Josie fights though the movie to be clear of her loser label and make it in with the cool crowd. This is a movie that portrays the all too common battle between the unpopular and popular kids. In this film the popular kids rule the school and contol the geeks that fill the halls. It teaches us the lesson that the main character Josie had to learn by going through school again: move on. In Never Been Kissed produced by 20th Century Fox and Drew Barrymore's production company, Flower Films , director Raja Gosnell attempts to show how to move on from labels and bullying by telling the story of a young girl who is struggled though high school and how those emotions held her back.
Research Paper English 201 August 7, 2008 The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the deaths described in the “Suicide Note” by Janice Mirikitani and “Out, Out”,by Robert Frost. Both poems have distinct differences and similarities. Both poems are similar in that they are written to describe the pain of death. The two poems are similar in that the author uses personification to give the reader a “feel” for what is going on, and how the series of events take place. Additionally, the two poems are similar in that in Suicide Note, the college student is trying to please her family by getting perfect grades; she is working hard at school, and feels that she is not good enough, smart enough, or pretty enough (Mirikitani, 1417); the college student is under pressure to live up to her parent’s expectations.
Their use of slang and dialect would be matched by the local accent, and would contrast strongly with the standard English spoken by their teachers. Carol Chandler who is both the first and last character we meet. during the course of the day she becomes aware of the fact that she is trapped into her social situation by virtue of her background and abilities. She shows maturity by saying "Ey you, y'not supposed t'touch em" but then she gives in "m gonna call mine Freddy, hiya Freddy, hello, Freddy, Freddy." Milton, Andrews and Ronson are younger children whose function within the play is to provide light relief as when they are picked on.
Reflection on “Outside Perspectives: Professional Appreciation and Celebration” The class on 12-16-09 revolved around the text, Teaching and Leading From the Inside Out A Model for Reflection, Exploration, and Action, Chapter 7, “Outside Perspectives: Professional Appreciation and Celebration” and the “Afterword: Integrating Our Personal and Professional Selves.” I found the comment on page 106 interesting, “…schools are in deep trouble” in regards to the perspective of many people about the status of schools. This sparked the following thoughts for me. I have experienced similar responses when people discover I am a teacher: “Oh, boy! You have your work cut out for you.” Or, “Wow, teaching kids today is rough—better you than me.” For me, the comments I receive can range from this end of the spectrum to the other end; the stigma that old-time teachers created of the mentality where some people still think teachers are overpaid and under worked and have an easy job with plenty of time off. For the school I work at, Bristol County Agricultural High School, we do suffer from negative stigmas the public perceives of us.
Shatamara Towler Professor Flowers EDUC 2120 25 June 2014 Gender Biases and Socialization in Education in “The Mona Lisa Smile” As teachers, we recognize that schools are places of cultural governments. Schools are a set of public, literal and optical traditions aimed to produce the creation of values and needs that affect people’s sense of their future identities and possibilities. The traditions and ideologies concerning women’s role in society in The Mona Lisa Smile, affects the students desires and identities, and the role of social change. The film speaks on the culture of young women in prestigious schools preparing to give up their education for the education of their children, and serve as wives to privileged males, rather than following their own dreams. Katherine Watson, the teacher, challenges the girls by portraying liberal ideas to the students.
As the two interact, the label that the person gave the object can be seen by how the person treats the object through both verbal and non verbal communication. As the treatment by the person toward the object is analyzed through both, the person constantly finds examples to prove that their view of this person is the right one either positive or negative, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. An example of this can be seen by several movies that have been created based on this premise. In the movie 187, a substitute school teacher by the name of Trevor Garfield is teaching a class in one of California’s worst schools. The first interaction with the
In the film The Dead Poets Society, directed by Peter Weir, the behaviour of one character, Mr Keating, has made an impact on the film by conveying key themes such as non-conformism and promoting critical thinking. It depicts a story of a young teacher Mr Keating and his endeavour to help the students of his English class at Welton Academy, to think for them-selves and not to follow conformism. His behaviour and the reaction of the students show the controversial nature of conformity. He has his own way of teaching his students to strive to find their own voice. Mr Keating demonstrates to his class how easily it is to conform to something.
Rita is trying to move up a class through doing this course. Education (another theme) brings about the changes in Rita, both good and bad, but eventually Rita achieves a happy balance in her life. Educating Rita is a play about a 26-year-old woman, Rita, and her desire to discover herself and change her social class status through education. Russell contrasts the character of Rita with her tutor, Frank who is educated but bored of his life. At the beginning of the play, Russell portrays Rita as a stereotypical working class woman.
The main focus of Russell’s comedy is the English class system. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this? Educating Rita is a comedy about a young woman in the 80s who has the desire to “know everything” and so goes to Frank, an Open University. The play follows the lives of the two characters over the course of a year, watching the relationship between Frank and \Rita flourish, and her attitude to middle class life change dramatically. Critics say that the main focus of Educating Rita is the English class system and the clash of cultures, however there are many other themes portrayed in the play that are of equal importance.
This movie involves a new, excited and strong-willed white teacher, Erin Gruwell who took on a challenge of education a chaotic class of hardened inner city youths. Starring in this movie are Academy Award winner Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton and Patrick Dempsey. Hilary Swank who plays the role of Erin Gruwell who in 1994 was a 23-year-old student teacher assigned to teach freshman English at Wilson High School in Long Beach, Calif. Her enthusiasm is rapidly challenged when she realizes that her class are all "at-risk" high school students. They are also known as "unteachables" and not the eager-for-college students she was expecting.