abstract...

From the time we were little we were told that we have to attend school to get a "good" education. What is this education supposed to include? Are we getting a "good" education sitting at our desks practicing skills and repetition in order to understand literacy? In this paper I will discuss the motives of the education system in America. I will be using the essays of Lisa Delpit and Theordore Sizer to support my position. This paper will explore a myriad of issues behind the motives and structure of education on learning literacy. These issues I am going to discuss include the struggle of teaching skills versus fluency, open classroom versus traditional classroom setting, and if there is an importance for repetition of the school schedule. By the end of this paper I will have explored these concepts and unravel the motives of education of literacy. What is your view on this struggle?