Instead he used literature as his way of inspiring others to fight against stereotypes as is evident in his article “Indian Education.” The article is a narration of brief encounters or memories of an Indian boy, from first to twelfth grade, depicting how he struggled to succeed despite stereotypes. I had a typical educational experience in contrast to Alexie’s article. Sherman Alexie, born in 1966, was of Coeur d’Alene/Spokane Indian descent. He was raised on the Spokane
Many sociologists have linked labelling in school, especially by teachers, with the difference in achievements in terms of ethnicity. Negative stereotypes and labels may cause teacher to treat students from an ethnic minority differently, which could in turn, disadvantage them and ultimately, result in them underachieving. Studies from different sociologists back up and support this. Gillborn and Youdell (2000) found in their studies that teachers were more likely to discipline black students quicker than they would with their white counterparts, due to the fact that teachers held “racialised expectations”. They argued that they stereotyped and expected black students to present behaviour such as threatening and challenging authority, which leaves the student feeling underestimated and picked on.
However, by putting this troublemaker character into a good school, the author can contrast his case with that of many model students which would make Holden’s thoughts and feelings stand out in the story. Chapter 2 Question #5. What did Mr. Thurmer and old Spencer mean when he said “Life is a game, boy.”? Answer: When he mentioned life being a game, he meant that life is a game that one plays according to the rules. In Holden’s case, he probably wanted to say that Holden should follow the school rules and become obedient.
Experiences as a Writer Christina Jacks October 10, 2012 Professor Stone My Experience as a Writer: Writing is one of the ways that we interpret our thoughts to other people. Writing isn’t something one is born with; it’s something that actually has to be skilled. I started writing at the age of four; my teachers educated me how to write my name over and over again until I could write it with no blunders. All through elementary school, I was taught to put together words to form sentences and also how to create paragraphs using those sentences. Therefore, during middle school and High school I was able to use what I learned in my previous years to write paragraphs, essays and research papers.
When he first came out with Parkinson’s disease, he didn’t do much about it. Awhile later, he realized that he needed to do something about it. He started talking to others to help them understand what Parkinson’s disease was. He knew that people needed to know more about it because more people were starting to have it. He went to schools to help teach kids that having Parkinson’s disease isn’t bad; it’s just that you have to learn to live your life differently with it.
After Martin Luther King Jr's death, Jane Elliott wanted to teach his class racism. Instead of lecturing children about racism, it was an experience. She told the children that people with blue eyes were better than people with brown eyes. Children believed and blue-eyed children began to treat children with brown eyes in a negative way. This caused a change in behavior with children with brown eyes.
Another dissimilarity is the narrative voice both of these poems are written in, ‘Half-past Two’ is written third person while Roger McGough chose to write his poem in first person. Both narrative voices are quite effective in different ways, in ‘Half-past Two’ the story told through another persons perspective, this makes you think about how others would have felt towards this boy in trouble. In ‘First Day at School’ It is written in first person which shows exactly how the child is feeling while all this is happening to him, you visualise the child’s
Whereas education during Jefferson’s era was, voluntary and he believed in teaching everyone the basics. Additionally, Jefferson believed that students in the elementary schools should read enough history “by appraising them of the past, will enable them to judge the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men…”(S&S pg. 40). Whereas in today’s practice, elementary students receive about forty-five minutes of history a month until they enter 5th or 6th grade. In chapter three, the Quality of Teachers according to Horace Mann “the education and the quality of the state’s teachers was the inadequate preparation most teachers had received” (S&S pg.
Due to this significant drop in learning, students are often at different intellectual levels and teachers have to be creative in coming up with solutions to combat this. Teachers use multiple methods such as one-on-one teaching, peer tutoring, and starting the learning material quicker in the beginning of the school year (Von Lunen, 2011). Yet according to the article, the surest way to keep students’ skills sharp is to keep them in school as much as possible (Von Lunen, 2011). Many schools are looking into schedules that model year-round schooling. Information of Interest Through my years of schooling, I have always noticed how difficult it was to retain information from one year to the next.
My feelings on the issue are mixed. Although I do support Fish’s and Blum’s position that a person should be taught and shown how to avoid plagiarism by their teachers, I also believe that a person who plagiarizes should be punished for what they have done. Last year, in my English class, our final assignment was to give a farewell speech to the class describing our experiences in high school and our goals in the years to come ahead for after we graduate. We had about a week to write this assignment and as a few days passed I still couldn’t figure out how I even wanted to start my speech. So, like most do when they need some inspiration, I turned to the internet to see if I could find something similar to the assignment I was assigned.