English 99 Frank Gannon

He had planned to talk about his book Macho, but when he faced the crowd of teachers, his experience at school came back into his mind. He said he had faced a lot of abuse and his efforts to overcome bad teaching and become a writer. He admired good teachers with all his heart but criticized bad teachers. That presentation was not what the audience expected. Some reacted cruelly and left, but most of audience stayed and listened to him. After that, Victor was invited to give more speeches to let the audience know what worked in their education system.

6. What important lessons does Mr. O’Halloran impress upon his students? Why are these lessons unique?

class. Mr. Franka would become more than just a teacher, he would become a mentor to him in

here are two questions here. One is what did Mr. Gregory learn and the other is what should

Genene was bossy throughout school. She was short and overweight and not very well liked. Many of her fellow classmates complained that she was manipulative. Often lying, her friends and teachers were not able to trust her (1).

reconcile the historic person of Cameron McDougall and understand how a man of good character could make those choices. I can use this lesson, to judge someone not just by their actions but to account for their background, history, and social influences to better understand

When his brother asked him what he wanted to do, he quickly responded “I’m going to be a musician.” There wasn’t any thinking needed; he knew exactly what he wanted in life. Though the brother’s point of view we get to see how unimpressed he was that Sonny wanted to be a musician. “It seemed -beneath him, somehow,” Sonny’s brother wrote. Though the story is well written in the point of view that it is told in, the weaknesses are that the readers don’t get to see everything through Sonny’s eyes and see his struggles.

Then, he goes on to the differences between the smart and dumb kids. An example of pathos Bowden uses is the dumb kids were proud of their class placement and saw it like “a badge of honor” (6). He also uses logos to differentiate the characteristics of the kids in each class. Smart kids were focused on pleasing their parents and teachers, while dumb kids did not care. Additionally, Bowden uses enumeratio when he lists all the trouble the dumb kids got into, to exemplify how naughty they could be. Something that gives Bowden ethos is in the aspect of the naughtiness of the children is the fact he had a broken tooth, which made all the other kids respect him. Another reason for him to be respected was the fact that when he was chosen for a humiliating game played by the school bullies which also evokes pathos, he punched the bully in the face. Then he claims his “most valuable lessons were in the dumb kids’ class” (8) , which is contrary to what most would believe. Ironically after claiming this, he was switched into into the smart class, which he describes it a “the best of both worlds” (8) which is a bit cliche and could have been described better to describe the drastic change. In his new

Miss Caroline is a brand new teacher and has been trained to teach in a certain way. When she finds that Scout’s premature reading ability disrupts her teaching plan she has no idea what to do with her, and tells Scout not to read at home anymore. ‘Miss Caroline told me to tell my father not to teach me anymore, it would interfere with my reading.’ This shows how society is oblivious to individual situations and this can cause achievements to be frowned upon.

His frustration becomes evident when he tells a student to give it up (referring to her horrible clarinet playing). Feeling guilt and shame over this statement he then begins a new

Conflict and symbolism in Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”, Hawthorne in this story portrays these two elements that enhance the way the story is written. The story “Young Goodman Brown” first takes place in a small town with brown and his wife faith. Then in the story brown leaves faith to go in an adventure that he would later wish he hadn’t gone in. Brown takes a journey through part of the woods that are really scary and comes across the devil himself to later find out that faith was evil and that many from his town were also evil and had a secret evil organization or cult. Through the use of conflict and symbolism, Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” portrays what Brown’s journey represents.

“He wanted to explain how people were never quite what you thought they were.” Pg 54

To begin with, Gatto utilizes historical information to question the need for getting an education using the American public school system. Past occurrences show that people do not need an education

In the film "Lean on Me", Joe Clark, a fictional version of the real Mr. Clark who was the principal at an inner-city high school in Paterson, New Jersey, is the ultimate example of an authoritarian leader. In the movie, Clark approaches his job at a decaying academic setting with single-minded goals: to clean up the school, physically and academically, in order to help the students who have potential to graduate and to get rid of the ones who are destined to fail, according to his perceptions. Clark 's leadership style has been both widely praised as successful and a model for similar such schools, and has also been criticized for its bullying tactics. This paper will discuss Clark 's methods of leadership, his style and tactics as

Young Edison would allow his mind to wonder inattentively during class. His instructors grew very impatient with his overactive brain. His first teacher, Reverend Engle, was well known for his low tolerance of insubordination and high expectation for discipline. Because of the disciplinary environment enforced by Engle, Alva would frequently feel frightened during class (Conot 6). One day after school, Alva stood unnoticed observing a conversation between Engle and a fellow teacher. He overheard Engle calling him “addled” (Egan 11). Instantly frustrated, Alva ran away from the school, with no intention of returning, and eventually became a student at home where he would be educated by his mother (Conot 6). It was during this time his mother gave him a book called “R. G. Parker’s School of Natural Philosophy and it changed Tom’s life” (Egan 14). Even though the book slightly provided a temporary remedy for his seemingly chaotic mind, he continued to act mischievously throughout homeschool and into public school. Now in public school, it would frustrate Alva when he had to share a book with another student. He read very quickly and couldn’t find patience for other children when their reading capabilities were inferior to his. Although Alva read swiftly, his teachers focused more on his disruptive behavior. One time during class, Alva and a younger girl, used a baited hook to catch a chicken from the second story of the public school! (Conot 7). Young Edison continued