What True Education Should Do.pptVIP

What True Education Should Doby Sydney J.harris Theme of this essay True education is not given to or forced on someone.It is taking out of the students what he knows rather than stuffing into him what someone else wants him to memorize. “Education,to have any meaning beyond the purpose of creating well-informed dunces,must elicit from the pupil what is latent in every human being...” Noteworthy Words insert: vt. put or introduce into something elicit: vt. call forth(emotions,feelings,and responses) kindle: vt. catch fire,call forth controversy: n. a dispute futile: adj. ineffctual,vain miscellaneous: adj. many different kinds of dunce: n. fool, untalented student oyster: n. 牡蛎 sift: vt. vi. sieve, distinguish and separate out synthesize: vt. combine so as to form a more complex product ardor: n. a feeling of strong eagerness; intense feeling of love Figure of speech The “sausge casing” view of education Educators think of student as empty sausage casings into which they stuff knowledge or education. “Pupils are more like oyster than sausage” There are pearls in each of the pupils like in oysters and it is education’s role to help him open his shells to reveal the pearls. Complicate sentence P.200 Thank you!