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How to Use This Book xiv Table of Contents – Readings (continued) Skills or Rhetorical Modes Showcased “Education Methods: Banking vs. Problem-Posing” by an anonymous student author Freire begins his argument by intervening into the conversation regarding teaching methods and styles of education, specifically responding in opposition to the banking education method, a method that “mirrors the oppressive society as a whole” (73). He describes the banking method as a system of narration and depositing of information into students like “containers” or “receptacles” (72). Interpretation Summary Summary Paraphrase Response 181 “You Snooze, You Peruse” by Kayti Bell While some schools have implemented later start times, this article argues for a more unique approach. Several high schools in Las Cruces, New Mexico have installed sleeping pods for students to use when needed. They “include a reclined chair with a domed sensory-reduction bubble that closes around one’s head and torso” and “feature a one-touch start button that activates a relaxing sequence of music and soothing lights” (Conklin). Summary Response 183 Chapter Six “Songs” by an anonymous student author America sings a different tune. America is the land of opportunity. It represents upward mobility and the ability to “make it or break it.” But it seems there is a cost for all this material gain and all this opportunity. There seems to be a lack of love and emotion, a lack of the ability to express pain and all other feelings, the type of emotion which is expressed in the songs of Mexico. Interpretation Analysis Pattern Synthesis Thesis Evidence (Quote, paraphrase, summarize) 205 “Normal Person: An Analysis of the Standards of Normativity in ‘A Plague of Tics’” by Ross Reaume and an anonymous student author Sedaris’ father attempts to “cure [Sedaris] with a series of threats” (366). In one scene, he even enacts violence upon David by slamming on the brakes of the car while David has his nose pressed against a windshield. Sedaris reminds us that his behavior might have been unusual, but it wasn’t violent: “So what if I wanted to touch my nose to the windshield? Who was I hurting?” (366). Interpretation Analysis Pattern Lens Synthesis Thesis Evidence (Quote, paraphrase, summarize) 208