Education the Emerson Way Questions

Questions for Discussions
1. Emerson's defining characteristics on his view of an ideal education include  guidance way of education, teachers that pay individual attention to students and inspire students to think for themselves by giving them encouragement for their thoughts.

3. Emerson believes that it is better to teach the child arithmetic and Latin grammar because certain things require accurate performance. Sometimes, the power of performance is more important than knowledge.

5. Emerson criticizes school as a bureaucratic institution because it is repetitive,uninspiring, and fail to encourage students to become so meting great.  Teachers are not the advocate of geniuses but are more like systematic tutors. It is more difficult to possess qualities like individuality and brilliance within such an organized structure.

Questions for Rhetoric and Style
1. Emerson  means that  nature loves similarities with slight variations, but not the same thing repetitively.

3.  Emerson's purpose in developing this long explanation is to explain the process of earning and what it means to be educated. He uses an example of his friend Sir Charles Fellow, who tells the reader of his own accomplishments and how he accomplished them.

5. The natural method Emerson refers to is the method of using your peers to learn from each other and have fun.

8.This is very ironic because Emerson had spent the entire essay talking about education reforms, yet he later states that they will probably not change anything.

9. He believes the guiding hand of a mother or a female will let the child growing his thinking because it is less harsh whereas the male's hand is generally more imposing.

10. Inflicting fear into children when they do something wrong is worse than letting them continue to do so.

11. Emerson shifts among pronouns to resonate and connect with the audience he is speaking to.

12. Emerson's exudes a tone of frustration. Throughout the essay, Emerson points out his discrepancy with the education system and explains what and why it should be changed.