Instead of writing an essay, you are required to answer 5 questions in the blog below. There cannot be more than 10 replies to each question – so all questions get covered. First 10 comments only will be looked at. Make sure your name is attached to each post. A response has “facts” and at least three STRONG supporting statements. A response should be at least 6 sentences. Read the previous posts before you make a comment.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
State schools (turn of century)
Describe a “state school” like this in this era. Use facts (visibly and in dialogue) from the movie.
At the turn of the century "state schools" for the Deaf and Blind were under-funded with only the bare necessities. In the movie, superintendent of the state school stated that his school was not properly funded to the school board. This was the scene when the school board was chastising the school for holding the football game. These schools were seen as places that children who weren’t “normal” went to be educated just to enough to be stable members in society. In comparison to today, while they are still under-funded, these schools have extracurriculars and all types of activities and from what I can tell they are fun for the students. -Paige
I agree that "state schools" for the Deaf and Blind at this time in history were ridiculously underfunded. Often only funded to the point of bare necessities, maybe less. As seen in the movie, the school board is unaware of the necessities of their school, and only provided what they saw fit, which is why the superintendent requested more funding. It's so unfortunate that a simple game of football was seen as 'unnecessary' and almost led the board to close the school. I also agree that students that were seen as 'abnormal' were sent to these schools, seeing as the schools were considered only for the 'Deaf, Dumb, and Blind'. It saddens me to know that in the past these poor children were only taught how to be civilazed members of society, rather than how to become their own people and how to thrive. -Kiara
I agree in the fact that in this time period, state schools were thought of as places where the abnormal resided. And for this reason, they would become a dumping ground for anything out of the ordinary. Its sad that this happens, but people will always try to get rid of what they don't understand, and the Deaf, dumb, and blind were the least understood of the era. -Nikki
We see that the school has hardly any funding by the fact that they can't even afford basic necessities. It's sad because we know that this isn't an isolated incident, all Deaf school in this time period would have been poorly funded. We also see the obvious bias toward Deaf people, that would've also existed heavily in this period. -Nikki
State schools were overlooked and forgotten. In the movie, superintendent of the school is often talking about, rather nonchalantly, there is no funding for very important things for their school. People used these schools to get their children help, or to get rid of them because of difficulties. These schools were overpopulated, and under represented.
I agree, many schools of the time were under funded. This was especially a problem when the school needed special resources for their students. In the case of the school Amy is at, there are even more underfunded than some schools because of where they are located. Since they are not in a well populated/wealthy city, the overall funds allocated for schools are lower. I also think the school received a lot of their funds based off of their perceived success and if the superintendent just didn't like something of thought it was useless, they wouldn't get money for it. In my opinion, this is not a fair way to run a school since it allows for personal bias to play a huge role in the school's success.
At the turn of the century "state schools" for the Deaf and Blind were under-funded with only the bare necessities. In the movie, superintendent of the state school stated that his school was not properly funded to the school board. This was the scene when the school board was chastising the school for holding the football game. These schools were seen as places that children who weren’t “normal” went to be educated just to enough to be stable members in society. In comparison to today, while they are still under-funded, these schools have extracurriculars and all types of activities and from what I can tell they are fun for the students.
ReplyDelete-Paige
I agree that "state schools" for the Deaf and Blind at this time in history were ridiculously underfunded. Often only funded to the point of bare necessities, maybe less. As seen in the movie, the school board is unaware of the necessities of their school, and only provided what they saw fit, which is why the superintendent requested more funding. It's so unfortunate that a simple game of football was seen as 'unnecessary' and almost led the board to close the school. I also agree that students that were seen as 'abnormal' were sent to these schools, seeing as the schools were considered only for the 'Deaf, Dumb, and Blind'. It saddens me to know that in the past these poor children were only taught how to be civilazed members of society, rather than how to become their own people and how to thrive.
ReplyDelete-Kiara
I agree in the fact that in this time period, state schools were thought of as places where the abnormal resided. And for this reason, they would become a dumping ground for anything out of the ordinary. Its sad that this happens, but people will always try to get rid of what they don't understand, and the Deaf, dumb, and blind were the least understood of the era.
ReplyDelete-Nikki
We see that the school has hardly any funding by the fact that they can't even afford basic necessities. It's sad because we know that this isn't an isolated incident, all Deaf school in this time period would have been poorly funded. We also see the obvious bias toward Deaf people, that would've also existed heavily in this period.
Delete-Nikki
State schools were overlooked and forgotten. In the movie, superintendent of the school is often talking about, rather nonchalantly, there is no funding for very important things for their school. People used these schools to get their children help, or to get rid of them because of difficulties. These schools were overpopulated, and under represented.
ReplyDelete-Jada Farley
DeleteI agree, many schools of the time were under funded. This was especially a problem when the school needed special resources for their students. In the case of the school Amy is at, there are even more underfunded than some schools because of where they are located. Since they are not in a well populated/wealthy city, the overall funds allocated for schools are lower. I also think the school received a lot of their funds based off of their perceived success and if the superintendent just didn't like something of thought it was useless, they wouldn't get money for it. In my opinion, this is not a fair way to run a school since it allows for personal bias to play a huge role in the school's success.
Delete-Jake Wrentmore