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The Substance of TruthEducation As Etch-A-Sketch

The Substance of Truth: Education As Etch-A-Sketch [The witty comedienne Wanda Sykes unleashed the following in I’ma Be Me, a HBO special premiered late 2009: “We really do need to revamp our education system. It doesn’t work. It does not work. … We don’t learn anything. It’s not comprehension—it’s just retention, it’s just rote. That’s it. We just keep it long enough to spit it back out—pass the test, and we get rid of that shit. … It’s like our brain’s a big Etch-A-Sketch.” At this Sykes began rattling her head rigorously, in like manner of a kid scrubbing scrawls from an Etch-A-Sketch pad, leaving audience members bent over from laughter. But in jest, as the adage goes, much truth seeps out.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Substance of TruthEducation As Etch-A-Sketch

Part of the Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education Book Series (volume 71)
Editors: Olorunda, Tolu
Olorunda, Tolu
The Substance of Truth — Jan 1, 2011
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Publisher
SensePublishers
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© SensePublishers 2011
Pages
41 –44
DOI
10.1007/978-94-6091-534-5_6
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Abstract

[The witty comedienne Wanda Sykes unleashed the following in I’ma Be Me, a HBO special premiered late 2009: “We really do need to revamp our education system. It doesn’t work. It does not work. … We don’t learn anything. It’s not comprehension—it’s just retention, it’s just rote. That’s it. We just keep it long enough to spit it back out—pass the test, and we get rid of that shit. … It’s like our brain’s a big Etch-A-Sketch.” At this Sykes began rattling her head rigorously, in like manner of a kid scrubbing scrawls from an Etch-A-Sketch pad, leaving audience members bent over from laughter. But in jest, as the adage goes, much truth seeps out.]

Published: Jan 1, 2011

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