Essay On Blank Slate

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John Locke an english philosopher believed that a Child is a “Blank Slate” that is formed only through experience. I agree with this statement, others like me can be considered new to this world and all that it has to teach but through experience we learn more and more each day. although I agree with Locke’s argument I believe that not only children are “Blank Slates”, i believe that every human on this earth are considered “ Blank Slates” no matter the age or how smart one is. I believe this due to the fact that there is always something new to learn and there is not anyone in this world that knows everything. The idea of people being “Blank slate” can be seen throughout the world, through literature, studies, and people's own experiences .
There are bountiful examples in literature that display learning through experience, one example of this is in the book Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft when the monster learn how to speak. “My Days were spent with close attention, that I might speedily master the language; and I may boast that I improved more rapidly than the arabian, who …show more content…

During a study conducted by Dr. Sian Beilock a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago on a group of third graders, he split them into two groups to solve the same problem, one group would read the problem out loud twice and the other would act out the problem. Dr. Beilock concluded that “ kids who acted out the story did better on the problem compared to the others that did not.” Along with Dr. Beilock his colleague Susan Goldin-Meadow has also done extensive research into how student gestures can indicate a more nuanced understanding of math and other subjects more often than student who articulate verbally. Golden-Meadow concluded that “ Encouraging kids to use their hands brings out unsaid, and often correct ideas, which make them more open to instruction and more likely to

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