Summary of Jonathan Kozol's, On Being a Teacher, and Botstein's Interview, Why High School Must Go

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The trivialization of high school in the present educational organization for teens has been posited in the public; however, it is one vital issue that is being debated.

Is it really right for high schools to be abolished from the teen’s system of education? This question has been a vital issue in the present age educational structure. According to research carried out by many educational researchers lately, it was discovered that the two-year high schooling scheme is irrelevant and obsolete in the learning structure for teen’s, and should be abolished from their system of education or scheme of learning.

Botstein once argued in his book Jefferson’s Children that “the American high school are obsolete”. In detail, the dissemination that the current method of education has entirely strangled the scheme is an important issue which has to be scrutinized critically.

Summary of “On being a teacher

In the first chapter of the book “on being a teacher” titled “why are we here? What is the job that we are being asked to do, by Jonathan Kozol? He expatiated that painstaking teachers who have researched the foundation of open education are confronted with a choice making (Kozol, 3).

He further stated that with all sincerity in themselves and colleagues, public school is now regarded as outmoded and barbarous. This thought, according to him is both observable to students and the teachers alike, but the students inhabit in it for a short period, while the teachers are condemned to it. Pursuant to teachers being condemned, they live and work as intellectual guerrillas strong-minded to stimulate students, ignite their inquisitiveness, and to open their minds, yet reluctant to stay behind in their profession. Together with this, teachers...

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...ment in the standard of teaching.

In my opinion, I agree with the writer’s explanation on the importance of high school, and the relationship between the teachers and children, because due to the world global change the responsibilities of teachers are imperative and crucial. The teachers stand as the foundation between the teenagers and their radiance, since they encourage the teens to put in their best in whatever, they are indebted to do. Nonetheless, children are the future generation as such the teachers are to instruct them morally and ethically in order for them to be productive citizens in the society. Consequently, as teachers, their duty is to build up teenagers because whatever the teens learn from youth guides them to adulthood. The teachers also impact the knowledge which changes the life of a teenager, since they are very receptive and resourceful.

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