Many of his students said they weren’t interested in what was being taught because it was stupid and they already knew the material. Gatto doesn’t place blame on any one party but places the blame on everyone. With this essay Gatto intends to get the proverbial wheels turning inside the readers mind by giving them a look into his own view of the educational world. He uses a host of examples to support his ideals. First, Gatto refers to a lesson his grandfather taught him at the ripe age of 7; his grandpa declared that if Gatto was bored that it was his fault and no one else’s.
This is rather noticeable in the conversation at the end of the play with Biff and Willy. Biff tells his father that they are both “a dime a dozen” and that neither of them is “a leader of men.” Biff essentially admits that him and his father are both failures and are worth nothing. Although Biff does believe that someday he may be someone. “When all I want is out there waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am!” Biff knows as long as he does not follow the advice from Willy he may be someone. As Biff understands how destructive his father’s lifetime of denial has been for both of them.
His mothers parental monitoring was too much, she never let Ed do anything and always kept him hidden. The influence of his brother putting down there mother, who Ed worshipped was another factor in his downfall. Skinner’s Theory of Behavior: Gein never received any positive reinforcement Antisocial personality disorder (APD): This is a disorder Ed had because he failed to conform to the norms of society. Holmes and De Burger (1998): Have a theory that serial killers fall into 4 groups; Eddie falls into the hedonistic type because he strived for pleasure in playing with the bodies of his victims. Coercion Developmental Theory: Gerald Patterson (1982, 1986) states that parenting monitoring can cause early onset delinquency.
Prized Qualities I Learned in Volleyball In Daniel Felsenfeld’s memoir titled “Rebel Music” he remembers the many inspirations he had from music in his childhood. Felsenfeld explains the struggles he experienced and the lack of inspiration he received while attending piano lessons with his teacher, Ms. Shimizu. Although Ms. Shimizu was amazed every time he played, Felsenfeld never felt like he had a connection with the music. Felsenfeld stated, “I was experiencing a personal drought, an acrid lack of culture of all kinds, especially music” (Felsenfeld, 624). Once while he was with a friend, Felsenfeld had an immediate inspiration after hearing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
Doaker tells Wining Boy, Lymon, and Boy Willie that: “Berniece ain’t gonna sell that piano. Cause her daddy died over it” (Wilson 1465). Berniece holds onto the piano for sentimental values. She believes her father died getting it back, and therefore it should be kept in the family. She also thinks it is selfish of Willie to want to sell the piano when their mother went through so much after the father died.
In the movie Rudy’s family is somewhat dysfunctional with his older brother being the antagonist who always made fun of dreams and tried to tell him it would never happen. His Dad did not support him and just expected his sons to follow in his footsteps and work at the power plant he ran. Rudy did not have an older brother named Frank in real life; the character is all the people telling him he couldn’t do it combined into one. Also in real life Rudy had two older sisters and was the oldest boy of 14 children. He had a well-structured and supportive family in real life.
When Paul first moved to Darwin his parents arranged a piano tutor for him, a man by the name of Eduard Keller also known as “Maestro”. Keller is a very odd man who liked to keep to himself, he often shut Paul down with his comments. He was a mystery, a fugitive. He lived alone in a hotel called “The Swan” in a dark room with the louvers constantly shut to try and keep the world out. Keller is responsible for
His father Stanley Dwight was a very strict and discouraging father towards John. He wanted John to pursue his piano skills by playing only classical music, which was not what John wanted to pursue. What he was interested in was playing pop music on his piano and his mom supported him no matter what he wanted. Sheila Dwight was John’s mom and was a proud supportive woman to John. With his father’s lack of support, John felt conflicted between following his heart or following his father’s plan for him.
Paul thought Keller was an incompetent man who wasn’t qualified to teach piano. Their first lessons were always very bazaar, even Pauls mother thought so. However, overtime Paul warms up towards Keller as he understands him more and sees the deep and greatness of Keller. b) Kellers first impression of Paul was that he was a boy with a very special talent but was covered with arrogance. He knew Paul was very skilled at piano but if he opened up to learning something new, he could be even better.
You would think because he missed his son’s birth, he would try to make up for it and be a great father. But he was never around to raise his son and do fatherly things with William, like teach him valuable life lessons and such. As an adult, William tried to let his father know that their relationship wasn’t steady because William only knew so much about his father, and the rest were fabrications. All he wanted to know was the truth, and Edward kept telling tall tales. This only caused the deteriorating relationship between father and son to