Parents’ influences on children can either be good or bad, which depends on how they treat and teach their children. As a father to Jem and Scout, Atticus needed to show a good example for his children to follow. Scout was well-known for her fist fight even though she was a girl. Atticus told Scout to stop fighting and act like a mature, grown-up woman or else he would wring her out. Scout tried to resist her father but since Atticus was a well-respected man to both his peers and families, Scout followed his orders.
His dad ignored when he didn’t go home or when he was sent to the Children’s Center; he said it was good riddance. Although Sonny’ mom was very upset, she never failed to make the trip to pick Sonny up from the Children’s Center. She loved him and never had a thought of giving up on him. She tried to hide his clothing to keep him at home, or she threatened to send him away until he is twenty-one, but when these didn’t work, she would ask her favorite question, “Boy, why you so bad?”(P.21) Sonny’s life as a young boy was engaged in crime. He was effectively influenced by his “gang” and the game of hookey.
Bad Habits of Huck “ I had stopped cussing because the widow didn’t like it, but now I took it up again because Pap had no objections” (24). Huck was benefiting and learning under the household of the Widow Douglas. He was going to school and developing manners. When he arrives at the cabin where they’re are no rules he begins to forget and pick up his old bad habits once more. The increase of ones bad habits can be blamed on a lack of rules in Twains eyes.
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 because the obligation to amuse and instruct ourselves is entirely our own choice and that if we are bored it is nobody’s fault but our own. Gatto is correct in his assertion that the current school system is harmful to students in that it robs them of the ability to be free thinkers. John Taylor Gatto learned as a child something really important in life that was taught by his grandfather. He expresses that “Of course, teachers are themselves products of the same twelve-year compulsory school programs that so thoroughly bore their students, and as school personnel they are trapped inside structures… The obligation to amuse and instruct myself was entirely my own, and people who didn't know that were childish people, to be avoided if possible.”(1) Gatto learned that being bored was an action that he was only responsible for.
It was becoming more complex, especially in math. I enjoyed the challenge even if I didn’t fully understand, so I would ask my friends at school for help. They would always be happy to, and even laughed with me about the silly mistakes I would make because I was never careful to pay attention to
On the seventh page of the book, Ruby is focused on doing her work in an isolated classroom; Ruby seemed to ignore the fact that she was isolated and fully immersed herself in her textbooks. This makes the reader react with admiration due to the fact that she values education highly to the extent that she does not care about not having friends. Based on these two texts, we can see that the documentary represents education as the only key to a better future, while in the picture book, education is treated as a step to encourage racial equality and a new change to the racially segregated society of America in the 60s. From this, we can see that both texts convey the idea of education in different
Her father had a nice job, which sometimes kept him away, but he always brought gifts for his family, to show his care for them. Meanwhile her mother was the hostess who entertained anyone who knocked on her door, and provided everyone with gifts. The life before the war comfortable, yet filled with embarrassments at times from the cultural ways of her ancestry, even though they weren't strict followers. She describes her life as always being surrounded by people, friends of parents, who visited constantly, which vexed her because her mother could hardly find time to herself and with her daughters. The deep generosity of her family shows the good morals that she grew up with, as her mother taught her and her sister that "Indifference is the worst fault of all" .
These days the kids get time outs and the parents try talking to them as if they were mini adults and can understand and grasp exactly the point you are trying to get across to them. They can't! They say they do to get you to shut up, but they didn't understand a word you just said. Obviously the time outs and talking do not work because our kids just keep doing the same thing they got in trouble for over and over again and we keep asking ourselves why? Does he have ADD or ADHD?
And they are humble because even though any person would gladly give them money to support their children, they refuse to take anything that they cannot repay. They have even begun teaching their children of this at a very early age to make sure that the whole family is in that mindset. This next piece of evidence may, on the surface, seem racially based but underneath the surface it can be related to social class as well. In the story “The Meanings of a Word” the author had offensive language used toward her. And the boy who used it most likely did so because he thought in his mind that he was somehow better than she was.
“Kids of today are not what they used to be long ago!”For some reason everywhere I go I keep hearing old people saying this to each other.Now they have a point because from stories I’ve heard from long ago parents only had to look at their kids and the kids understood right from wrong.Nowadays parents believe children need strict rules and curfews to keep them in order.I for one totally agree with that condition. Every day on the news we hear about what is happening to the nation’s youths.It is so saddening to read or see everyday children getting in accidents,murder,underage sex ,rape or even going missing never to return home.I would never like for something like that to happen to me or anyone I’m close to.With strict rules, parents would have a better idea of where their children are and help them to keep out of trouble. Most accidents happen between the hours of 12 am to 5 am and most of the time the drivers are teenagers.These teenagers go out drinking and liming not caring that they have to get behind wheels later on to drive home.They end up putting theirs as well as others lives at risk.At these gatherings the rest of the shenanigans occur.Now if I have a curfew and I know I have a certain time to be home by, of course I would not drink to an extent that is too much because I know my parents will be waiting up for me. By having a curfew to be home by it does not mean that parents want to rule their children,it just means that they care for us and only want whats best for us.Some girl children are out all night and their parents don’t even know where to look for them.This ends up in all sorts of tragedies.Imagine teenage pregnancy could be prevented if some strict measures are put into effect.That alone could change a child’s entire life. So if anyone asked me if I would have any problem having a curfew to go by I would stand proud and