What Is Miss Awful

In the story,” Charles” the main character, Laurie, yearned for attention causing him to misbehave in kindergarten. Laurie was a clever kindergarten student. In addition to that, Laurie was a big brother to his younger, infant sister. The setting of the story was in the 1950s at Laurie’s home and school. The first year of kindergarten was hard for Laurie to adjust to. Laurie produced numerous issues that resulted in multiple consequences.

2. What is suggested about Gene’s past experiences at the Devon School by the tone of the opening pages?

The Possibility Of Evil Analysis . Everyone knows this one person that is so kind and sweet in front of people but then go talk about those people behind their back . There are a lot of those people in this world but one in particular will be talked about in this essay . Miss Adela Strangeworth talks to everyone that she passes in her town , then she writes letters about them and mails them to the person she wants to address ,

The story of “ St. Lucy’s Home for Girls” by Karen Russell introduced a girl named Claudette and followed her through her life during school. The author wrote about her learning how to be civilized. She talks about Claudette’s transformation from her old culture to her new culture. The transformation is put into five stages. The stages represent emotions that Claudette and the other girls would feel during these courses.

In the poem ‘The Properly Scholarly Attitude’, Adelaide Crapsey uses diction, tone, and irony to convey her irritation with traditional education. Crapsey’s irony comes out through the contradiction of her word choice and the rhythm of the poem. She uses phrases that rhyme and sound nice to the ear, such as, “highly desirable” and”hardly acquirable”, but their meanings are not as pleasant. This poem is practically mocking the concept of traditional schooling. Her feelings of resentment are shown when she writes “The

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.

There are several examples from the novel where circumstances refer to school and knowledge that are socially criticized. The first example involves the schooling in this society.

Anne is a rude protagonist that speech is reflected by the tone of the story. The tone is explained by using insults against a character in the story. She keeps the arrogance that she had when she lived a normal life as a teen. But now it is reflected on her pregnant self. The selfish remark about her shows a harsh mean tone that is undeserving. With a simple sentence like that the reader understand what the character and the author feel. The tone complements the the protagonist’s ideas by letting them “shine”. Next, Anne jokingly messes with the other characters that are pregnant. Anne state “:I think someone should gag that Nancy and push her off a roof”(37). Unsurprisingly, the other girls do not take it as a joke. They are all insecure about themselves already about being pregnant. They have discussed committing suicide by many means. They even state that they want to throw themselves off a roof at a group meeting. In torment, Anne says that instead of committing yourselves, try killing someone else and their baby. This tone is unbearably dark and it shows the fact that the author has some past

By carefully completing this assignment over the summer, which you need to bring to class on the first day of school, you will be prepared to discuss the story in the fall and to write an in-class essay using your novel as the basis for your response.

In the story “Thank You ma’am” both roger and Mrs. Jones both experience a feeling. With roger he gets shown what

Many of Lofthouse’ ninth grade students complained about how much work he had assigned for each students to do. Students also stated that he was acting if they were in a college class; however Lofthouse gave his students opportunity’s to do their work inside his class room. Many did not use their time wisely. One student by the name of Edith stated “This is too much work. You really expect me to write a one-page essay by tomorrow? You are the hardest teacher I have ever had (p.154).” Edith had many chances to write his essay he chose to write it the day before the assignment was due. Lofthouse was a very dedicated teacher who spent a lot of his spare time calling parents of students who did not do their work or did not bring the proper tools to class that day. Each

Disobedient. Crazy. Wild. The students at St. Geoffrey's are not used to so much discipline in their classroom. In “Miss Awful,” Miss Orville is the student's temporary teacher after Miss Wilson had to take care of a crisis in Omaha. From the students point of view, Miss Orville is “Miss Awful” because she gives them weekend homework and forces them use proper grammar and manners. As the story progresses, the students understands Miss Orville’s backstory and how she was being strict for their own benefit. As a result, the students’ judgement of her changes. This essay will explain how Miss Awful we meet at the beginning of the story changes to a woman who is simply trying to make the world a better place.

The prime of Miss Jean Brodie tells the story of a middle aged teacher at a very orthodox school that has a very unorthodox way of teaching. The story unfolds with the introduction of the six girls; Sandy Stranger who is a small eyed member but famous for how she pronounces her vowels. Rose Stanley who Miss Brodie insists will be famous for sex. Mary Macgregor is considered the scapegoat who no one really likes. Monica Douglas was a prefect and famous for math and her anger. Jenny Gray, famous for her beauty and grace, later lands her in acting school. Then there is Eunice Gardiner who is known for gymnastics and swimming. Finally, there is Joyce Emily who came in the group last. She is a misfit that has come from other schools and is looking to fit in and lands in Miss Brodie 's group.  Ms. Brodie hand-picked these girls as her elite group later known as the “Brodie set.” Ms. Brodie not only teaches them during their junior high years but she continues to influence them through adulthood by manipulating them physically, mentally and spiritually. As readers we are aware of her manipulation as early as the first five pages of the book when she describes choosing these girls and telling them what they will be known for in life. Throughout the rest of the story one will see how she tells them how to walk, talk, act, and even who to have relationships with. This paper will show how Miss Jean Brodie’s fascist ways of teaching such as manipulation, uniformity, and loyalty has

The major theme of the story was creating awareness in adolescents about what life has to offer. The nature of human beings of accepting the realities of life to such an extent that apathy and lethargy sets in, is what proves to be destructive for the social fabric of today’s world. In this stagnation, Mrs. Moore provides the impetus required for people to realize their god given right to something better. We are told that Mrs. Moore has a college degree, is well dressed most of the times, and has a good command on her language. She seems to be a kind of a person who has seen the world. She has experienced life, and wants to use that experience in providing the children with an opportunity to broaden

"With detailed reference to any 3 incidents in the book, show how Mr Braithwaite changes the behaviour and attitudes of the class."