1. In John Taylor Gatto's "Against School" he identifies the differences between schooling and  education. Consider what schooling (indoctrination) does not do for the student and what education does.  2. Write three short body paragraphs structure from writing based on the PIE structure below.   Make sure that each body paragraph is formatted similarly.  3. In this PIE formula, do not write the word “I, you, us, we, and me.”  These words are considered informal or non-academic. Instead use people, society, student, reader, person, or individual. Make sure that the PIE structure is typed, using the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP0js5gFkfY POINT: What is the problem presented by the quote? (1 sentence) IllUSTRATION A: Write how the author presents the quote-summary. (1-2 sentences) ILLUSTRATION B: Insert the quotation with page number. (1-2 lines) EXPLANATION: Why is the point or quote a problem?  (1-2 sentences) Please note that the Reflections must have: 1. MLA format-look up the link if you are not sure 2. Single spaced the entire assignment or page 3. One page only 4. Times New Roman, font 12 5. Quotations with page numbers 6. Point and Explanations do not have the author's name in it. Be careful. I will deduct a point for each error. If you don't single space your writing, I will not read it. HERE IS EXAMPLES OF HOW TO WRITE : How to Write Reflections This format called PIE (point, illustration and explanation) helps shape the structure of ideas that will later establish the form and content of the essays written for this class. For the class discussion, use this form. It helps to organize ideas and allows for clarity of them. In this PIE formula, do not write the word “I, you, us, we, and me.”  These words are considered informal or non-academic. Instead use people, society, student, reader, person, or individual. Make sure that the PIE structure is typed, using the MLA format. The format is below POINT: (State what is the social problem. 1-2 sentences If it is longer, I will deduct a point for each additional sentence.) ILLUSTRATION A: (Summary includes the writer’s first and last name or the last name. Reword the writer’s idea in 1-2 lines. If it is longer, I will deduct a point for each additional line.) ILLUSTRATION B: (Insert a quotation from the reading. It must be no longer than 2 lines. If it is longer, I will deduct a point for each additional line.) EXPLANTION: (Explanation must state why the point is a problem. No more than 2 sentences. If it is longer, I will deduct a point for each additional line.) EXAMPLE BELOW: SINGLE SPACE REFLECTION PAPERS, TIMES NEW ROMAN Last Name 1 Student's Name Instructor's Name Class Date DAY MONTH YEAR NO PUNCTUATION                                                    Title: REFLECTION 1  The power structure tries to maintain segregation by making groups feel like they can't or shouldn't socialize with each other. Coates demonstrates how what tru ...

1. 1. In John Taylor Gatto's "Against School" he identifies the
differences between schooling and education. Consider what
schooling (indoctrination) does not do for the student and what
education does.
2. Write three short body paragraphs structure from writing
based on the PIE structure below. Make sure that each body
paragraph is formatted similarly.
3. In this PIE formula, do not write the word “I, you, us, we,
and me.” These words are considered informal or non-
academic. Instead use people, society, student, reader, person,
or individual. Make sure that the PIE structure is typed, using
the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP0js5gFkfY
POINT: What is the problem presented by the quote? (1
sentence)
IllUSTRATION A: Write how the author presents the quote-
summary. (1-2 sentences)
ILLUSTRATION B: Insert the quotation with page number. (1-2
lines)
EXPLANATION: Why is the point or quote a problem? (1-2
sentences)
Please note that the Reflections must have:
1. MLA format-look up the link if you are not sure
2. Single spaced the entire assignment or page
3. One page only
4. Times New Roman, font 12
5. Quotations with page numbers
6. Point and Explanations do not have the author's name in it.
Be careful. I will deduct a point for each error. If you don't
single space your writing, I will not read it.

2. HERE IS EXAMPLES OF HOW TO WRITE :
How to Write Reflections
This format called PIE (point, illustration and explanation)
helps shape the structure of ideas that will later establish the
form and content of the essays written for this class. For
the class discussion, use this form. It helps to organize ideas
and allows for clarity of them.
In this PIE formula, do not write the word “I, you, us, we, and
me.” These words are considered informal or non-academic.
Instead use people, society, student, reader, person, or
individual. Make sure that the PIE structure is typed, using the
MLA format.
The format is below
POINT: (State what is the social problem. 1-2 sentences If it is
longer, I will deduct a point for each additional sentence.)
ILLUSTRATION A: (Summary includes the writer’s first and
last name or the last name. Reword the writer’s idea in 1-2
lines. If it is longer, I will deduct a point for each additional
line.)
ILLUSTRATION B: (Insert a quotation from the reading. It
must be no longer than 2 lines. If it is longer, I will deduct a
point for each additional line.)
EXPLANTION: (Explanation must state why the point is a
problem. No more than 2 sentences. If it is longer, I will deduct

3. a point for each additional line.)
EXAMPLE BELOW:
SINGLE SPACE REFLECTION PAPERS, TIMES NEW
ROMAN
Last
Name 1
Student's Name
Instructor's Name
Class
Date DAY MONTH YEAR NO PUNCTUATION
Title: REFLECTION 1
The power structure tries to maintain segregation by making
groups feel like they can't or shouldn't socialize with each
other. Coates demonstrates how what truly separates people
from each other is based on societal differences not actual
culture. "And I saw that what divided me from the world was
not anything intrinsic but the actually injury done by people

4. intent on naming us, intent on believing that what they have
named us” (120). Racism creates in-fighting, which disallows
groups from establishing solidarity to resist power.
(Point 2) Power is determined by who is not considered valuable
and can then be destroyed. (Illustration A) Coates exposes
various examples of how white people’s words are taken over
the word of a person of color, which supports systematic
racism. Coates stated, (Illustration B) "Destroying the body
was permissible--but it would be better to do it efficiently"
(112). (Explanation) The mistreatment of people of color
becomes so frequent that society accepts it as normalizes
violence against Black people.
(Point 3). People of color are constantly being deprived, which
is supported by a structure of power. (Illustration A) Coates
illustrates how people of color "live in a system of plunder." In
other words, people of color, throughout history, are
constantly being stolen from. (Illustration B) "They are an
elegant act of racism, killing fields authored by federal policies,
where we are, all again, plundered of our dignity (110).
(Explanation) History shows plunders by people’s land, culture,
history, and bodies been stolen, which leads to the degredation
of the culture.

5. Student’s Name
Professor Seneferu
English 102-08
27 February 2019
Reflection 2
(Point 1) Rather than being thanked and valued for taking on the
jobs Americans are too prideful, so immigrants are dehumanized
and reduced to the qualities of those jobs- undesirable and
disposable. (Illustration A) The Coates explain the way in
which immigrants are reduced to the stigmas their jobs hold.
(Illustration B) “The stigma of the work gets attached to them-
as if those doing dirty, …[makes them become] dirty, despised,
and dispensable” (704). (Explanation) The inability to separate
immigrants as people from their actions- illegally immigrating
and their jobs, which Americans view as dirty and undesirable
is a product of their potent dehumanization.
(Point 2) Immigration is a far more complex matter than it is
portrayed. (Illustration A) The Coates reveal there is a
multitude of factors for one to leave their homeland.
(Illustration B) “These testimonies embody the varieties of
journeys into the United States. Synergetic ‘push’ and ‘pull’
factors coalesce, luring immigrants away from a relatively,
scarce surroundings…” (706). (Explanation) Immigrants’ very
complicated and varying journeys are all oversimplified to
portray inaccurate narratives as “criminals” crossing the border
to “steal jobs.”
(Point 3) American citizens enable and even rely on illegal
immigration. (Illustration A) Coates shows America supports
illegal immigration, for they rely on them daily. (Illustration B)
“All citizens who have consciously or unconsciously enabled a
dysfunctional system to flourish” (708). (Explanation)
American citizens practice cognitive dissonance, for they
believe these immigrants are invaluable but disposable for the
services they offer.

6. Student’s Name
Professor Seneferu
English 102-08
27 February 2019
Reflection 3
(Point 1) School teaches young minds to seek a sense of
belonging and validation, instead of finding themselves.
(Illustration A) Gatto insists that students are conditioned from
a young age to think as a group, (Illustration B) “...to dumb
people down, to demoralize them, to divide them from another,
and to discard them if they don’t conform” (120). (Explanation)
As a result of these practices, students are forced to surrender
their individuality to whims of society.
(Point 2) A formal education has its place, but it is not a
requirement for success. (Illustration A) In the reading “Against
School,” author John Taylor Gatto argues that the learning
process is completely independent from being educated.
(Illustration B) He attests, “...School trains children to obey
reflexively; teach your own to think critically and
independently” (121). (Explanation) Modern day schools exist
to shape a mass herd of future that actually detract from being a
successful, open minded leader.
(Point 3) The students are not able to choose the path success if
the school has power and control over that. (Illustration A)
Gatto reveals how the societal system already knows who is
going to be on top and who is going to be following. (Illustation
B) “The societal system implied by these rules will require an

7. elite group of caretakers…to watch over and control a
population” (119). (Explanation) Elite are trained to be above
and have people working underneath them. This reflects the
society’s assumptions of minorities being not intelligent and
only able to take small jobs.
WRITE THESE 4 PARTS WITH 3 DIFFERENT QUOTES