcareers.Thus,thetwoauthorsalsoareangrywiththedogmatism.Theypointsoutstudentsshouldbegiftedwithfreedomofthinking.What’smore,thesystemalsoputalotburdenonthegraduatedemployees.Becauseagoodjobusuallyismainlydependedonanexcellentcollegetranscript(2).However,thefactisastudentonlywiththeknowledgecannotbeequaltothejob.Theyneedmoreexperience.Thus,compulsoryeducationisturningoutmoreidlesandignorance(SamuelL.Blumenfeld).Thesuperficialknowledgetheyhavelearnedintheschoolisalmostuselessontheirjobunlesstheyintegratebookknowledgeintopracticalexperience.Withallthedisadvantagesofeducationsystempresentedabove,somepeoplewillopposeitbecausetheythinktherearealsosomeadvantages.Forexample,compulsoryeducationmakesthehighdiploma.Andthehigherdiplomayouget,thehigherwagesyouwillget[1].Afterall,highdiplomaiscloselyconnectedtotheemploymentandpaymentinSun3today.However,anotherintentionofimplementcompulsoryeducationisthatthelawforcestheclassroomisfullofstudentssothattheeducationestablishmentcanobtainmorebenefitsfromstudents(SamuelL.Blumenfeld).Moreanddifferentlevelsstudentsleadtoalowqualityclass.Therefore,itishardlytogetarealhighdiploma.Thesituationalwaysisthatstudentshavehighdiplomabutappearamazinglowability.Inaword,tosomeextents,compulsoryeducationbringsmoredisadvantages.Inconclusion,educationisanimportantprocessforpeopletoimprovethemselves,soapropersystemisespeciallyimportantforacountry.Otherwise,bothstudentsandcountrywillsufferalotfromit.Workcited:[1]“FormaleducationoughttobecompulsoryintheUnitedStates”,Jan.27,2010,[2]…[3]MurrayN.Rothbard(1926-1995),adeaninAustrianSchool,economist,economichistorian,libertarianpoliticalphilosopher“HumanDiversityandIndividualInstruction”,LudwigvonMisesInstitute,Sept.09,2006,retrievedonMar.25,2010from[4]SamuelL.Blumenfeld,“ArecompulsorySchoolAttendanceLawsNecessary?”,March,1991,[5]JohnTaylorGatto,“TheTyrannyofCompulsorySchooling”,SchoolSurvival,August26,2005,retrievedonOct.21,2010from