The janitor, who is the narrator of the story, observes all the obstacles that the school and students have faced over time. The school has many problems to deal with such as, holes in the wall, broken bathrooms and unreliable staff and students. Miss Sun comes to teach at this school in hopes to help these kids succeed and realize their full potential. The educational system that is put into play throughout the story is meant to highlight all the mistakes that stop children from advance learning in today’s educational system. The environment that Miss Sun and her students walk into everyday has turned into a prison instead of a learning place.
Myah Clark Professor Collier English112.SMRT 2 21 November 2014 Essay #2 Public Schooling: Draining Students of their Freedom and Creativity In John Taylor Gatto’s “Against School”, he explains how he thinks public education cripples our kids and why. He starts his article out by making a point that both the students and teachers are suffering from boredom. The students also pointed out the fact that the teachers didn’t seem to know much more about what was being taught then the students themselves. On the other side of the spectrum the teachers are just as bored because they feel the students are rude and only interested in the grades. He then continues on to say that we shouldn’t blame the teachers or the students; in this case, we should blame ourselves.
One article which was a story on a girl who blamed her father for the divorce of her parents, the other was about pregnant teenagers of Hazelwood East High School sharing the experiences they encountered in the school. In order to keep the girls privacy the editors changed their names. Before the article could be published they were removed by the Principal who felt they were inappropriate. The Principal felt that
The kids seemed to be bored because they think that the work is stupid or that they are already aware of how to do it. The students also pointed out the fact that the teachers didn’t seem to know much more about what was being taught then the students themselves. On the other side of the spectrum the teachers are just as bored because they feel the students are rude and only interested in the grades. He then continues on to say that we shouldn’t blame the teachers or the students, in this case, we should blame ourselves. He says we are all to blame.
Her young sister feels jealous and left out when she watches Phoebe get all the attention from both parents. Phoebe is soon taken out of the play by the principal due to her behavior in class; that makes her even more depressed. But with the help of her mom and drama teacher, she is put back into the play. Her odd behavior still continues and she cannot understand why it happens. After she jumps off the catwalk and hurts herself, Miss Dodger is fired.
Lilly is the worst student Mr. Mali has ever seen addicted to use the word like. The situation gets really bad when the entire eighth grade began to call her Like Lilly Like Wilson Like. This continued until Mr. Mali made his classroom a Like-Free Zone. Lilly could not talk for days and when she did, she told Mr. Mali that it is so difficult and now she has to think before she says anything. Also, Mr. Mali told Lilly it’s for her own good even if she does not like it.
None of the groups communicate with each other but only talk about one another and to show how hatred they are for each other group that is not in their group. The emerging groups were divided into sub-groups are as follows: Little Cambodia, Ghetto, South of the bother, Wonder bread land and the Whites. These children were born and raised into violence, death and drugs. The Blacks, the Asians, the Hispanics and the “druggies” all of them has being let down by the white in a form of brutality that they invested in their community which brings segregation and this segregation have being passed on to the youth which build up in to anger and hatred for each other and this groups declared war, for power, money, and territory; killing each other over race, pride, and respect. In the movie, Mrs Gruwell showed great compassion and determination because the student had no interest in school or her but she still tried different methods and techniques to convince them that each of them is important that unity is power.
Modest Proposal It is with sorrow that one walks through Las Cruces High School and sees the halls crowded with loud, foul-mouthed youngsters, mindlessly wandering to their next class, or just standing and waiting until they have to run across the school in two minutes. Teachers, instead of following their dreams of exposing knowledge, have to exert all of their energy to maintain their classroom. This is just a waste of time for the teachers since the classroom is filled with ignorant hooligans who are uninterested in learning anything and will only become criminals, or worse, become doctors, lawyers, or politicians. Las Cruces High School has merely become a day care center. It is obvious to the staff and honor students of Las Cruces High School that the troublemakers and irritating, spoiled brats are the cause of the corruption in our school.
Therefore, talking does not only affect the one who was talking but also everyone else in the class. When someone starts talking they don't understand what they are doing to themselves. They are actually making it harder for themselves to learn. Students that talk usually get points off and disciplinary action, such as writing an essay. This extra work puts the student further behind in all their classes and takes
I can remember most of my early childhood being an infinite stretch of loneliness and a great sense of grief. That woman forced me through daily pains that no one should have to endure – I remember school being on par with hell, each day I was bullied and teased because I was forced to wear cheap, awkward clothes that didn’t fit. Her aim was to keep me humiliated, make me meek and be low maintenance. My time with her was an endless nightmare. I eventually got away.