Teaching to Change the World By: Jeannie Oaks and Martin Lipton

Premise:

• Teaching
• Merit
• Schooling
• Progress
• Hope and Faith
• Change
• Ability

Author's Argument:

Oaks and Lipton argue that merit, scientific effecency and progress prevents the democratic possibilities happen in the school society. They also believe that people believe that if some kids have no resources or are poor that they will do poorly in school, but that is not entirely true if you work hard you can do anything that you want.

Evidence:

1. " Any child can grow up to be President. So says the achievement ideology, the reigning social perspective that sees American Society as open and fair and full of opportunity."
2. "It has become clear that regardless of their merit, some people could never overcome the disadvantages, with which they began. It was as if they were playing on a field tilted in thier opponents' favor."
3. "Many poor and nonwhite Americans also believe schooling benefits are equally accessible to all."

Questions/Comments/ Points to Share

I thought that this article was a little confusing to understand. But I liked how they brought up every single aspect to the attention of the reader. This article was not as intreging as other articles we have read. This article relates to the other articles that we read in class in the way that because you are poor it does not mean that you cannot do anything.