Changes

           Jody Shipka’s article doesn’t feel that new to me but however it goes more in depth on theories of how flawed the public school systems way of showing worth in the classroom. A big flaw I see with how people write papers in the classroom is that it doesn’t really show how knowledgeable you are on your said topic but in fact more on how you can regurgitate what you read without any form of comprehension. During my years in school I have found myself more a part of Jody Shipka’s problem than the average student. For I am the king of regurgitation I feel as though I am being spoken to in this article because I haven’t been actually engaged on subjects in the past and I just mindlessly go through web pages finding what I should pick up and plop into my own paper (in my own words and with citations of course).

            Within the paper Jody talks about a student writing a paper on the movie Mona Lisa’s Smile she first shows the “what” of the student’s paper then fires back with the “why”. Over the past few weeks in class I have found that the thinking of why when writing can change how your paper will be finally composed and structured. But the word “why” hasn't stopped there with its ability to take over my mind I have also been questioning previous papers I have written and why things happened the way they did just as Jody showed the whys of the paper of the student I have been thinking of the whys of my own work. The kid in the video here is like me asking why (Just put your fingers in your ears and pretend he is saying "why" not "what") 

When I really think about everything I think that everything is flawed and we can fix it but nobody wants to change a old system. Because who really likes change?  Doesn't it cause more heartache then its worth? I dont think so, I think we need to grab on tight to new ideas and propel our educational system out of the dark ages.