When going to a class, one should hope for a professor with strict guidelines and grade policies in order to retain the knowledge necessary to excel in college. The average student would praise the instructor that came to class for a short amount of time and didn't show any interest in the classroom, got done early and left. But that doesn't help the student in the least. A good professor shows they care by asking questions and getting the class involved in the lecture. They don't just please the overall thirst for an “easy A.” Strict professors are good professors when it comes down to getting the job done in the classroom.
Gerald Graff points out the pressure that society and school put on students to be academically intelligent. Students must have the perfect grades and attend the highest ranking school. Students also have to go to extreme measures to just get through one class because they know that failing is not a option. As Graff says, “To say that students need to see their interests “through academic eyes” is to say that street smarts are not enough” (p.303). I agree with what Graff says and also agree when he says, “The challenge, as a college professor Ned Laff has put it, “is not simply to exploit students’ nonacademic interests, but to get them to see those interests through academic eyes” (p.302).
As he says, “it is a high time to face the persecutors who haunt the bright kid with thick glasses from kindergarten to the grave.” The bullying, the teasing, and the harassing for their abilities and their “disgusting taste” must be stopped, as stated in his writing. Using a firm tone toward the issue you can tell he has experienced this, and that connects him deeper with the audience though pathos. Leonid Fridman shows a very negative attitude towards the focus of “Nerds and Geeks.”He supports disagreement through pathos, satire, and a impressive word choice, He over take the mind of the reader with these rhetorical strategies. Through elementary school, middle school, and in high school, everyone needs their nerds and
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.
I think so, anyway” (pg. 121). This is tragic because Simon is shunned for this, for trying to keep Ralph’s morale up, since Ralph is the chief. Simon is the only character who acts out of the goodness of his heart. This is tragic because none of the other boys has this.
An example that is key to understanding why The History Boys could be considered as a tragicomedy is the mocking of A Levels, especially seen from Hector “Boys, boys, boys. A Levels, Rudge, are credentials, qualifications, the footings of your CV. Your Cheat’s Visa.” This not only shows the mocking of the education system of that period of time (Margaret Thatcher’s reigning) but of every government from the last fifty years. It is showing us that Hector is not one to approve of A Levels and like it says “Your Cheat’s
He didn’t care for the “right-or-wrong” style of the intelligence testing and started interviewing his subjects at a boys school instead, using the psychiatric interviewing techniques he had learned before. In other words, he began asking how children reasoned. I appreciate that he did think “outside the box” and realized that their were other options to more clearly obtain his objective. His practices were highly regarded and he was referred to as “One of the most significant psychologists of the twentieth century.” by Dr. C. George Boeree. Jean Piaget was not only well known for his philosophy but also for his psychology.
As shown throughout this essay, it is clear that Holden tries to be friends with most people he meets, but they lack the brain to stimulate a decent conversation with him, he tends to naturally alienate himself. Holden does not even know he alienates them until it is too late. It has become second nature for him, and might suggest that he is a phony himself for not realizing and/or acting upon
This speech is different from the others in that he uses very vivid and disturbing images when he is trying to convince the governor to surrender his city. Although this speech does use Henry’s same rhetoric he isn’t leading anyone in a sense. He actually says that if the city doesn’t surrender he will lose control of his army and they will go off and do whatever they want. Henry says, “ your infants spitted upon pikes”(38) which draws a not so pleasant image. It almost leads us to question Henry’s morals if he is willing to kill infants.
Junxiang Chen Ms. Poindexter-Turk AP Language and Composition April 26, 2015 Shoot an Elephant Test Correction * Orwell’s attitude toward his own position in relation to imperialism is one of: E. ambivalence * The reason why the answer is “E. ambivalence” is because that “As for job I was doing, I hated it more bitterly than I can perhaps make clear”. We have seen that in this sentence, author is really dislike the British Empire, he hate his job as being a soldier in the Burma. But he also want to work for them. So here is kind of contradictory that even though he hates the British Empire, but he still work for them, and these action has reflect the definition of ambivalence.