Author: Samuel Livorno

Bella Bedore

Adam Griffith

Sam Livorno

How has this class changed the way you view education, in relation to Freire and Percy?

I know that after taking this class and talking to prof Cream about my writing, I will never think of class the same. By realizing that there is an unseen barrier between students and learning or professors and students makes me very interested to see how my next semester classes are going to be like compare to this now ending one.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l9QJ5JMA_vpznHXQZNXjIbyXqibUuA75Wy1lcx-oeNY/edit

Percy :
Use of Percy and Freire is good, but try to implement them earlier into writing.Reply•Resolve

Constructive:

Second paragraph needs more body to it. Try to introduce the solution or point first then explain what it will accomplish.Reply•Resolve

Praise:
Your intro is well rounded and explains the problem at hand while supported by both Percy and Freire.

Praise:
Your first paragraph clearly explains the idea of what you want your essay to revolve around.

Constructive:
Using terms like “bullshitted” is not a good way to get your point across in an essay.

Percy: 
Your use of quotes is not used to their full potential, try to use them to support your ideas rather than explain the problem.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l9QJ5JMA_vpznHXQZNXjIbyXqibUuA75Wy1lcx-oeNY/edit

Constructive:
Your thesis needs more detail. Discuss what the better education package is before body paragraph maybe?

Sam Livorno

Praise:
Your Body paragraph 1 is well written and clearly gets your idea across.

Sam Livorno

Percy:
You guys quote the text and support your writing very well.

Constructive:
I think you have the topic confused, you do not clearly state what your solutions are.

Sam Livorno

Praise:
Your problem is clear and to the point, which is a great foundation to the project.

Sam Livorno

Percy:
Your quotes from text are very reliable in backing up your information.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/177vG2E0RQdQUUTMmTn_vDgQtVY__EYIrqpbsZS2WE34/edit

Praise – The idea and sub points are strong and will have a lot of support from the writing.

Constructive – I cannot tell what is the thesis and the sub points you have to make an argument out of.

Percy – Quotes from Percy are strong also has quotes from Freire.

Praise – I think that the problem and solutions go hand in hand to the issue.

Constructive – Although the thesis is clear to what its saying, it can be stronger.

Percy – The quotes will support his argument very strongly.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ewkjc2J5vQ8W00SNWdv0iI9H7zsrKHmoIVDgqWuYU54/edit

Bella DiPasquale

John Camperson(LEADER)

Haley Clark

Dana Roeder

Micheal Lindholn

Sam Livorno

John wanted to talk about a specific quote in this week’s discussion. “The present surrenders to the past and the future.” Our thoughts on the quote that nobody likes to live in the moment they are in. People are so focused on what happened, what is gonna happen, but not what is happening. In Walker Percy’s “The Loss of a Creature“, he discusses how people would rather see something in eyes of a camera or photo than seeing something for what it is.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UJYEhEJ5Nhs-i9kDtI3x1na94FhwaUKfX-aPJMKrenU/edit

Schools have always had a problem finding different and unique ways to teach or connect with their students, whether it be middle schools, high schools, or colleges. Although it is a good way for students to feel more at home in their place of study, they are usually not successful. Compared high school, WCU makes every effort to make their students try to connect more with their professors and campus. In order to do this, they hold a second part of their original orientation that is originally held before the fall semester. Orientation Part 2 is held in the first few days of arrival for upcoming first year and transfer students. Within this two day event, WCU students, staff, and guest speakers, tell you all the do’s and don’t’s of college, along with ways to get involved. This may seem like a great idea, however, it creates a fear within students. As the students begin to realize that this is not like any other academic experience they have received, they start to feel as if they are a small fish in a big pond. Which, in turn, creates a stigma; that they are not worth the time of professors or councilors due to the amount of people in their class. This stigmatization is what causes learning to become absent  in class rooms. It encourages students to feel alone in their struggle to understand material, ask for help, and succeed in their new life as a college student. “ Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students.” As Paul Feire discusses in his passage, “The Banking Concept of Education”, there is a “teacher-student contradiction”. The contradiction, he says, is at fault by both student and teacher. This means, the teacher is at fault for their teaching techniques, that just allow students to soak information in as if the professor  knows everything. However, students are also at fault for stigmatizing teachers, thinking that they are all knowing and do not have time to teach them, when, at the end of the day, it is their job. “Indeed, the interests of the oppressors lie in “changing the consciousness of the oppressed, not the situation which oppresses them”; for the more the oppressed can be led to adapt to that situation, the more easily they can be dominated.” Friere also points out that the “oppressors”, or WCU staff, are more worried about changing the students to fit them in the system, rather than changing the system so it fits the students better. This occurs in classrooms with the teacher not willing to change their techniques for the greater good of the student. This leaves the students, yet again, terrified to communicate with their teachers, for they make themselves believe that if they are not fit for their teachers techniques, they are not right for the class. The solution to this problem, begins with direct communication from both the student and staff at WCU.  Once each party is willing to communicate with each other so they understand one another, learning will become and everyday occurrence. In Paul Freire’s passage, “The Banking Concept of Education”, he discusses the displacement of the relationship between the student and teacher, “Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction”; until this “contradiction” is mended through communication no learning will take place.     

Sam Livorno

WRT 120

24 September 2019

Adam Griffin and Bella Bedore and Noah Heslop Review

Adam:

Adam’s thesis has a great general topic, discussing the belief of how teachers are responsible for their students’ grades. However I felt that his problem and solution were not working together well. Although they are both good ideas on their own I feel that there needs to be a more clear connection between the problem and solution. His quotes support his idea and are strong arguments to support his thesis. In all, I feel he has his general topic of his project and with a little fine tuning,  has lots of potential.

Bella and Noah: 

Bella and Noah decided to create their own prompt and venture away from the other 5 prompts. They want to rewrite the FYE course in a Career Development course. The two feel that FYE is trying to change the way students think about their college career, which according to Friere, does not work. Their prompt is professional and focuses on a central point that they go into more in their thesis. In all botht the thesis and prompt are harmonious making the proposal strong.

Sam Livorno 

23, September 2019

Professor Cream

WRT 120

Writing Assignment 1

Topic Selection: I plan to dive into topic three for my writing assignment. I plan to explain the gap between the teacher and student at WCU, what causes this, how students can communicate with their professors, regardless of their gender/race/class. Of course, I will compare and relate these subjects to Freire’s “The Banking Concept of Education” and his views on the student/teacher relationship. 

Group members: None 

Thesis: In Paul Freire’s passage, “The Banking Concept of Education”, he discusses the displacement of the relationship between the student and teacher, “Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction”; until this “contradiction” is mended through communication, compassion, and effort from both the student and teacher, no learning will take place.     

Quotes:  Page 1, paragraph 7, line 2 “ Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students.”

  Page 2, paragraph 3, line 1 “Indeed, the interests of the oppressors lie in “changing the consciousness of the oppressed, not the situation which oppresses them”; for the more the oppressed can be led to adapt to that situation, the more easily they can be dominated.”

“Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction”