EDUC 1170 - FWS: I’m So Over High School - Why Would I Want To Look Back?

Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

First-Year Writing Seminar.

B. Duff.

Musician Frank Zappa once advised, “Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself …” Would he repeat this advice today if he could visit most U.S. high schools? We will explore common features of high schools, and we will juxtapose these features with what is known about adolescence and the world outside school. Our tools for exploring will be reading, discussing, and interviewing, and writing will help us get more from each tool. Why look back? Because then we can look forward more mindfully to our own education and to the school experiences of future generations.