Zero Tolerance In the article entitled “No Mercy,” Malcolm Gladwell writes on the zero tolerance policies in our schools. The essay is an argument against zero-tolerance and a return for discretionary justice. He gives different examples to identify his position such as a Cambridge University student that attempted to poison his tutor, and a football quarterback that was cut from the team for being overpaid on his job. The author’s main point is whether zero tolerance policy is appropriate when disciplining students in the school system. Gladwell’s argument draws your attention to the fact that at some point in life children will be children and make stupid mistakes.
“The extreme situation Card has constructed to isolate and abuse Ender guarantees our sympathy” (1) Kessel is trying to explain how Orson Card is trying to demonstrate that through all of the challenges that Ender has makes us feel sympathy for him. I agree completely with Kessel because when I was reading the book I felt total compassion for Ender. When the teachers make Ender fight all of his battles alone show just some of the challenges he has to face. Orson Scott Card captures the innocence of Ender and is able to make such a little child feel moral dilemmas parallel with the adult world. (1) John is saying by Orson’s amazing writing skills he is able to have a child face all of the moral dilemmas of an adult and deal with them to the best of his
However, when Jamal had to turn in an assignment for a competition at school, he couldn’t resist the temptation. The first paragraph of his essay was written by Forrester. Little did Jamal know, Forrester’s borrowed first paragraph had already been published. Jamal’s teacher, Crawford, was already upset with Jamal for being such an excellent writer. When he caught him plagiarizing, it was to Jamal’s demise.
That’s how it must be for Charlie, ever since he regressed. The whole experiment failed and he is the one who paid the biggest price. He will always look back at his previous progress report and look at his grammar and how much he knew. Now he can’t even use normal everyday vocabulary. He will always remember how much he once loved Miss Kinnian so much and now he can’t even talk to her right without having her cry.
Candide is so devoted to Pangloss that it seems like he is embracing all Pangloss’teachings and behaviour. Following Pangloss’ teachings make him unable to make his own decision and build up a stable life as he always came across very bad situations. Candide cannot realise that the main source of all these bad days are the results of his trust in Pangloss’ teachings an irrational thinking and we can see that till now all these disasters are happening because Candide is still following Pangloss. At a certain point of view we might believe that all the disasters that happened to Candide will lower his belief and trust in Pangloss. But ironically it seemed that all these disasters reinforced his belief in
One of them being that his accusers were unable to locate any of his students that had shown to be corrupted by his teachings. He also pointed out that the charges against him, were brought on by the same people that had been after him for his different way of thinking, his charges of questioning or working against the authority was the work, of what would be today’s “One Percent” who saw his philosophy on education as a severe threat to their extremely privileged lifestyle (Plato 21-22.) He explains in the Apology that the men bringing him up on these accusations have been after him for quite some time and that these are merely the last of a slew of absurdly false accusations they have yet again burdened him with. “I must surely defend myself and attempt to uproot your minds in so short a time the slander that has resided there so long.”(Plato 22) He doesn’t question the law once, however and remains loyal in affirming the law of the land. Socrates stays cool headed where many a man have floundered in frustration, albeit confrontational as any sane man facing death row would and should
Fighting Amongst Children As stated by the narrator in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies “Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins” (Golding 62). The quote describes the impact that civilization has on the youth, telling the boys what is right and what is wrong. The context is that a shady boy, Roger, is lobbing stones at younger kids, but with an intent to miss. Even when rules are not present, it had been imprinted on the child’s mind that anything with mal-intent is bad, but it shows that he is begging to question the bounds of the society he had once known, when rules are taken away, people start to pursue the path of chaos. However, many people have wondered what would happen if civilization
What a son of a b****,” I said under my breath, “to bring them to this.” Tears streamed from my selfish eyes over my selfish face. I sobbed, my fists clenched in shame. I wept for the guilt I had caused them to feel.” [Bell 158]. Crabbe is misled by his own pride thinking his parents will not care if he runs away but clearly they cared a lot leaving Crabbe in a pile of guilt. The teachers that have Crabbe in their class rooms are tough on him because they are preparing him for his adult life which is much different than his adolescent life.
Two characters that show bewilderment throughout the course of the novel is Scout, and Bob Ewell. One character in the novel that shows ignorance throughout the course of the novel is Bob Ewell. "This morning Mr. Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face, and told him he'd get him if it took the rest of his life. "(271) Bob Ewell was desperate for revenge and the help that Atticus was trying to prove Tom's innocence of something that Bob Ewell caused. This quote is important because it showed that Bob had no respect for Atticus, and his embarrassment in court was his main priority in getting him back.
I feel awful; I feel like I've disappointed everyone, including myself...Why didn't I try harder, I should have paid more attention to my grades. My Dad would tell me, "I know your smart sweetheart, I know you feel like you've got it nailed, but it wouldn't hurt to do just a little extra credit to pad your average." But noooo! I was too smart for that...You know most kids would have celebrated the grades I got, but not me, it's like I broke some sacred chain!...Well it's finally over, and there's nothing I can do about it, but cry a little tear and get on with life. But you know what's ironic?...As bad as I feel right now, it's like a giant load has been lifted off my shoulders...it's like I'm