Period 11: Fiction Or Nonfiction?
Deja Craft
Period 11
Fiction or Nonfiction? Walt Disney once said, “I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” Is this true? Can an individual learn better from reading a fictional story more than reading a nonfictional story? Can an individual learn better from reading a nonfictional story more than a fictional story? This is a hot topic for educators heading toward the common core. David Coleman, the principal of the College Board and selected member to focus on the rigor of curricula on which College Board exams are based, has weighed in favor of nonfiction. He believes that nonfiction is more important than fiction when it comes down to comprehending information needed for the ‘real world’. So, at the …show more content…
There is so much creativity in the world today. From cell phones that have conversations with you, to inventors striving to make flying cars. How do people come up with this stuff? Remember the fiction movie Star Wars? The character C3PO was a robot who spoke and acted like a human. C3PO gave advice and answers to people which resembles how cell phones interact with humans today. That same cell phone invention could've started from a normal person watching Star Wars and getting the idea. The same goes for the flying cars. Where did these inventors get that idea? Remember the popular 1960's fiction cartoon, The Jetsons? This family road around in flying cars as a part of their daily routine. An inventor watching that might have been inspired to make it happen in real life, which is what inventors are striving for now. Both of these movies, and many others that are fiction, display an extreme source of creativity that is affecting us today. The technology that is making such a big difference in our lives is being thought of with the help of fiction movies, books, and etc. and is the growth we experience every
Period 11
Fiction or Nonfiction? Walt Disney once said, “I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” Is this true? Can an individual learn better from reading a fictional story more than reading a nonfictional story? Can an individual learn better from reading a nonfictional story more than a fictional story? This is a hot topic for educators heading toward the common core. David Coleman, the principal of the College Board and selected member to focus on the rigor of curricula on which College Board exams are based, has weighed in favor of nonfiction. He believes that nonfiction is more important than fiction when it comes down to comprehending information needed for the ‘real world’. So, at the …show more content…
There is so much creativity in the world today. From cell phones that have conversations with you, to inventors striving to make flying cars. How do people come up with this stuff? Remember the fiction movie Star Wars? The character C3PO was a robot who spoke and acted like a human. C3PO gave advice and answers to people which resembles how cell phones interact with humans today. That same cell phone invention could've started from a normal person watching Star Wars and getting the idea. The same goes for the flying cars. Where did these inventors get that idea? Remember the popular 1960's fiction cartoon, The Jetsons? This family road around in flying cars as a part of their daily routine. An inventor watching that might have been inspired to make it happen in real life, which is what inventors are striving for now. Both of these movies, and many others that are fiction, display an extreme source of creativity that is affecting us today. The technology that is making such a big difference in our lives is being thought of with the help of fiction movies, books, and etc. and is the growth we experience every