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Han Xan
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Readings, Observations, and Experiences
Whether for class or my own enjoyment, these are a collection of some of my sources for learning.

Essential Question
What is the purpose of education? In Caroline's "College Is a Waste of Time and Money.", the subject of college not being for every student was covered. Surveys were taken and conclusions were made proving such a theory.
 * Bird, Caroline. "College Is a Waste of Time and Money." 1975. Norton Reader and Anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 429-36. Print.

"A great majority of out nine million college students are not in school because they want to be or because they want to learn." (429)

John Holt realizes that teachers can truly define a student's progress in class. He discovers that students have to be actively involved and entertained to learn.
 * Holt, John."How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading." 1967. Norton Reader An Anthology Of nonfiction. 11th Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 420 - 28. Print.

" 'According to tests, educated and literate people like you have a vocabulary of about twenty-five thousand words. How many of these did you learn by looking them up in a dictionary?' They usually are startled. Few claim to have looked up even as many as a thousand. How did they learn the rest? they learned them just as they learned to talk - by meeting words over and over again, in different contexts, until they saw how they fitted."


 * Bird, Caroline. "College Is A Waste of Time and Money." 1975. Norton Reader An Anthology of Nonfiction. 11th Ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2004. 429-36 Print.

This essay explains how colleges are a waste because most people feel like they have to go to college as if it were a requirement instead of it being an act of free will. Because people are reluctant and have no motivation to get into what they're studying, the end result leads to college debt and a simple nine-to-five job.

" I wasn't going to school anymore because so many of my calsses have been bull $#!+."

--Sky Night 15:17, 30 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Booth, Wayne C. "Boring from Within: The Art of the Freshman Essay." Norton Reader an Anthology of Nonfiction . 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004.

The article, "Boring from Within: The Art of the Freshman Essay," is the thoughts of an English teacher who believes that students write boring essays because they have not yet been exposed to the world and have not yet fully developed their own ideas and opinions. Therefore they know nothing and teachers give assignments too large for students' grasp.

"But in the great fiction they will learn what it means to look at something with full attention, what it means to see beneath the surface of society's platitudes." --Hoshiko Elias 15:14, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Bird, Caroline. "College is a Waste of Time and Money." 1975. Norton Reader an Anthology of Nonfiction . 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 429-36. Print.

This essay argues that the social paradigm that says a high school graduate must attend a college of some sort lest they end up financially and intelligently troubled is flawed. Bird says that there are many options the student could choose from to lead a successful life, and that college is a good option for the few, not the many. She also explains that a college education doesn't have as significant of an effect on ones life as it is said to. "'Most college administrators admit that they don't prepare their graduates for the job market. 'I just wish I had the guts to tell parents that when you get out of this place, you aren't prepared to do anything,' the academic head of a famous liberal arts college told us.'"

--Dangst Brackney 14:58, 30 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Brand, Dionne. "Arriving at Desire." 1999. Norton reader and authology of nonfiction . 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 418-420. Print.

"Arriving at Desire" was about a young Haitian girl finding and reading a book that inspires her to continue reading. The book informs her of her Haitian history, things she never knew. "I did not yet know how the world took people like me. I did not know history. The book was mirror and a ocean." (419) --Erica Chapman 14:03, 30 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Thurber, James. "University Days." 1933. Norton Reader an Anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 437-41. Print.

The story is about the contrast incidents that can happen at a university or college and star players have an chance with academic professors.

"In order to be eligible to play it was necessary for him to keep up in his studies" (438).

--DYLIN HAMBURGERTONSON 13:54, 30 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Frederick, Douglass. "Learning to Read."1845. Norton Reader an anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W Norton & co., 2004. 448-54. Print

This story is about a young slave who learns how to read, while sneaking behind his master's back. He taught himself by tricking other people and hid his reading from eveybody he knew. "These were choice documents to me. I read them over and over again with unabated interest. They gave tongue to interest thoughts of own soul, which had frequently flashed through my mind and died away with want for unabanished interest." --LaKara Conrad 13:59, 30 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Welty, Eudora. "Clamorous to Learn." 1985. Norton Reader an anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W Norton & co., 2004. 448-54. Print

This story is about a girls experience with different teachers and schools. She describes in great detail of her teachers odd actions. "I only now realize how how much the treat depended, too on there not having been money enough to put electric lights in Davis School. John Ruskin haad to come in through the courtesy of darkness." --LaKara Conrad 13:59, 30 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Holt, John. "How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading." 1967. Norton Reader an Authology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & CO., 2004. 420-428. Print.

"How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading" is about an English teacher that figures out that students do better reading and writing when they are not pressured or forced to do it.

"I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously." (423). --Erica Chapman 13:43, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Bird, Caroline. "College Is a Waste of Time and Money." 1975. Norton reader an anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 429-36. Print.

In this story the author tells the audience that going to college is just a worthless waste of time. its just a waste of money that can be used on better things.

"Most parents send their children to college because they believe young people benefit financially from a higher years of education" (431). --Calliou Urman 13:34, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

- This essay was about someone desiring to know more about their history and when she read, she found that information. "The book was about the uprising led by Toussaint L'Overture against the French on Ste. Dominque. In it I met a history I was never taught". --Brianna Iowa 13:29, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Brand, Dionne. "Arriving at Desire". 1999 Norton reader an anthology of nonfiction . 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 418-20 print.


 * Bird, Caroline. "College Is A Waste of Time and Money." 1975. Norton Reader An Anthology of Nonfiction. 11th Ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2004. 429-36 Print.

"College Is A waste of Time and Money" explains how the author does not think college is the best place for high school graduates. The author describes how the children should decide by their selves if college is meant for them or not.

"They send their children to college because they are convinced young people benefit finacially from those four years of higher education" --Tyanaklark 13:25, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Bird, Caroline. "College Is a Waste of Time and Money." 1975. Norton reader an anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 429-36. Print.

The author argues the fact that college is useless and a waste of money. She states how the money used for college should be saved and/or invested into something of better use for like a career or a new car.

"Most parents send their children to college because they believe young people benefit financially from a higher years of education" (431).

--DYLIN HAMBURGERTONSON 13:30, 30 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Bird, Caroline."College Is A Waste Of Time and Money."1975. Norton Reader an Anthology Of Nonfiction .11th ed.New York: W.W. Norton & co.,2004.429-36. Print.

Bird discuss in her passage that people of a greater influence are damaging eighteen years old students by implying that they must go to college after high school and half the time they are there they dont want to be. "As society had systematically damaged women by insisting that their proper place was in a home, so we may be systematically damaging 18-year olds by insisting that their proper place is in college"(430). --Luisa Nomad 13:20, 30 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Bird, Caroline. "College Is A Waste Of Time And Money." 1975. Norton Reader an Anthology of nonfiction . 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 429-36. Print.

This discusses how college is brain washing an 18-year-old's brain, but in reality college is not for everyone because if one is smart enough for a top college then they can make it without it, sometimes. "The implication is that an 18-year-old is too young and confused to know what he/she wants to do, and that he/she should listen to those who know best and go to college." (431). --Lance Nelson 21:44, 20 September 2009 (UTC) Lance Nelson--66.190.80.122 14:41, 19 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Thurber, James. "University Days." 1933. Norton Reader an anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 2004. 437-41. Print.

Thurber talks about his failure in botony and economics in college, and his teachers' fustation with him. He highlights his success in military drills.

" 'We are concerned solely with what I may call the mechanics of flars.' 'Well', I'd say, 'I can't see anything.' "(437). --Percival Xang 04:17, 19 September 2009 (UTC) Percival Xang 67.211.8.21 15:33, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 418-20. Print.
 * Brand, Dionne. "Arriving At Desire." 1999. Norton reader an anthology of nonfiction.

This short story is about a young girl who comes upon a book by being mischevious. She was inspired and will never forget the book that taught her so much about history.

"In it I met a history I was never taught" (419). Unitopia McMuffin--67.211.8.21 15:29, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Brand speaks of her reading of her first "big book". She tells of how she connected with the characters of the story and how even though she lost innocence, she gained knowlledge.

--User:Dee Sayhepaid "knowledge gained will prove invaluable and should prompt a desire to know more"

"College Is a Waste of Time and Money" explains how student waste money on majors that they don't want and that parent forces student to do as they say. "We damned the expense and build great state university systems... shove and cajole youngsters to get an education."(429). --Eianb Nartinea 04:06, 19 September 2009 (UTC) Eianb Nartinea--67.211.8.21 15:24, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Bird, Caroline. "College Is a Waste of Time and Money." 1975. Norton Reader An Anthology of Nonfiction . 11th Edition. New York: W.W Norton & Co., 2004. 429-36. Print.


 * Thurber, James. "University Days." 1933. Norton reader an anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 437-41. Print.

A college student narrates his days at college. He explains how tough his classes were, and the problems he had to go through.

"As God is my witness, I'll arrange this glass so that you see cells through it or I'll give up teaching" (437). --Noemi Ibanez 04:03, 19 September 2009 (UTC) Noemi Ibanez --67.211.8.21 15:19, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

This story talks about a man's vague experiences in a university. "Another course I didnt like somehow managed to pass economics." --Wendy Ulbani 21:49, 20 September 2009 (UTC) Wendy Ulbani--67.211.8.21 15:13, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thurber, James. "University Days." 1933 Norton Reader ana Anothlogy of Nonfiction. 11th Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 437-41. Print


 * Holt, John. "How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading." 1967. Norton Reader an Anthology of Nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 420-28 print.

"How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading" is about an English teacher at Colorado Rocky mountain school that found out by his own experience and research that kids read and write more when they are not force to do it.

"This is exactly what reading should be and in school so seldom is- an exiciting, joyous adventure" (252). --Danny Shavk 03:57, 19 September 2009 (UTC) Danny Shavk--67.211.8.21 14:58, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

This story analyzes how a teacher should teach a student how to read. He explains how he made the mistake of teaching the students the "bad" way to learn. "A word in the air with a finger and seeing the image formed. I did this quite a bit with the 5th graders using either the air or the top of the desk..." (426) --Wendy Ulbani 21:49, 20 September 2009 (UTC) Wendy Ulbani--67.211.8.21 14:57, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Holt, John. "How teachers make children hate reading." 1967 Norton Reader An Anthology Of Nonfiction. 11th Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 420-28. Print.

This article is about different incidents that occur at a university and how star football players have an advantage with academic professors.
 * Thurber, James. "University Days." 1933. Norton Reader an Anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 437-41. Print.

"In order to be eligible to play it was necessary for him to keep up in his studies" (438). --Dolores Haruhi 04:01, 19 September 2009 (UTC) Dolores Harhui--67.211.8.21 14:51, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Frederick Douglas tells the intersting story of how he learned to read. He did not learn like most of us today in school with a teacher. He had to find a way to learn how to read and bribe children with food in order to be taught. "This bread I used to bestow upon the hungry little urchins, who, in return, give me that more valuable berad of knowledge." (409) --Wendy Ulbani 21:49, 20 September 2009 (UTC) Wendy Ulbani--67.211.8.21 14:48, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Douglas, Frederick."Learning to read." 1845. Norton Reader An Anthology Of nonfiction. 11th Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 408-12. Print.

Norton reader an anthology of non-fiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & co., 2004. (437-441).Print.
 * Thurber, James. "University days." 1933.

A man retells his memories of college and the hard times he had passing a class the first time and understanding the material, indicating that good grades does not always mean something has been learned.

"I never swam but I passed my gym work anyway, by having another student give my gymnasium number (978) and swim across the pool in my place"(439). --Queen Fairley 04:00, 19 September 2009 (UTC) Queen fairley --67.211.8.21 14:46, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

In this narration, by Dionne Brand, it talks about the power of reading. She talks about the first book she read and how it really opened her to the world of literature. "In it I met a history I was never taught. The history I had been taught began, 'In 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered Santo Domingo... With his three ships, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Marie, he discovered the new world.'" --Dexter Seawald 04:11, 19 September 2009 (UTC) Dexter Seawald67.211.8.21 14:43, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Brand, Dionne. "Arriving at Desire." 1999. Norton reader an anthology of nonfiction . 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 418-20. Print.

In this essay, writer Frederick Douglas describes how lwarning how to read as a slave complicated his life. He explains how reading made him realize that he was a slave, and the fact that he was a slave was never going to change. "in teaching me the alphabet she had given me the inch, and no precaution could prevent me from taking the ell." --Yotem Sanders 04:10, 19 September 2009 (UTC) Yotem Sanders--67.211.8.21 14:39, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Douglas, Frederick. "Learning to Read." 1845. Norton reander an anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 408-12. Print.

A Haitian child rumages through his grandmother's drawer in hopes of finding food but finds a book instead. The child learns a lot about hatian history and becomes intrigued. "For days I lived with the people I found there..." (419) --Wendy Ulbani 21:49, 20 September 2009 (UTC) Wendy Ulbani--67.211.8.21 14:35, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Brand, Dionne. "Arriving at Desire." 1999. Norton Reader An Anthology of Nonfiction. 11th Ediction. New York: W.W Norton & Co, 2004. 418-20 Print.


 * Bird, Caroline. "College Is a Waste of Time and Money." 1975. Norton Reader and Anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 429-36. Print.

This article explains that students should attend college only if they truely want to. This though comes becasue students only go bcause it's the right path to take.

"They are there becasue it has become the thing to do or becasue college is a pleasent place to be; becasue mother wanted them to go"(429). --Dolores Haruhi 04:01, 19 September 2009 (UTC) Dolores Harhui--67.211.8.21 14:32, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Bird, Caroline. "College is a Waste of Time and Money." 1975. Norton Reader An Anthology of Nonfiction. 11th Edition. New York: W.W Norton & Co, 2004. 429-36 Print.

"College Is A Wste of Time and Money" informs that the great majority of college students are sad in college because they don't want to be in there or they are learning something that is not interesting to them. It also informs that most of the graduates end up being in other careers that they didn't went to college for.

"We became the fist and only nation to aspire to higher education for all" (429). --Danny Shavk 03:57, 19 September 2009 (UTC) Danny Shavk--67.211.8.21 14:29, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Bird, Caroline. "College is a Waste of Time and Money." 1975. Norton Reader An Anthology of Nonfiction. 11th Edition. New York: W.W Norton & Co, 2004. 429-36 Print.

"College Is A Wste of Time and Money" explains how the suthor does not think college is the best place for high school graduates. The author describes how the children should decided by their selves if college is meant for them or not.

"They send their children to college because they are convinced young people benefit from those four years of higher education"(432).


 * Holt, John,"How Teachers make children Hate Reading." 1967. Norton reader an anthology of nonfiction. 11Th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 420-28 print.

Kids don't like to read and the books that teachers have us read make us hate the book even more.

"After one of the most painful punishment a child can suffer in school."

--DYLIN HAMBURGERTONSON 13:54, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Brand, Dionne. "Arriving at Desire." 1999. Norton reader an anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 418-20. Print.

In this article the author discusses how she read this book that finally made her interested in reading. She was so intrigued by the contents of this book that she fell in love with reading.

"When I was finished, I was made. I had lost innocence and acquired knowledge.  I had lost the idea that desire was plain" (420).

--Qwanell Culley 13:51, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Bird, Coroline. "College is a Waste of Money." 1975. Norton Reader anthology of non fiction . 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2004. 429-36 Print

"College is a Waste of Money" is about how people just go to college becuase it is known to be the next step you do after high school. "Employers are beginning to realize to realize that when they pay extra for someone with a diploma, they are paying only for an empty credental." (436) --Napoleon Astro 21:52, 20 September 2009 (UTC) napoleon astro--67.211.8.21 13:55, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Brand, Dionne. "Arriving At Desire." 1999. Norton Reader anthology of non fiction . 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2004. 418-20 Print

It is about a boy that reads a book that was his grandmothers. As he reads it he gains knowledge but loses innocence. "This book i had found inhabited me with its terror and revolution... I had lost innocence and acquired knowledge." (420) --Napoleon Astro 21:52, 20 September 2009 (UTC) napoleon astro--67.211.8.21 13:55, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Douglass, Fredrick. "Learning to Read." 1845. Norton Reader anthology of non fiction . 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2004. 408-12 Print

It is about a guy that his master tought him how to read and write; although he would have prefered not to have been tought becuase through reading he found out the crucial things that happend with slavery. "I saw nothing without seeing it, i heard nothing without hearing it, and felt nothing with out feeling it."(410) --Napoleon Astro 21:52, 20 September 2009 (UTC) napoleon astro--67.211.8.21 13:55, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Thurber, James. "University Days." 1933. Norton Reader an Anthology of Nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 437-442. Print.

This story was about a young man in college that had a difficult time in botany class and gym class. The teacher would always get frustrated with him, but give the football player all the answers.

" Most of his professors were lenient and helped him along." (438)

--Flacka Nestle 13:31, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Bird, Caroline. "College Is a Waste of Time and Money." 1975. Norton reader an anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. 429-36. Print.

"College Is a Waste of Time and Money," in this article the author argues the fact that college is useless and a waste of money. She states how the money used for college should be saved and invested into something of better use.

"Most parents send their children to college because they believe young people benefit financially from a higher years of education" (431).

--Qwanell Culley 13:41, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Bird,Caroline. "College Is A Waste of Time and Money."1975. Norton reader an anthology of nonfiction .11th ed. NewYork:W.W.Norton & Co.,2004. 429-436 Print.

Bird talks about what most adults fail to express. We always hear collegge is the way to go, but many are unhappy there. Graduating with a degreee from colege doesn't guarantee one a job in their prefered profession.

"Whatever college graduates want to do, most of them are going to wind up doing what there is to do." (434) --Francis Mitchells 13:24, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Bird,Caroline."College is a Waste of Time and Money"1975.Norton reader an anthology of nonfiction.11th ed. New York:W.W. Norton & Co.,2004.429-436

Throughout the text the author is discussing that college is not the best investment for everybody. And for those who value collee the chances of them finding a job in their field are slim to none. "Here is a piece of paper that is a passport to jobs, power and instant pestige"(436)

--Donte Ximon 13:20, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Douglas,Fredrick."Learning to Read."1845.Norton reader an anthology of nonfiction.11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.,2004.408-412

"Learning to Read" depicted the struggles and challenges Fredrick Douglas went through when he was learning to read and after he was able to read. The motivation and drive pushed him to learn. "This bread bread I used to bestow upon the hungry little urchins, who in return would give me that more valueable bread of knowledge"(409).

--Donte Ximon 13:30, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Bird,Carolina."College is a Waste of Money." 1975. Norton Reader an anthology of nonfiction. 11thed. New York:W.W. Norton & co., 2009.429-39. Print.

The author is trying to explain that half of American teenagers don't want to go to college. She also explains how half of the students in college don't even get a job after they graduate.

" Whatever college graduates want to do, most of them are going to wind up doing what there is to do." (434) Noqueesha Quick-- 13:25, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Bird, Caroline. "College Is a Waste of Time and Money." 1975. Norton Reader an anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York:WW. Norton & Co. 2004, 429-436. Print.

The purpose of education that I found in the article was not so fulfilling; meaning that the author, a college professor, saw a futility in the students' extreme money spending and a vanity in their time sacrifice for a college education. However the end to their college education would result in very low chance for them to get a professional job, and they later find themselves in a very competitive job world; and by facing the odds of accomplishing what the college student desires, he/she is pressured to look for a new vocation or even work at an undesired job due to the fact that a low percentage of them are actually getting a better income in the professional job world.

"20 to 30 percent of students at any level the additional schooling has been a waste, at least in terms of earnings." (433)

--Brian Diefenbaker 13:39, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Rich, Adrienne. "Taking Women Students Seriously." 1978. Norton Reader an anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004 448-454. Print.

This essay is about the mind of women students. What goes on inside the women mind and how they live in a world of mankind. How they are not respected as a women and not taken seriously. "The limits of my language are the limits of my world." --Nila Ming 21:46, 20 September 2009 (UTC) Nila Ming--67.211.8.21 15:06, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Bird,Carolina. "College is a Waste of Money." 1975. Norton Reader an anthology of nonfiction. 11th ed. New York:W.W. Norton & co., 2009.429-39. Print.

This essay is about the high price of college, and the reasons why some are not enrolled in school. She tells of her travels to different campus'. "I believe that college has to be judged not on what other people think is good for students, but on how good it feels to the students themselves." --LaKara Conrad 13:30, 30 September 2009 (UTC)