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Answer each question for every reading. Answer it thoroughly in a paragraph (8-10 sentences minimum) using one cited quote from the text, Acting Out Culture, for support.

1) From Degrading to De-grading (Alfie Kohn)

Question: Kohn has some pointed things to say about the connection often pressumed to exist between traditional grading and student motivation. More specifically, he questions the longstanding educational norm that says students who do not receive grades have no incentive to work. What do you think of this claim?Is it valid? How does your own view compare to Kohn's?

2) Blue Collar Brilliance (Mike Rose)

Question: Take a closer look at this essay's title. How do you interpret the phrase "blue collar brilliance' ? To what extent does this phrase challenge or rewrite the norms we are taught to use when thinking about blue-collar work? What alternative vision of such work does a phrase like this suggest?

3) Everything You've Heard About Failing School (Kristina Rizga)

Question: Rizga devotes a lot of attention in this essay to the experiences of students outside the classroom: their personal histories, family lives, economic circumstances. Why do you think Rizga chooses to include this information? In your view, is this helpful? How or how not?

4) Against School ( John Taylor Gatto)

Question: Gatto draws a distinction between helping children "take an education" and receive a schooling" (p.272). How do you understand the difference between the two? In your view, which of these phrases defines the superior model od education? Why?

5)Unconscious Plagiarism ( Rachel Toor)

Question: Toor draws a distinction between "stealing" and "imitating" How do you stand the difference? Do you agree with Toor that, when it comes to academic plagiarism, there is a valid line to be drawn between the two? Why or Why not?

6) Preparing minds and markets (Jonathan Kozol)

Question: What do you make of the phrase "school to work"? IN your view, does it suggest an approach to education that is legitimate or evel useful? Does it reflect the way we're usually taught to think about education? Can you think of alternative term that would suggest an educational approach that is preferable?


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