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Carl Singleton in “What our Education System Needs is More ‘F’s” argues how he believes that the present education system is lacking in merit due to the underuse of ‘F’ grades. His first argument tells how the increase of ‘F’s’ would make everyone reevaluate the educational system. If there were all of these students now failing, we would have no choice but to restructure the system. A second argument he makes is to not give credit where no credit is due. The ‘B’s’, ‘C’s’, and ‘D’s’, he argues, have highlighted this problem. Students, he believe should either master the subject with an ‘A’ or fail the subject with an ‘F.’ A last argument he makes states that by giving more ‘F’s’, it would in turn be a higher burden on the cost of education. The influx of students repeating years due to failure, would force everyone to reexamine the methods of teaching and ensure that students mastered material.
ReplyDeleteIn Carl Singleton’s essay, “What Our Education System Needs is More F’s,” he argues that schools should be stricter with their grading. Specifically, Singleton calls for “a widespread giving of F’s.” He believes this is required because unearned passing grades have been frivolously given out for over 20 years. By only allowing students who have “fully met established standards,” Singleton claims that illiteracy will be eliminated. Also, that strictness will force many people to increase their involvement in the education system. For example, Singleton writes that parents will have to get involved to deal with their child’s failure. Teachers are affected when they have to raise the standards of their teaching methods to pass students. Additionally, principals, school boards, and voters would have to come to terms with the costs.
ReplyDeleteIn his essay “What Our Education System Needs is More F’s,” Carl Singleton argues that teachers nationwide need to be giving out more F’s. He states that illiteracy among high school graduates is increasing. Singleton blames that on teacher’s current grading system, where they are giving students higher grades than they deserve. He claims that if teachers gave F’s to all students who did not truly master the material, their parents would discipline them and/or become more active in helping them improve their education. These ideas would result in a guarantee that no students entering college would be illiterate, because receiving F’s would either not allow them to get their diploma in order to graduate, or it would cause them to step up their game and become better students.
ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Education System Needs Is More F’s,” Carl Singleton argues that the American education system has gone awry because of rampant grade inflation. He proposes that teachers in every school across America should give more F’s to combat this crisis. He believes that there are numerous inadequate and incapable students because they know that they can “skate by” and get good grades without learning the material that teachers present to them. Singleton writes how this inadequacy is self-inflicted and cyclical. He writes how our system is declining because teachers that should not have graduated from college/high school are molding the minds’ of our youth, and he writes how these unqualified teachers are setting up the students of America for failure by doing their job poorly, which they cannot help because they were trained poorly and certified incorrectly. That being said, Singleton believes that more F’s will cure this. If that is done, Singleton believes that more parents will be concerned about their child’s performance in school. If more parents see an F on their child’s report cards, Singleton argues that they will feel compelled to restrict non-school time, such as TV time, and he believes they will influence their children to spend their time more often on school endeavors.
ReplyDeleteWhat Our Education System Needs is More F’s by Carl Singleton argues that the American education system could be greatly improved if students were given F’s instead of passing the class when they don’t deserve to. Singleton argues that giving F’s to students that did not fully grasp the material will stop illiterate students from graduating high school and college. Furthermore, he argues that parents will be forced to become more involved with their child’s education if they have to come to terms with the fact that their child is failing. Lastly, Singleton states that failing a student will keep them at one level and force them to actually grasp and learn the material.
ReplyDeleteIn the essay "What Our Education System Needs Is More F's", Carl Singleton argues that teachers in the education system today need to give out more F's to their students. Singleton claims that giving F's will keep the students that don't understand the material will keep them from moving on to harder things like classes, college, or grad school. With more students getting F's, parents will become more involved with what their student is doing and possibly will cause them to enforce studying rules. The last thing that Singleton discusses is that failing a student will cause them to realize that they need to be working harder and that they actually need to study and learn the material to be able to pass the class.
ReplyDeleteThe essay from Torture: WHEN THE UNNTHINKABLE is MORALLY PERMISSABLE by Mirko Bagaric and Julie Clarke presented several arguments why it is okay and best that torture is used against suspects in the “war on terrorism.” The authors present strong arguments for the continued use of torture, the first and foremost being that it saves innocent lives. Bagaric and Clarke argue against the slippery slope argument saying that if torture were legalized it would not matter because it is already illegally used in many countries including the United States. Another counterargument that the authors address is that torture is dehumanizing for a society but they reason that letting an innocent victim die is far more dehumanizing. Furthermore, they argue that the fear of dehumanizing the torturer is overrated as doctors have long caused people pain but for the right reason such as a torturer does in exchange for helping save an innocent person. Bargaric and Clarke conclude their argument by saying that society is already dehumanized by allowing innocent people to die while protecting the suspect from torture. As strong as the arguments are, I contend that torture is not the answer nor is letting innocent people caught up in the mess die and they do not have to die even if torture is not used.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Carl Singleton, the author of “What Our Education System Need Is More F’s,” there needs to be a more distinct line between passing and failing to improve education. In other words, there must be a mass amount of F’s stringently handed out. That would immediately discourse the traditional way of passing undeserved students which leads to ignorance and even poor teachers. As a result, parents would see their kids fail and be obliged to take action, though this would only work if the parents do notice. Additionally, more responsibility will be put on the school funders to help decrease the high school illiteracy rates by focusing their money towards the bad habits and teachers of the school. This will only happen if the people stop laughing in class and almost everyone takes home the lower grade.
ReplyDelete“What Our Education System Needs is More F’s” by Carl Singleton suggests that teachers across America should hand out more F’s. High school graduates have increasing numbers of illiteracy among them. This is due to the grading system used by teachers. This system simply gives students higher grades than they deserve. He emphasizes the point that students believe they can just “skate by” and receive mediocre grades without learning the material. He points out that the teachers also went through the same cycle, so they believe they are doing the right thing. If more F’s are given, Singleton believes that parents will be more concerned for their children and force them to do the work and earn good grades.
ReplyDeleteCarl Singleton states that the best way to improve the education system in the United States is if teachers start handing out more ‘F’ letter grades. Basically implying that the education system needs to be more critical as far as grading is concerned. Carl feels that often students are given credit when they do not deserve the credit. Furthermore, he feels that unless students have not learnt the required material, they should fail. According to the author, giving an ‘F’ would be the best immediate measure. It would force parents and students to lay more emphasis on education and hold students to a higher standard. The author also claims that more ‘F’s would lead to better students graduation from high school and from college.
ReplyDeleteCarl Singleton's argument in the article, "What our Education System Needs is More F's" is pretty well explained by the title. In this article, Singleton argues that teachers are being too lenient with their grading systems, giving out B's and C's where F's are due. He uses the example, "Come to class and get your C's, laugh at my jokes and take home B's." According to Singleton, that kind of teaching attitude is causing many high schools to graduate students who are illiterate. Not only will more harsh grading standards push students to work harder, but it will also push teachers to work harder at developing lesson plans and teaching methods, because an abundance of F's would reflect upon their own teaching abilities.
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ReplyDeleteIn Carl Singleton’s “What Our Education System Needs Is More F’s” argues that the American education system is failing because of grade inflation. The author argues that our education system is failing because of the inability of our teachers to fail students. He claims that our nation would greatly be improved if more F’s were doled out, because currently students are being pushed forward on their educational track, even though they lack basic reading and writing skills. On top of that by failing more students it would raise the awareness of their parents, and help to get them involved in their children’s studies. He then goes on to question the degrees that teachers received claiming that they shouldn’t have even received them. This then creates this structure of stupid teaching stupid, which plagues our intro college courses. So based off of Singleton’s logic we need to mark more for failure to help us all to succeed.
Carl Singleton believes the greatest way to “restore quality to American Education” is to provide more F’s to it’s students. He claims the education system often gives credit to those that have not earned it. This is the sole problem that stems from the deterioration of the American Education System, where F’s turn to D’s, D’s turn to C’s and so on. Letting those pass that have not earned it however, allows for unprepared students to venture into universities, colleges and the workplace, even if they are not prepared. It also takes away from those that should have rightfully earned those positions at high paying jobs even when they are more exceptionally qualified. For Singleton, the answer is simple; pass out millions of F’s, and the system should be proactive enough to cleanse and fix itself. The standard should be met, and if not, those that do not meet it should be put through the programming again.
ReplyDeleteTo solve the problems of education in America today, Carl Singleton claims that more F's need to be given to certain students. According to Singleton, the only students who need to be failed are the students who "haven't learned the material." Those students have the mentality of "everything will be a breeze-I can get through classes with D's." Because of the flawed grading system teachers use across America, students are not worried about failing. Singleton says the grading system has deteriorated; what was once considered firm F's are now D's, D's are C's, and C's are B's. By handing out F's, Singleton believes it will get the attention of parents. He hopes the F received by the student will force mom and dad to "take an active part in their children's education." If parents are not concerned about their child needing help with school, our educational system will continue to make no strides towards progression.
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