Blog Post due Tuesday 11:59PM or in class on Wednesday at 9:05AM

Homework due Tuesday Nov 30 11:59PM:

Read Barbara Ehrenreich's “Maid to Order: The Politics of Other Women's Work” 479-495 and compose a blog response based on ONE of the following prompts:

1. Consider what audience this piece was written for. What assumptions does Ehrenreich make about this audience?

2. Consider Ehrenreich's ethos. What is the central argument of this piece? In what ways does her personal experience build her case?

3. Ehrenreich incorporates a range of research and statistics into her essay. Which statistical examples surprised you? Which are most persuasive? Least persuasive? Why?

Sunday, September 26, 2010

What it Means to Be Educated

To be educated, I believe, is to have a subsequent amount of knowledge that will get you by in certain situations. One can be academically educated, socially educated, economically educated..each form of education helps you out in life. I think it means to be able to absorb new information and add to your former knowledge. Being challenged is being educated because you are pushing yourself to learn something new, but I also think that you can have fun and learn at the same time. I disagree when they said in the intro. to chapter 12 that "He suggests something is wrong when college students expect to enjoy their classes more than be challenged by them," because I think that some of the most interesting classes and ones that you learn the most from, are those that you enjoy.
In terms of those deciding what it means to be educated, I believe the individual decides that. Everyone has the freedom to chose for themselves, how much they want to put into a situation, but in return that affects how much they get out of it. One can apply themselves a little and not learn very much, while at the same time they can apply themselves a lot and get a lot out of it. I think the government can also decide what it means to be educated in terms of exams, because in NJ we take the HSPAS, High School Proficiency Assessment, to make sure we have retained all the information taught in high school.
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  1. Sophia DixonSeptember 29, 2010 at 10:50 AM

    I really like what you said about how "being challenged is being educated." In the past, I thought about education solely in relation to academic learning, so it was interesting when you mentioned education in social and economic contexts because I never though of it that way. I definitely agree that applying what you learn to real-world situations is a crucial part of education, sort of like a final test.

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  2. Eric VASeptember 29, 2010 at 9:50 PM

    I liked how you broke education into groups like "socially educated" and "economically educated". Education is a broad topic and I like how you tackled this question and answered it by including a reference to the Chapter 12 reading. I also agree that individuals determine what it means to be educated and I like your answer to this question too. Great job and the voice and tonality in your responses helps to support your feelings on education.

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