Yelling is not the right way to teach a child that they just did something wrong. When you explain to a child in a positive yet strict way that their actions were not pleasing, they perceive the information so much better than when being yelled at. Just like with my own children, I always reassured my classroom children that even though they made a bad decision, I still love them. The challenge didn’t come from my own classroom, the challenges came from the guardians. Through our program, we had to have several “workshops” with the guardians each year.
Name: Date: Period: THE GLASS CASTLE Test MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Jeanette is badly burned at the age of three, because… a) She was playing with matches b) She was cooking hotdogs c) She was left home alone 2. What lead Jeanette’s father to be an alcoholic? a) He was worried about the bill collectors b) He didn’t even like kids c) The loss of one of the children after they were born 3. Who tries to rape Jeanette but doesn’t succeed? a) Billy b) A school teacher c) Her uncle Stanley 4.
The Glass Castle Prompt Jeannette Walls started her book “The Glass Castle” off when she was cooking hot dogs because I believe that already in the first couple pages in the book, we can easily realize that her life was not as normal as many other children. Three year olds are not usually known to make their own food, especially hot dogs which need heat and fire to cook. You can also see that the parents are very easy going and that the kids are self-sufficient even in their early lives. The danger of the situation also strikes the reader and pulls them into her life in the beginning of the book, making the reader want to read more for they want to find out what happens to Jeannette in that incident, and what happens to her after. After her accident with the hot dogs, Jeannette is left with very large, noticeable scars all around her stomach area.
Speciffically for the feeling that she knows the truth, like a muckraker in the early 20th century. 2.Jeannette struggles to find the right place for her to accomplish this later in life, "A year after Dad died, [...] where I belonged." (280) After settling in to what she once thought was her dream life, Jeannette finds that she is uncomfortable with how she is living; she decides to move and craft a new life, one of immense happiness. 2.Neglect is one of the sharpest knives you can stab anyone with. A.Jeannette's parents, uinfortunately, are very good at slicing the entire family.
However, beneath her facade, Jeanette begins to realize that her father doesn’t have the strength of character to stay sober. By the section’s end some of Jeannette’s naiveté has faded. She matures enough to be able to distinguish between the ‘good’ times and the ‘bad,’ instead of the thrilling adventure her parents try to convince her she is living. She knows all families do not live as hers does. Character: Rose Mary: It is hard to take pity on Rose Mary because at this point in the novel she becomes very self-centered.
* She was confident in her own role as well as the roles that we had to fulfil, and our abilities to achieve the required outcomes. * Merle was able to get me to go the extra mile when needed without making hard to achieve. Because Merle was always positive, friendly and outgoing she was very easy to approach, Her knowledge and skills where very high and she was always ready to help if needed. In my mind this is what made her such a fantastic role model. The main thing I learnt from Merle is “Leave work at work and home at home”, this was a favorite saying of hers’ , basically she
The storyline of the book was similar to those other books about kids with a rough upbringing but somehow it stands out above the rest in its genre. The author recounts her first memory as a small child cooking hotdogs on the stove. She accidentally spills the
Bullying destroys any chance for a child to make it or even have the courage to try to make it. When you have to fight your own inner demons as well as the ones outside, your likelihood of surviving has dropped. When a woman, whose children think her the very essence of beauty, cannot like her own reflection despite how beautiful her soul is, there is a problem. When a little boy is made fun of for something as simple as pork chops, there is a problem. When an adult cannot look someone in the eye, there is a problem.
“(These) values pass on mother-to-mother combine with the natural instincts to love, support and nurture.” If a person was raised spending most of the time on the things that were being bad influence for them such as wrestling or teen’s reality show or their parents were too busy working and did not have enough time to check if they were keeping up with the homework and reading. It is pretty obvious that the child is going to have a great amount of difficulty as they grow up. I agree that raising children is not an easy job but if I was raised in a very bad way and thought my parents did not put enough effort in my upbringing I would not want my children to think the same about me and go through the same rough path of life as I did. Childhood is what makes a child’s base and it is important to pay close attention to their childhood and teach them the difference between good and bad. So, when they grow up they will not have any problem in picking the right path.
Onions had a great effect on Tita as she was prematurely and the reason is that she is sensitive towards them. After Tita was born she was not breast fed by her mother but by Nacha instead. The reason is that after Tita was born her father died and the news was so shocking to Mama Elena that here milk dried up. Mama Elena’s also had an effect on Tita, because she could not breast feed her and Nacha did she had more of a motherly bound towards Nacha than Mama Elena. If Mama Elena breast fed Tita maybe, just maybe their relationship would have been stronger and tighter than it is.