PA#5 They Say, Part 3 (Summarizing)
Read Carl Singleton's short essay on pp. 192 -94 of WFS. Summarize its main arguments in a paragraph.
The author's name and the title of the essay should appear somewhere in the first sentence. Early on, you should summarize or quote the main idea of the essay.
After that, summarize the main arguments that Singleton uses to support that main idea. Note that you are writing only a summary paragraph. Don't evaluate S's ideas. Note also that you must choose wisely the ideas that you decide to write about. Please concern yourself with the main facets of the argument and not the details and examples.
Bring notes for your paragraph to class on Wednesday (9/11/13). We'll write a draft that day.
By Thursday (9/12/13) at 5 PM, blog the paragraph. We'll look at some of them in class on Friday (9/12).
Carl Singleton's focuses on giving more F’s to students across America. Why would someone want something for others that will have consequences? Well Carl believes that by raising merit in the classroom, students will perform at higher academic levels in institutions. However, this is not this case due to poor teaching in the early stages of school life. Low quality teaching is very common and should not be allowed any longer. The basic skill requirements are not present in the next generation who go on to pursue a Ph.D. By giving more F’s students are receiving a wakeup call to give more effort.
ReplyDeleteCarl Singleton clearly states that many students are getting better grades than they deserve in his essay, "What Our Education System Needs is more F's." Singleton believes that many teachers don't enjoy failing students so they try and give them as many points as they can to make sure students pass. Once students get away with doing very little work, they realize they can continue that pattern and still have a decent grade. Singleton thinks that if teachers were to give students the grades they deserve and give out more F's, it would make the educational system better overall. This would make students realize that they need to pay more attention in class, spend time on homework, and study more often. Giving and receiving F's might be a challenge at first, but it will all be worth it in the end.
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9/11/13
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In Carl Singleton’s essay he touches on a very serious problem in today’s school system. Students are being moved from one grade to another, and many high school students are illiterate. If F’s were given where they belong than it would force parents to get more involved in what their child is learning or what he/she is having difficulty in. Too many children are not getting the education that they deserve because even if they do not learn the material at hand, they are still being passed on to the next grade.
Some may find his proposal for massive failure to be rather severe, but in his essay it merely reflects, in part, the growing concern shared by many people that think the decline in the quality of American education is ok. He proposes a broad shift in policy, applied universally in only one element of the educational process, notably in grading practices, will promote much improvement. He clearly suggests that awarding millions of F’s, with their universally accepted negative stigma, will form only positive results.
In his essay What Our Education Needs is More F's, Carol Singleton expresses that he believes that more F's need to be given out to students. Singleton believes that the students who are graduating from both college and high school have not retained enough of the material. Singleton believes that only student who have mastered the material should pass the class. Singleton continues on about the effects of the grading system, saying that his way " would dramatically... force into the open every major issue relate to the inadequacies." Singleton strongly concludes that this is the only way to help better the education system and nothing will get better if this policy is not put into action.
ReplyDeleteIn John Singleton's essay, "WHAT OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM NEEDS IS MORE F's", Singleton debunks the idea that "...instituting merit raises, getting back to basics, marrying the university to industry...and other recommendations" will improve the quality of education, but instead suggests "...simply a widespread giving of F's". However, Singleton reiterates that only students who don't know the required material should receive F's. Singleton explains that students have been let off too easily, and as a result, the quality of American education is suffering. Apparently, over the past twenty years the quality our education has been deteriorating. Children bringing home F's would awaken parents to their child's incompetence, hopefully getting them more actively involved in their child's education. Giving more F's would also attract the school board's attention to those are struggling to learn the material, and therefore utilize the school's money and resources to help them. The teachers would be pressured as well, because "...a failed student can be the product of a failed teacher.", and no caring teacher could go home thinking students were failing because of them.
ReplyDeleteCarl Singleton recommends giving students F’s only when they haven’t done the required material. Credit shouldn’t be given to those who don’t deserve it. School systems and parents are to blame for this issue. Educational systems lets students pass with decent grades even when they don’t do the work. According to Singleton, sending students home with F’s is a good thing, because then the parents will be forced to deal with their child’s actions. Giving students F’s is the only appropriate way to get teachers and principals to create a better educational system. Students in schools all across America should pass if and only if they have met the required standards, but its easier to just fail them all together.
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English 105.4
12 September 2013
In his essay “What Our Education System Needs is More F’s”, Carl Singleton explains that more failing grades are needed in our nation’s education system. He thinks that students are being passed without learning material they should know. He describes how F’s should only be given out to students who haven’t learned the required material. Also, he believes that students who haven’t learned the required material are being passed, which leads to illiterate high school graduates who then become college students. These college students graduate college without learning the required material and become teachers. Then these teachers pass students who should be failed; it is a cycle. He explains how easy teachers are today by using the example, “Come to class and get your C’s, laugh at my jokes and take home B’s.” He believes some of the responsibility belongs in the hands of the parents of these students. He thinks that parents should have their kids spend less time on TV and more time on homework. In addition, Singleton believes parents should help their kids with their homework more. Furthermore, more failing grades would result in teachers demanding more from themselves, because as Singleton says, “A failed student can be the product of a failed teacher”. Lastly, he doesn’t believe giving F’s will solve all of the problems in the education system, but he believes that it is the best start and is the most progressive idea.
In his essay "What Our Education System Needs Is More F's," Carl Singleton claims that handing out more F's to students would result in the overall betterment of the education system. By only giving credit where it's due, students would be motivated to try harder and put more effort into their work, while parents would be driven to take an active part in the success or failure of their children's future. Singleton supports his argument by stating that giving more F's would not only motivate students and parents, but also force school boards and teaching methods to improve. "As every teacher knows, a failed student can be the product of a failed teacher," shares Singleton. Overall, Singleton agrees that giving F's would be a much needed awakening for our education system, resulting in better students, better teachers, and a graduating class ready to face the real world of academia.
ReplyDeleteIn Carl Singleton’s short essay, “What our educational system needs is more F’s,” he explains and supports the argument that students are receiving credit in school that is not earned. He feels that teachers should give students more F’s. One reason for this is because if a student brings home an F, it will force parents to become involved. Less TV time and more homework time would be very appropriate. Also, giving F’s to students who deserve it would force the schools and faculty to improve the educational system. The teaching in schools would have to be at a very high standard. Last, There would be no illiterate college graduates next spring. Everyone who graduated would be educated because of the effort that they had to put in to pass. It is a vital part of the educational system that any student, who does not put the work in, must revive an F.
ReplyDeleteIn Carl Singleton's intriguing essay "What Our Educational System Needs is More F's" he explains how he believes America's educational leaders should only give credit where credit is strictly due, therefore failing students more often. Singleton believes this will cause students to work harder and therefore learn more and turn in higher quality assignments. He also states that a school who gives out many F's will see they need to improve how they teach. Carl Singleton's essay explains that giving more failing grades will motivate both students and teachers to work harder for better quality work. Students that get F's will change force he better, and that is something that needs to happen.
ReplyDeleteCarl Singleton, author of “What our Education System Needs is More F’s,” believes that something needs to be done about our poor educational system. His method of change is to give F’s to students who deserve them. Due to the “low quality teachers” in high schools across the nation it is increasing the illiteracy rate in college. As our grading system continues to “deteriorate” students will pass classes with not fully understanding the material. Parents should feel partially responsible for their child’s bad grades. They should be setting a good example for their children and spending less time in front of the television. While passing out F’s to those who deserve it will not solve all the major problems in our educational system. Singleton believes that it will greatly improve our educational system that we know today.
ReplyDelete“What Our Education System Needs is More F’s” is Carl Singleton’s idea about how to better equip students for the real world. Singleton believes that handing out failing grades would put an end to passing students who have not actually earned the credit. His first point is that students who receive an F would have to give more time and effort to their schooling to pass classes. Students would have to master the material to receive passing grades in classes. Singleton states that the students are a cause of deteriorating adequacy of education, but he also believes that parents are a problem. According to Singleton, “Sending students home with failing grades…would force more parents to deal with…their children’s failure…” meaning that parents would have to take some responsibility in helping their children in school. The teachers are also a source of discontent for Singleton. In order to produce capable students, Singleton believes that teachers would have to have a higher standard to teach the students. Overall, Singleton argues that handing out F’s would help motivate students, parents, and teachers to improve the quality of American education.
ReplyDeleteCarl Singleton, author of the essay, "Education Needs More F's", made a very bold statement. He believes students should receive more F's from their teachers "in the dozens, hundreds, thousands, even millions". Singleton made some valid points supporting this idea. Givings F's will address every issue, forcing the student to correct them. Therefor the students will raise effort and problems that could have been effecting their writing their entire lives. According to Singleton, illiteracy is growing among highschoolers in the nation. This could be due to a lack of corrective teaching. Correcting students problems could mean more F's, but it would cause the students to be more ready for the world after school
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Carl Singleton in his essay, “What our education system needs is more F’s”, discusses some of the main existent problems in the educational system of the United States, or what he better describes as “the inadequacies of American education”. He states that one of the most urgent changes needed in education is the grading method. For him, a great many of the students who graduate from both high schools and colleges, do not have the adequate intellectual and academic level they should, basically because students are getting scores they don’t deserve. In Singleton’s view, “The basic problem of our educational system is the common practice of giving credit where none has been earned”. Therefore, he believes that by giving more F’s when deserved, students would be bolstered toward a better performance on their way through school, as well as, would obligate parents to take a more active role in their children’s education process. Finally, Singleton points out that giving F’s might not solve all the problems, but he insists it is the best available idea to start with for now.
Dalia Lorenzo
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F’s in Education
In the essay “What our education system needs is more F’s” by Carl Singleton he states, to benefit the education system “is not more money or better teaching but simply a widespread giving of F’s.” He begins to explain, that teachers don’t give the accurate grade to students for the reason to pass the student. He recommends giving F’s to the students who rightly deserve the grade, based if they know the material or not. As a result of the actions taken by the teachers, Carl stated that slowly “the grading system will deteriorate”. The teachers that are not flunking students will not only hurt the student but also the whole grading system. Carl Singleton believes that giving F’s when the student deserves it will overall help the education system.
In Carl Singleton essay "What our education system needs is more F's" says what it means and means what it says, our educational system needs more F's. Carl illustrates this by first pointing to commonly known statistics such as "Illiteracy rates among High School Graduates are growing..." and then spends a paragraph explaining the cultural shift, "...come to class get a C and laugh at my jokes and take home B's", this is used to elaborate on how the mindset of teaching has changed. The essay also explains poor teachers are a direct result of this, as poor students become poor teachers (post college). The article then explains more F's will force teachers to care, ab nausem. The article concludes by saying students should only pass college and high school after they pass basic minimums. The article concludes by repeating itself.
ReplyDeleteAmerica’s education system would greatly benefit from professors handing out more F’s to students, according to Carl Singleton’s article “What Our Education System Needs Is More F’s.” His first of many points is by distributing exorbitant amount of F’s “it would dramatically, emphatically, and immediately force into the open every major issue related to the inadequacies of American education.” Simply meaning that by dispelling many failing grades, issues could not be ignored and would certainly be addressed immediately such as poor quality teaching, and other major problems. His second point was by “sending students home with final grades of F would force most parents to deal with the realities of their children’s failure” demonstrating that some parents would get involved more to help their children improve their grades by encouraging them to study more, or watch less television. Lastly, he points out that by “respecting the line between passing and failing” not only parents, but professors would be more involved with their students. Not only, does the F reflect poorly on the students, but also on the teaching abilities of the professors.
ReplyDeleteCarl Singleton, a professor at Fort Hays State University and the author of "What Our Education System Needs Is More F's," is a firm supporter of educators giving F’s to their students “ by the dozens, hundreds, thousands, even millions.” Singleton believes that the education system has contributed to the “massive ignorance” of the generations from the past, present, and future “by issuing unearned passing grades.” The unconscious actions of educators being “nice” and thinking merely of themselves or their pay check has set up students for failure exponentially. Because other solutions have made little or no “progress toward improving education,” the “big fat F” should be the “single most important requirement for solving the problems of education in America.”
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ReplyDeleteWhat Our Education System Needs is More Fs is an essay by Carl Singleton that gives the bold, and arguably harsh, opinion that much of the problems in our education system could be diminished by raising the expectations of teachers. Singleton breaks down his argument by stating how more Fs would effect different groups of people involved. For example, giving F's to students who have not properly learned the required material will not only be a dose of reality for the student, but the parent as well. This will force the parent to start taking an active role in their child's education. Singleton goes on to explain how it would forcibly push every flaw and inadequacy of American education into the open, and force administrators and teachers to solve the problems we have chosen to overlook, perhaps just to simply save money. Singleton uses the analogy:
"We'll get a better grade of prisons when we get a better grade of prisoners." By this, he is saying how the schools will not improve until the students do. This supports his argument to, instead of letting students barely get by, to fail them when they so deserve it.
Carl Singleton’s essay, “What our Education System Needs is More F’s”, enforces that teachers should be grading more harshly. Singleton had many topics, but two of them stood out the most. Firstly, by having lenient grading, the students will be graduating unprepared. Secondly, by failing more students, the government can invest more money and therefore have a better education system. According to Singleton, if students who are academically unprepared graduate and go to college, the education system is lowering the level it should be at. College has to have a year of preparatory courses so that these students get used to the college level. If these students graduated prepared enough, these courses would not be necessary. If students were also failing more, then the government will want to invest more so that the education improves. As of now, more money is being invested in jails than education, so if this can change, the education will become better. Carl Singleton wants to emphasize that the education system has to be at a higher level to be able to prosper.
ReplyDeleteIn Carl Singleton's essay, He certainly stresses his belief that our education system should give out more F's. He explains that one of our nations biggest education issues is "giving credit where none has been earned." For instance, rewarding a student with a higher grade when he or she obviously hasn't learned the material. Singleton clarifies that this strategy would benefit us by forcing the parents to to confront the reality of their child's failure while it is happening and still give them time to attempt to fix the issue. The parents may or may not be able to help the kid directly but it would at least give them a reason to make their kids work harder.
ReplyDeleteIn Carl Singleton’s, what our education system needs is more F’s, on pages 192-194. Carl Singleton argues that teachers should give more F’s on a regular bases because this will improve the students study habits, school boards, and educational systems. Singleton states that by giving these students F’s this would also “force principals, school boards, and voters to come to terms with cost as a factor in improving our educational system”(Singleton193). He believes if teachers’ start giving F’s to students people will start to realize that this will help everybody, not just students. “I don’t claim that giving F’s will solve all of the problems, but I do argue that unless and until we start failing those students who should be failed, other suggested solutions will make little progress toward improving education”(193). Singleton stresses these points because he believes that this can be solve with one letter, F.
ReplyDeleteCarl Singleton’s essay "What our education system needs is more F's", focuses on how teachers must give out more F’s to help the education system and the students. He talks about how teachers are giving students credit when they don’t actually earn it. He says all they have to do is show up to class, do average or below average work, and still get a good grade. Teachers must hold student more accountable and if they don’t learn the material they deserve a failing grade. He also says that by teachers passing students that shouldn’t be passed, it is making them unprepared for wherever they are going next. Giving F’s will not permanently solve our education system, but it will help us have more informed smarter citizens in the meantime
ReplyDelete“Think for a moment about the implications of a massive dispense of failing grades.” Sounds ridiculous right? Well in Carl Singleton’s essay, “What Our Education System Needs Is More F’s”, he explains why it wouldn’t be ridiculous at all. Singleton doesn’t feel every student should receive an F, just the ones who haven’t learned the material. He feels the need that if teachers start grading harder and failing more, students would be forced to learn the material. Moreover Singleton believes that the education of the student belongs in the hand of the parents. So if a student came home more often with F’s the parents would be more inclined to help or force the student to study. The parents would be able to dictate how the student used their time, like not watching TV and then reading a book instead. However, the main point Singleton is trying to make is that students are moving from grade to grade without actually learning what they need to learn, so in conclusion, he thinks that with giving them a negative feedback they will react positively and try harder.
ReplyDeleteIn the essay ''What our education system needs is more F's'', Carl Singleton argues that giving F's to students from kindergarten to post graduate school will solve the problem that students graduate from high school or even college illiterate. Of course, he's not saying that F's shouldn't be given to every student ,but to the ones that don't understand the material being taught in the class. He argues that the standards of education in America has decreased because teachers are passing students for simple reasons as attending class. The student gets credit for the work he didn't do. The other claim he has is that more F's will definitely involve the parents of the child to participate into the child's studies. The passing and failing is not only the responsibility of the student and the teachers but rather the students and parents . Besides that, the cost of high amount of money that is spent on education will be well spent on the most appropriate reasons . The resources that will be used for an unsatisfactory student will be saved. By stating these ideas , he finishes off by saying that other methods to improve our educational system will only take us so far , that we wouldn't be able to increase educational standards in America .
ReplyDeleteIn Carl Singleton's essay "What our education system needs in more F's", Singleton argues that rewarding a student with a decent grade when they do not understand the material is a mistake. He believes that F's are necessary to be given to students who do not understand the material. If students are passing a class they don't deserve to be passing, they will eventually find themselves unprepared. According to Singleton, this can be prevented. He feels that by handing out more F's, students will be forced to really learn the class’s material. Also, students who come home with failing grades will likely get their parents more involved. If teachers grade based on a student's understanding of the material, Singleton believes that our students and education system as a whole will improve in quality.
ReplyDeleteIn the essay "What our education system needs in more F's" Carl Singleton stresses the point that our education system needs to give more F's. He feels that teachers are passing kids undeserving. In his eyes this would force parents to get more involved with their kids education. students wouldn't just get by because they are a nice kid but only when they learn the required material. Carl Singleton thinks the giving of more F's would improve our whole education system.
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The article, What Our Education System Needs Is More F’s, by Carl Singleton, argues his strong opinion that in order for students today to be truly educated and deserving of receiving a higher education, teachers must distribute more “F’s”. In short get rid of the idea of partial credit, and just give credit where credit is due. Throughout the article Carl Singleton puts emphasis on the fact that children should not be able to move onto the next set of material without retaining the basics of the material that came before. That no partial credit is given to insure that the children can prove they fully understand what they’ve been taught. One argument Mr. Singleton uses is that when children receive F’s, the parents are forced to deal with the reality that their child does not fully understand what they are learning. Notifying the parents, maybe even forcing the opportunity to intervene and try to help with the child’s issues. Another argument he makes is in giving more F’s would people in power surrounding the education system to realize that more money needed to really help the children understand the material. With this knowledge more funding can go into the education system to be able to give the children the highest standard of education possible. Carl Singleton’s article clearly states that giving F’s out by the handful would improve the intelligence of students, and the citizens they go on to be.
What Our Education System Needs Is More F's by Carl Singleton, portrays how he feels the education system should be like. Singleton's view is that by teachers giving out more F's it will improve a student's education. He argues that if students do not learn certain material they should not be allowed to advance to the next set of material. Whenever students bring home a F from a class Singleton believes that this brings realization to the parents that their child may not being motivated enough to do their work or pay attention enough to learn the assigned material. With this he argues that many parents will complain to the people in charge of the education system giving them a red flag that something needs to change within the system, in his point of view it'll provide more money for the education system. Which then can be provided to schools to have more tutors and people to help students learn faster and keep up to pace with the work, understanding it fully. Giving students F's will not only bring realization to the parents but also the people in charge of the education system, and improve our society as a whole according to Singleton's article.
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