Read Chapter 2 of Writing from Sources (WFS) and the essay by Carl Singleton on pp. 192 - 94. You might also want to look at Chapter 2 of TSIS, especially the list of verbs at the end.
Write a paragraph summarizing Singleton's argument in the essay. Don't agree or disagree yet. Simply summarize his point of view. Be objective in your tone, language, and content.
Try to use and CORRECTLY introduce SHORT quotations from the essay when you think Singleton does a better job of writing his point of view than you can, but don't overdo it. Don't let Singleton do your writing for you.
Your paragraph should take the following form, which more or less follows the instructions given in WFS:
1. Summarize the main argument. Don't forget to work in Singleton's full name and the title of the essay. I typical template for that first sentence might be as follows. In [title of the essay], [author's full name] [verb from the list in TSIS] that [the author's main argument/ thesis].
2. Summarize the supporting arguments, each in their turn. Use transitions to indicate the flow of the argument and the fact that Singleton and not you is arguing.
Here, you'll need to understand the underlying organizational principle of the essay. Writers don't always make them obvious. Use your understanding of that organizational principle to structure your summary.
3. State the underlying principle present in Singleton's essay -- the idea that makes the argument go. You can think of it as the thesis, but it is often unstated. Think of it as the idea that you will either defend or refute in subsequent paragraphs in the body of an essay that follows this introductory summary.
WFS gives you excellent instructions on how to determine these matters. Use them.
In " What Our education System Needs Is More F's", Carl singleton firmly believes that giving a big old F would help improve parents involvement in their child's educational life as well as children staying off the social media things and constantly getting distracted by all other temptations that the internet has to offer as well. Singleton says " As the number of students at various levels increased by those not being passed, the more money we would have to spend to accommodate them." He then follows up with the arguement that by failing the students would force not only the student to work hard, but the teachers to work even harder. Another argument that Singleton makes is that when we just pass the student on with a D, we are just setting them up for eventually for bigger failure when they get to college. In all, singleton says that giving the students more Fs will actually HELP the students succeeed and work harder.
ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Education System Needs is More F’s,” Carl Singleton argues that the American education system must be reinvented in order to create progress for the future of young minds today. The author explains the consequences of the blurred line of passing and failing, which involves the decrease of college-level literacy and increase of low-quality teachers. Furthermore, Singleton emphasized the role of parents in their children’s education. For instance, he states that if a child receives an F, their parent must acknowledge the reality that their child is not learning—and this cannot be ignored. Singleton says, “Unless and until we start failing those students who should be failed, other suggested solutions will make little progress toward improving education.” By explaining the repercussions of passing students to avoid failure and the engagement of parents, Singleton advocates for a revolution within schools so that students are appropriately accommodated. By giving more students F’s who do not learn the material, this will ultimately improve education systems across the country and the lives of each student.
ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Education System Needs is More F’s,” Carl Singleton argues that giving F’s to students who have not mastered material will improve the education system. He first argues that the main cause of mass ignorance is giving students higher grades than they deserve. He believes that passing students leads to lower quality education systems. For instance, colleges have to create introductory courses because students failed to learn the material in high school. Secondly, Singleton claims that failing students will increase parental responsibility in their children’s lives. Realizing that one’s child is failing provokes the parents to take the initiative necessary to get the student back on track. Finally, he believes that failing students will reveal weaknesses in the teachers, thus forcing teachers to think of innovative ways to teach to different learning styles. Singleton implies that improvements in the education system, through giving students F’s for inadequate work, will lead to smarter students with greater opportunities.
ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Education System needs is more F’s”, after reading Carl Singleton is a strong believer in giving students more F’s. Singleton thinks that Americas have many educational problems that need to be solved. For example students just getting passed along and not really learning the material that they really need in life to be successful. To solve this problem he thinks students need to receive more F’s. He thinks getting more F’s will make students want to try more because no one wants to receive an F. This will also get the attention of the kid’s parents because the parents know how important education is to make it in life and they will push their kids to be the best they could be. He feel like the government wants to just pass students on because it wouldn’t cost more money than giving students F’s. he even said “As the number of students at various levels increased by those not being passed, the more money we would have to spend to accommodate them." I think if schools gave students more
ReplyDeleteF’s students would be forced to learn what they need to learn and our country would be stronger because knowledge is power, I really think Carl Singleton has some great ideas and we should listen to him.
What Our Education System Needs is More F’s” written by Carl Singleton describe how the American education could benefit from failing its students. In his essay, Singleton feels teachers pass undeserving students who have not learned the needed material or earned the passing grade. Singleton argues that we as a nation produce a better quality of student need to be willing to give F’s to underachieving students. Singleton first analyzes the effect this method would have on the American student by stating that student receiving F’s for bad work will force them to be more proactive in their studies to earn the grade that they and their parents will be satisfied with. The next group of people Singleton believes would be affected by the administering of more F’s is the teachers. Singleton states that a failing student reflects how well the teacher taught the material “a failed student can be the product of a failed teacher.” This system of “low-quality teaching because of low-quality teachers who never should have been certified in the first place” is a reason for so many students are not succeeding, yet are still able to move on to the next grade. The next group he focuses on is the Parents. Singleton believes that if teachers fail the undeserving students, the students’ parents will be forced to, “…deal with the realities of their children’s failure…” Failing students will cause parents to become more active in their children’s education to ensure their children meet the measure they require. He is critical of parents, assuming that they neglect their kids’ education. Poor grades, he hopes, would force them “to get themselves away from the TV set” and spend “more time on homework.” Singleton also argues that the idea of giving F’s would cause education to receive more funding and cause teachers and school administrators to make changes to improve education according to the article.
ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Education System Needs is More F’s,” Carl Singleton insists that it is necessary that teachers and professors around the country must give out more Failing grades or F’s to ensure students are actually learning the required material. Singleton argues that the F’s that are given should only be given to the students that haven’t learned the material. As he puts it, they should be given, “by the dozens, hundreds, thousands, even millions.” Singleton then goes on to argue that schools and colleges are just giving out grades with lower standards, that students are not measuring up to the expectations set. As Singleton continues his argument, he states that having students receive failing grades with allow most parents to, “deal with the realities of their children’s failure.” Singleton claims having concerned parents will force them to get their children away from the TV’s and doing more schoolwork. Singleton concludes his arguments by claiming by giving more F’s, it will improve education systems drastically throughout the country. Singleton believes giving out failing grades will help improve the country's education system and it is really the only way to see substantial improvement in education across the country.
ReplyDeleteIn Carl Singleton’s essay “What Our Education System Needs Is More F’s”, the author firmly states that the problem in America’s education would be solved if more F’s were given by professors. By this way, parents will be getting more involved in their children’s academics while they will become more worried. Meanwhile the students will be more concentrated on their studies and will not get as easily distracted. He also claims that by this change in the education system, more money will be spent for schools. Using his words “As the numbers of students at various levels were increased by those not being passed, more money would have to be spent to accommodate them”. To sum up, Singletons claim is that more students getting F’s in school will help the American education system improve.
ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Education System Needs Is More F’s”, Carl Singleton insists that the way to make the education system improve and more efficient is to fail the students more in order for them to learn their lesson and learn the material. In this essay, Singleton says that the parents would be forced to do something about the student’s school work if they came home with more F’s. Also, Singleton believes that only those students deserving of the passing grades should receive them, so, more students that deserve F’s should be receiving F’s. Singleton also says that if the teachers give out more F’s it would force the principal and the school board to pay more attention to the educational system, Singleton says, “Giving an F whenever and wherever it is the only appropriate grade would force the principals, school boards, and voters to come to terms with cost as a factor in improving our educational system.” Not only this, but Singleton says that it demand more of the students and teachers as well. If the students are failing, the teachers might also feel as if they are failing, making them and the students work harder in the classroom to improve. With all this being said, the ultimate principal Singleton is trying to make is this, if students do not work hard and understand the material, they deserve to fail, and would help them in the long run as students.
ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Education System Needs Is More F’s,” author Carl Singleton argues that the most reasonable way to help make American education better is for teachers and professors to give out more failing grades. Singleton states that these failing grades should be given, “only to students who haven’t learned the required material.” Singleton also makes a point that if children received an F as a final grade, it would force their parents to take more control over their education and make the proper adjustments to their children’s work and study habits. But Singleton also argues that, “a failed student can be the product of a failed teacher.” He implies that its not fully the child’s fault for receiving a failing grade, but some fault lies with the teacher as well. In his essay, Singleton implies that giving students failing grades will be better for America, by having no illiterate college and high school graduates. His method to fix the American education system will only help the students who truly understand all the materials they are taught, so they can move on in their education.
ReplyDeleteIn what our education system needs is more F's,Carl singleton strongly believe in giving students more F's to students who have not mastered material will improve the education system. Singleton said "as the number of students at various levels increased by those not being passed, the more money we would have to spend to accommodate them". Singleton also firmly believes if you fail a student it will force the student to work hard,but make the teacher work harder. Singleton claims failing students will increase parental responsibility in their children's lives, as a parent when your kid falling it provokes the parent to take the initiative necessary to get the student back on track. By the facts and information singleton provided I feel if yu give students F's students would be forced to learn the material they have trouble with an our education system will improve, I really think Carl Singleton have some great points and more people should hear him out more.
ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Education System Needs is More F’s”, Carl Singleton argues that the current education system needs to be altered in order ensure students are actually learning. In his essay, Singleton talks about how failing students who do not have a proper understanding of the required material would benefit them in the long run. By giving out more failing grades, students would be forced to try harder in order to pass. Giving more Fs increase parental support because they would put more effort into having their kid receive passing grades. It would also create more money in the education system. Singleton explains that with more students failing, “more money would have to be spent to accommodate" those who are not learning. Furthermore Singleton explains that if students were failing, then teachers would also be failing at their jobs, which would cause them to work harder. To conclude, Singleton’s arguments provide significant evidence that giving out more Fs, would greatly improve the education system across America.
ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Educational System Needs Is More F’s”, Carl Singleton argues that the American education needs to give more f’s to students to restore quality in the education system. He states this claim because students are receiving passing grades when they have not mastered the material in their classes. The first reason
ReplyDeletewhy this is a problem, according to Singleton, is because students who should have failed end up lowering the quality of educational systems. Many times students who should have failed end up becoming a teacher and thus hurting the educational system. Secondly, failing students will force parents to make sure their children fully comprehend the material so they can pass. When students pass, parents think that their child have adequately learned the material, but failing them will enforce parents to make sure their child has fully understand the course. Finally, giving an F to students will force principals, school boards, and voters to improve the educational system. This means more money will be implemented into education and higher quality teachers will be hired. Singleton’s purpose for writing this essay is to state that giving F’s to students who do not master the required material will ultimately improve the students’ education, the quality of teachers, and the educational system as a whole.
In the essay “What Our Education System Needs is More F’s” by Carl Singleton is an essay, it is discussed that the education system needs a change. Singleton believes what the education system needs is to not be as lenient when grading and more F’s should be given. Overtime, Singleton says that the grading system has deteriorated. “D’s became C’s, and B became the average grade”. He proposes that because of the slip in grading, people are being certified for jobs they cannot do. If more F’s were given where they are deserved, there would be more parent involvement and kids would be learning all the information they need to do their jobs effectively in their future. Singleton ends his essay very strongly with his opinion “The single most important requirement for solving the problems of education in America today is the big fat F, written decisively in red ink millions of times in schools and colleges across the country.” This sentence shows exactly how Singleton thinks the education system should change.
ReplyDeleteIn his essay, “What Our Education System Needs Is More F’s,” Carl Singleton urges that giving out more F’s is the best solution to improve the quality of American education system. He complains that because students pass their classes even when they don’t deserve it, poor teachers and “illiterate” graduates, notably college first year students, increase over time. He claims that grades of F would allow more parents to be attentive to their kids’ education and teachers to be more responsible in their job.
ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Education System Needs is More F’s,” Carl Singletons suggests that Professors should give more F's as it will help revitalize America's educational system. He feels that a huge problem in our educational system is "giving credit where none has been earned." He gives various reasons as to why failing kids more will ultimately bring the overall quality of our educational system up. Firstly, by failing students who failed to learn the required material, students will be forced to put more effort into learning the material which will improve the overall performance of students. Secondly, by giving more students F's, parents will be pushed to "deal with the realities of their children's failure." Perhaps, parents will be more strict on their kids by restricting unproductive activities like watching television, until their grades improve. Thirdly, this will also force teachers to improve their productiveness as teaching methods, presentation, and testing procedures would have to be at a "very high standard." In conclusion, Carl Singleton conveys that giving deserved F's would drastically improve the educational system as it would require the students, parents, and teachers to work at a much higher level.
ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Education System Needs Is More F’s”, Carl Singleton advocates that “instituting merit raises, getting back to basics, marrying the university to industry, and… other recommendations will not achieve measurable success in restoring quality to American education, until something more basic is returned to practice,” (Singleton). He suggests dispensing F’s for failing grades that would, “dramatically, emphatically, and immediately force into the open every major issue related to the inadequacies of American education,” (Singleton). A common practice by our education system is the habit of giving passing grades to those who do not deserve it or do not fully understand the material, thus makes a butterfly effect from prekindergarten through post-Ph.D. and through the next generations. By giving F’s to the students who did not learn the required material, we dramatically stop the chain reaction of our deteriorating grading system. He also implores “sending students home with F’s would force parents to deal with the realities of their child’s failure while it is happening and… take an active part in their child’s education,” (Singleton). As long as the teacher’s job is done correctly, the responsibility will not go home to the parents, where it belongs. The result of giving F’s where it is well deserved would be immediately evident: students in every grade level would meet all the requirements such as illiteracy or borderline grades. Although Singleton knows that giving F’s will solve all of the failing education system, but it would aid the progress towards improving education.
ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Education System Needs is F’s” Carl Singleton explains why teachers should give students f’s if that is the grade the student earns. Singleton believes that giving f’s will help enhance schools and make them better as a whole. It will force teachers to actually supply material to his or her students. He also believes this system can inspire parents to help with their child’s education. This system also will improve the students that make it into college. These students will have actually earned the good grades and that will hopefully carry over into college. Singleton’s main argument is the process of giving f’s is the biggest solution to America’s education problem.
ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Education System Needs is More F’s”, Carl Singleton argues that students get away with passing classes, when they don't deserve the grades they receive. Teachers don't want to see their students fail, even if kids don't understand the concept of what their learning, teachers will give them just a passing grade. He believes if teachers give students grades that they earn, kids will succeed higher academically. “We could not be accommodating them in the old sense of passing them on, but by keeping them at one level until they did in time, one way or another, learn the material. Insisting on respecting the line between passing and failing would also require us to demand as much of ourselves as of our students.”(Paragraph 7, Carl Singleton) Meaning that if teachers have to fail students, it should be done because they need to grasp the concept of that certain subject. Which in the long run is in students best interest, and will give kids a better education.
ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Education System Needs Is More F’s,” Carl Singleton explains that teachers should not be afraid to give more students F’s, for it will overall help the student and the educational system as a whole. He feels that students are given grades they do not deserve, such as D’s when they deserve F’s, or B’s when they deserve C’s. He believes that by failing students they will have no other choice than to work harder and study more in order to learn the material and earn a more accurate grade. Not only will the students learn to improve their work ethic, but parents will become more involved in their students schooling. Thirdly, Singleton believes that when you make a clear line between passing and failing, you will then get the teachers working just as hard as students and vice versa. As Singleton says “a failed student can be the produce of a failed teacher”. In conclusion, Singleton believes that in order to improve the educational system, teachers must fail more students.
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ReplyDeleteIn the book “What Our Education System needs is more F’s”, the author Carl Singleton believes that the American educational system is in immediate need of change. He is adamant about the notion that current teachers are inappropriately grading students and giving them letter grades that they have not earned nor deserve. He believes the solution to the under qualification for people with degrees is by giving students more F’s. He feels as though the value of the grading system has gone down and has devalued in a sense. In addition he believes that grading harder, by giving more F’s will solve education problems of the U.S. Not to mention it will diminish having underqualified people working jobs that unprepared for. Singleton states, “Unless and until we start failing those students who should be failed, other suggested solutions will make little progress toward improving education.” This statement only emphasises his belief that below average literacy and today’s low performance education system is due to not giving students the grades they deserve. If they received the low grades that they deserved they would try harder to do well in their studies. Singleton’s writing emphasises the American educational system will continue to worsen if educators do not stop passing students that have not yet learned the material necessary for their education, an issue that has short term benefit but long term damage.
In the essay “What Our Education System Needs is More F’s,” by Carl Singleton shares the idea that professors should be giving out more F’s to help strengthen educational system. Singleton believes that students are earning grades that they do not deserve and that should be fixed right now. He sees failing grades as a way to learn, instead of giving away false grades that will not help the student learn in any way. When you think about it, a student who receives a failing grade will more likely work harder to improve the rest of there scores to make sure they do not fail again. But when someone receives a good grade, they have no incentive to work harder. They see that if they could get a good grade with putting in the smallest ounce of effort they should be receiving grades that they never should have received. As Singleton says, “ A failed student can be the produce of a failed teacher.” Singleton sees that there is only one way to really help the education system for the greater good, and that is to give out more F’s.
ReplyDeleteIn the essay "What Our Education System Needs is More F's," by Carl Singleton, he talks about the idea that professors/teachers should be failing more of their students for failing to learn the information presented to them. The idea behind this is that students will learn by taking the failing grade, and learning their lesson from it. However, this is wrong. Giving student's a failing grade at times can enable them to shut down. When a student shuts down it reflects just how capable a teacher is of teaching this student, therefore failing kids most of the time is not a viable option.
ReplyDeleteIn "What Our Education System needs is more F’s” , Carl Singleton proposes to hold the flow of the education system at hostage by mass-failing students. "Let me make it clear that I recommend giving those F's-by the dozens, hundreds, thousands, even millions-only to students who haven't learned the required material" - Carl isn't messing around; he addresses arguments that others have made about the causes of America's failing education system. He writes that Teachers-based intervention like "higher salaries, most stringent certification procedures.." will not work to improve quality of education, almost implying that it only works to improve interest from teachers. The other contributors to a child's education, parents and children themselves can be brought into the mix by failing students. "Giving an F where it is deserved would force concerned parents to get themselves away from the TV set. and take an active part in their children's education" - this quote is not only summed in my sentence before it, it also shows another important aspect of his argument. He makes it clear that only children failing to meet the standard of literacy and education should be given F's. He concludes by reasserting his thesis stating it's the only way.
ReplyDeleteIn "What Our Education System needs is more F’s” , Carl Singleton proposes to hold the flow of the education system at hostage by mass-failing students. "Let me make it clear that I recommend giving those F's-by the dozens, hundreds, thousands, even millions-only to students who haven't learned the required material" - Carl isn't messing around; he addresses arguments that others have made about the causes of America's failing education system. He writes that Teachers-based intervention like "higher salaries, most stringent certification procedures.." will not work to improve quality of education, almost implying that it only works to improve interest from teachers. The other contributors to a child's education, parents and children themselves can be brought into the mix by failing students. "Giving an F where it is deserved would force concerned parents to get themselves away from the TV set. and take an active part in their children's education" - this quote is not only summed in my sentence before it, it also shows another important aspect of his argument. He makes it clear that only children failing to meet the standard of literacy and education should be given F's. He concludes by reasserting his thesis stating it's the only way.
ReplyDeleteIn "What Our education System Needs Is More F's", Carl Singleton describes his theory that giving more F’s will improve the overall education system. He backs this up by referencing the F as a negative enforcement tool. When students are exposed to negative re-enforcement, as opposed to being coddled, they tend to preform much better in school. He also bashes the idea of No Child Left Behind, stating that all it does is give people who don’t want to succeed a safety net. By setting the bar at a D, we pass students who haven’t earned their passing grade, thus lowering the overall effort required to pass the class for the next generation. The practice of passing students who otherwise would have failed also hurts the other members of the class by not validating their effort. Failing students who don’t work, causes both the class and the system to suffer.
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ReplyDeleteIn “What Our Education System Needs Is More F’s,” Carl Singleton believes that the American education system has fallen from its former glory. It is Singletons controversial belief that the only way to restore said education system is through “a widespread giving of F’s.” He believes that the passing out of “millions” of failing grade would result in a variety of different occurrences including: an increase in caring and supportive parents, additional school funds would be provided on a nation wide basis, the standard of teaching would increase, and the amount of illiterate high school and college students would drastically decrease. Singleton first argument operates under the belief that the failing grades will raise concern amongst parents. According to Singleton, parents will be prompted to actively take part in their childes education, which he believes will contribute to the restoration of the American education system. Although Singleton admits to the fact that not all parents might do so, he remains optimistic of the legitimacy of his theory. His second argument as to what would happen as a result of failing millions of students, is an increase in school funds. He believes that the students who have been performing inadequately in the academic sense, will be provided with the proper accommodations. Instead of the education system passing these students on with “fake grades,” it will be forced to spend money on additional accommodations. This will obligate the failing students to “one way or another, learn the material.” Singletons third argument describes the other half of the spectrum so to speak. It may very well be that some students are incapable of learning, however, it can be just as likely that a teacher may be inadequately teaching the class material. Therefore, in order for teachers to hand out F’s in a justifiable manner, they will be required to keep their standards of teaching up to par. Finally, Singletons final argument is quite self explanatory. Because all of the illiterate students will have failed at the end of the year, only those students capable of reading will have earned a degree. As a result of this, Singleton claims the illiteracy rate will literally be zero. Throughout his essay, Singleton presents time and time again examples of how failing grades will solve Americas education system. It is important to note however that he operates under the assumption that students are motivated soy by the grades they are given or earned. Whether or not that is true, Singleton provides no evidence to support that.