Collins uses his poem “The History Teacher” to show us a world where we lie to our children to protect their childlike nature. In this poem a history teacher lies to his students about historical events and trivializes these events so as not to expose the children to anything that may be bad or could corrupt there innocence. By teaching the children a fairy-tale version of history rather than the reality of it, the children fail to learn about the consequences of their actions. In doing this the teacher is promoting his students ignorance and not allowing them to learn from past mistakes; mistakes that changed the face of our history and how we view the world forever. Collins is giving us a firsthand look at how our morals can affect us, but not always in a good way.
Thought the poem also talks about how children see the world how they want to see it. If they still want to believe the myths, then they will. Also, the idea that adults will always try to protect children's eyes and prevent them from seeing what the world i actually like, that it doesn't have all those fairytales in it, but yet one day they will and have to find out that the world isn't really like that. The speaker in the poem uses verbal irony to explain the bullies in the history class. When the author separates "and the smart" in line 16, he emphasizes that the children in his class are not smart since they are not learning the correct information.
This change emphasises the impermanence of life and links the children to adolescence: the stage in between being a child and an adult. In the fourth stanza when questioned about the facts of life, Mrs Tilscher simply “smiled” then “turned away”. Her smile hints at the truth, but she seems to be dismissing the question; it is not hers to tell, she wouldn’t want to shatter their innocent world and would rather protect them from the harsh reality of life- could this be the only question that Mrs Tilscher cannot answer? By the end of the poem, the poet embraces the inevitable part of life: growing up. The children are more experienced
In Sherman Alexie’s essay “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me,” Alexie describes how the negative expectations affected him and how he overcame them. Alexie says, “They wanted me to stay quiet, when the non- Indian teacher asked for answers, for volunteers, for help. We were Indian children who were expected to be stupid” (Alexie, 17). The negative expectations for Alexie and all other Indians were, to act unintelligent around people who weren’t Indian. Most of the Indians lived up to those expectations.
Making Fun of an Audience In Mark Twain’s “Advice to Youth” satire is integrated into the text to make fun of an audience, even though he gives “…Didactic, instructive,” or “Good advice” (291). He criticizes the standard relationship form between children and their parents, specifically attacking the lack of humor between children and parents. When parents take things way too seriously when something “bad” happens which is not the best approach to solve minor problems that arise. Twain is skilled in many different art forms of language. He advises the reader to learn the same skill sets early on in life so that they can take advantage of the opportunities in front of them.
The children’s story fable genre is a high appropriate style for the composer to utilise as it uses “Once upon a time…and…The End” structure indicating the strong didactic nature of its content. In this way it will teach lessons to vulnerable children and impart a set of values to those children in the process. This story is made appealing to children through the use of anthropomorphism with the animals of the pond symbolizing different personality traits of people. The ugly duckling symbolises a vulnerable human alone in the world struggling to fit in the world, this is seen through “His brothers didn’t want to play with him… He felt sad and lonely”. The quote “while Mother Duck did her best to console him” verifies that the mother duck was a symbol of a hard working mother trying the best she can do to care for all her children.
Margie would clearly prefer the old schools and teaching method as described in the book. She hates school, and is a bit behind. As the story unfolds, Margie's view on what a good school system is, changes significantly. In the beginning of the story, she is a bit suspicious of the yet unknown school system, ("I wouldn't want a strange man in my house to teach me." ), but slowly she grows fond of the idea of a school with teachers and students, as seen in the following example: "If you don't like it, you don't have to read the book."
This is huge in contributing to students’ overall health and sleep intake. According to Greg Toppo, an educational writer says “What was once a bedrock principle of the school year is now under the microscope as research shows few benefits, and as families complain about evenings spent stressing over problem sets" (Toppo). Here is one source that clearly shows the negative effects of homework on students. However, Toppo is not the only educational writer that feels this way about homework. Another educational writer that writes about her thoughts about the negativity of homework is Nancy Kalish.
This is stressful because there is a conflicting opinion between the teacher and the students. What’s revealed is a lesson for the children. She teaches that not everything in life has to be concrete, and she teaches them to use their imagination, not to take given information. Since the students live in a poor farming region these odd ideas that Ferenczi introduces can be extremely foolish. The students who haven’t been exposed to these ideas are fascinated by Ferenczi’s openness to tell outlandish stories.
School is bad for Children This essay is written by the a teacher and education theorist-----John Holt. Holt believed that the traditional school reduces children's curiosity about life. And He thinks that the student should be allowed to choose to learn what they are interested in. Also, he has call for the help to make children free from the classroom which he treated as a "dull and ugly place, where nobody ever says anything very truthful." Additionally, John Holt is also a supporter of the Home Schooling movement.