Works Cited

Dead Poets Society. Dir. Peter Weir. By Tom Schulman. Perf. Robin Williams and Robert Sean Leonard. Touchstone Pictures, 1989. DVD.

Freedom Writers. By Erin Gurwell. Dir. Richard LaGravenese. Perf. Patrick Dempsey and Hilary Swank. Paramount Pictures, 2007. DVD.

How Schools Kill Creativity. Perf. Sir Ken Robinson. Sir Ken Robinson. TED, n.d. Web. 26 May 2014.      

Huston, Cate. "How I Learned to Love Solo Travel." Cate Huston. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2014.

Lorde, Audre. [“School”] Chapter 3 “Zami: A New Spelling of My Name – A Biomythography. Quality Paperback Book Club New York, 1982. Web.  28 May 2014

Romero, Joshua J. "How I Learned to Live Google-free." - IEEE Spectrum. N.p., 6 June 2011. Web. 28 May 2014.

Rose, Mike. “I Just Wanna Be Average.  Lives on the Boundary: A Moving Account of the Struggles and Achievements of America’s Educationally Underprepared.New York: MacMillan, 1989. Web. 24 Dec. 2010

exercsie drafting paper #3

What was the experience you had and why was that at least as important as an "in School" experience?
Learning to ride a horse and growing as a person while doing it. It is just as important as a "in School" learning experience because you learn more about yourself and how to have compassion for something that cannot care for itself.
Who is your audience?
Students
Why should they care about this?
They should care because learning to ride a horse teaches you to have such inner strength and to conquer something you never thought possible.
 What will they, their children, or society in general gain or loose?
Once someone learns to ride a horse they learn compassion and feeling for something that cannot care for itself. that kind of compassion and caring allows people to be much more kind to others, therefore allowing people to be a kinder society.
Reasons they should agree?
Reason #1 Because  Allows you to understand how caring for others is an important quality in life
Reason #2 Because It teaches responsibility
Reason #3 Because it allows you to conquer a fear and something you never thought you could do.
Reasons they might not agree?
Reason #1 No, Because Horses are to dangerous
Reason #2 No, Because Horses are do not show love back or appreciation for what you do for them.
Reason #3 No, Because learning to ride a horse cannot impact your life in a bigger way, its not an important skill
Answers to their possible objections"
Because #1 Horses can be dangerous if you don't learn how to properly treat them and you need someone to teach you.
Because #2 Horse are living creatures and show love to the people that care for them. you are able to love them back
Because #3 Learning to ride is a big accomplishment and a lot goes into it.  it can profoundly change your life.

Details and Eamples

1. When I was five years old and still legally blind, I started school in a sight conservation class in the local public school on 135th street and Lenox Avenue. On the corner was a blue wooden booth where white women gave away free milk to black mothers with children. I used to long for some Hearst Free Milk Fund milk, in one of those cute little bottles with their red and white tops, but my mother never allowed me to have any, because she said it was for charity, which was bad and demeaning, and besides the milk was warm and might make me sick. 

 walking through the store I begged my mom for one of those little candies, wrapped in beautiful paper, My mom said no I could get sick from to much candy.



2. For our mother’s souse*, it didn’t matter what kind of meat was used.  You could have hearts, or beefends, or even chicken backs and gizzards when we were really poor. 

   
It never mattered what kind of fabric was used as long as you looked fabulous. Her clothes were made of cotton, silk and wool.

Compare/Contrast Essay Final

Stacy Nold

5/21/19

Dr. Sonia Begert

Compare/Contrast Essay

 

Teaching is a difficult task, regardless if it is in a class room setting. I admire and respect all teaches however, some are better than others. A lot of different factors make a teacher a good teacher or a bad teacher, all students experience both kinds of teachers throughout their time in school. Two teachers that have shown me both sides of the spectrum are Mr. Triplet and Miss M. Mr. Triplet taught math and was able to make it one of my favorite subjects. Miss. M taught English, she made it hard to want to be there. My English professor was a very smart women however, was not able to teach a class well, I hated going to class. My math professor on the other hand was amazing, I looked forward to going to his class every day. The differences between these two teachers are what make the difference in someone’s educational experience. There are a few similarities between the professors, but their differences in their passion, control of the class and teaching for all levels of knowledge are far more important.  

                Having passion for the job you are doing is a very important part of any job. A teacher needs to show up every day and have a deep passion for what they are doing. Mr. Triplet would come in every day excited to teach and full of excitement. He would take the time to engage every student one by one. He would ask questions to each student not just one person, if you didn’t know he would walk you through it.  You could tell that he wanted to be there teaching us every day and not leave anyone behind. Students could tell that teaching is what he wanted to do with his life. On the other hand Miss. M. would come in and give handout’s out and go to her desk. She would answer emails, paying no attention to the class -- often the whole classroom period. She would often want to talk about her day not about English or the papers we were writing at the time. Instead of engaging the entire class she would have discussions with a handful of students, usually the ones that were being loud and off topic.  As a teacher you have to want to be in class, that’s why teachers have to be passionate. Being passionate about what you do makes the students want to be there and learning from you.  There is no doubt that being a teacher is one of the most difficult professions but done by someone who really wants to teach, it can be a wonderful thing.

                Being up in front of a class is a nerve racking experience, that’s a teachers spot though and it automatically gives them a certain amount of respect. Losing that respect can happen quickly. While up there or just around in the class room, the teacher must be able to control the class. Mr. Triplet would control the class with a combination of humor and embarrassment. He would call people out if they were texting so everyone in the class would stop and look at them. After having that happen to you a few times you stop doing it and pay attention, this is how Mr. Triplet controlled his class. He did not allow the loudest students to take away from everyone else’s learning experience, He made sure that it was understood that that was unacceptable.  Miss M. would have discussions in class but there was never any structure in them. She would allow the students to split of into side talks and then give up on the discussion all together. She would allow the loudest students to direct the discussion of topic on to whatever they wanted to talk about and not about English, This makes it hard to follow anything or learn. Students that did not understand or struggled with English often fell behind and did not know where to go for help. With no direction in the class it very difficult to learn anything, especially if you were not a strong student. Having control of the class room is very important but can be hard to do. Teachers must figure out how to control the class in order to have a successful class and engage a full classroom with a variety of students.  

                Teachers end up with a whole variety of students in their classroom. It is very important that teachers teach to all levels of students so that they can understand the material being presented to them. Mr. Triplet would explain math problems multiple ways so everyone would be able to understand it. He would take the time to make sure everyone was getting it and keeping up, this is very helpful. He also would use group exercise and competitions to see who would finish first, this motivated students understand the problems so they could work faster. He also made himself available to help all the time. No students felt like they were being left behind. Miss. M. would come in to class, assign a writing assignment and that was it. Students just had to use to rubric to figure it out and go from there. This caused many students to not understand and struggle in the class. Even when questions were asked the topic got changed so quickly and the question was brushed over. Being able to engage students at levels of knowledge is another one of the most important skills a teacher could possess.

            Though Mr. Triplet and Miss. M have many differences in terms of passion, control of the class and teaching every level of students both are similar in that they both would help after class, use online aides to assist in class and that they both were on time every day. Using online supplemental aides along with class room curriculum is extremely helpful for students to reinforce lessons from the classroom.  Being on time and staying after to help allows students to seek help if they need it. Teachers are the reasons why class can be good and bad. Math is one of my worst subjects because of dyslexia and my professor was able to engage me and teach how I understood. Mr. Triplet was able to make it where I looked forward to going to class every day. English is easier to me however, my professor made me not want to be there. The class room was always chaotic and disorganized.  It’s all in the difference in who is teaching not so much what they are teaching. You’re learning experience will be an unforgettable one, weather it is good or bad depends on the teacher. A good teacher can make any subject your favorite subject.

Main point turned 3rd person

The main point of my narrative that I just wrote was sharing how I learned to ride a horse, how it
changed me and shaped me into who I am today. I want it to show that ridding, even though it hasn't been a traditional setting of learning it has taught me many life lessons.,

The main point of the narrative that was just written was sharing how they learned to ride a horse,
how it changed her and shaped her into who she is today. She want it to show that even though it hasn't been a traditional setting of learning it has taught her many life lessons.

Grand Scheme of Things:

When on is learning to ride a horse, it often changes the person in important ways. Even those lessons learned in a non-traditional settings can teach many people many important life lessons.

WS pp 19-22

These pages help show how to properly outline a paper and get your point across. I have been using them to help me with my transitions in my essay #2. It has been very helpful. It talks about using an outline to help get your paper starter. This is something that I already do however this has been helpful in giving me direction in the compare and contrast essay. Even though I am still working on my paper I have found it hard to organize because there is a lot being talk about in this paper. I have been using an outline and the circles like we talked about in class. I will complete my paper soon and these selections have been helpful to do it.

How are Mr. Keating and Mrs. Gurwell Different? Simillar?

 Mr. Keating is teaching at a private wealthy school with unlimited resources. Mrs. Gurwell teaches at a integrated school with very poor students and very few resources.

Mr.. Keating and Mrs. Gurwell are fighting the school. Mrs. Gurwell is told that the students cant understand books like Shakespeare. Mr. Keating is told that the students cannot think for themselves

Mr.. Keating and Mrs. Gurwell both have no support from the other staff and upper management.

Mr.. Keating and Mrs. Gurwell made great sacrifices to teach how they thought they should be teaching.

Mrs. Gurwell has to earn the respect of her students because the school has never cared about them, so the students don't trust her at all

Mr. Keating Has the respect of the students because the school is so strict and demands it.

Drafting paper 2 #2

       Teaching is a difficult task especially in a class room setting. I admire and respect all teaches however some are better then others. Just last Semester i experienced the difference in a good teacher and a bad teacher. My English professor was a very smart women however was not able to teach a class well. i hated going to class, it was a waste of time. My math professor on the other hand was amazing. I looked forward to going to his class everyday. The differences between them are what made the difference in the educational experience. There are a few similarities between the professors , the differences are far more important.

        A teacher needs to be passionate and want to be there. Mr. Triplet was confident and passionate. everyday he came in to class excited and ready to teach us. Miss. M came into class second guessing herself. She showed that she didn't want to be there as much as some of the class didn't. When a teacher dose not want to be in class it makes the students not want to be in class.
        In order to be a good teacher you need to be able to engage all the students no matter what there level of knowledge. Mr. Triplet would explain the same thing several different ways and make sure everyone under stood before moving on. This made everyone feel like he was invested in ALL of us not just there to get a pay check. Miss. M Just handed out rubric's and told us to write. She then would answer e-mails, leaving us to figure it out among ourselves. She was only teaching towards the people that already had good writing abilities. Being a teacher you must be able to command the entire room and help everyone equally.
       When a teaching the teacher must have control of the class, this is important for being able to focus and concentrate. Mr. Triplet always had control. He would make it funny to point out people that were distracting. He was using embarrassment to get people to focus and not be distractions. Miss. M. let everyone do whatever they wanted. She would let the discussions drift to things that were not important to English. This made class hard to focus on and learn. It is important for professors to command the classroom and keep it on topic



Math Professor
 

1.  confidence and passion
2. teaching for all learning abilities and levels of knowledge
3. commanding to the class room can bond with all the students
4. made learning fun and exciting

English professor

1. let students rule class
2. easily distracted
3. no new knowledge on subject's
4. no direction in class room and chaotic at times

theses are some of the reason's why class was good and bad depending on the teacher. Math is one of my worst subjects because of dyslexia and my professor was able to engage me and teach how I understood. I looked forward to going to class. English is easier to me however, my professor made me not want to be there. its all in the difference in who is teaching not so much what they are teaching. A good teacher can make any subject your favorite subject

G & P exercises

1. The police officer bit the dog the cat ran away. The police officer bit the dog and the cat ran away.
2.  The cat ran up the tree, the dog ran home. The cat ran up a tree; The dog ran home.
3.  Pat drove to the store I went anyway. Pat drove to the store but I went anyway.
4. We were having fun they wanted to too. We were having fun, and they wanted to too.
5. Because I learned to drive a car. Because I learned to drive a car I can go anywhere I want.
6. Although Jim bought a car. Jim had bought a car. We still needed money to pay for the insurance.
7. Whereas we had started to play in the swimming pool. We had started to play in the swimming pool.
8. Whether we came home or went on to the store. Whether we came home or when on to the store, we still had to drive.
9. If I had ten dollars. If I had ten dollars, I could but something.
10. Upon arriving at the bank. Upon arriving at the bank, we found out that we were millionaires.

Sentence corretion from paper one.

Original sentence-
When started ridding when I was five years old, I fell off and hit the dirt many times, sometimes with the horse landing on top of me or stepping on me.

Fixed sentence-
I was five year old when I started ridding horses. I fell off and hit the dirt many times, sometimes with the horse landing on top of me or stepping on me.

notes Dead Poets Society 2nd Half

• when in the court yard it shows how easily you fall in to conformity
•  Charlie publishes something in the new paper on behalf of the dead poets society which angers the group
• Charlie gets beat for his article but doesn't turn in the group
• the principal wants Mr. Keating to teach them to conform and not think for themselves
• Neil's Father is more angry that he made a liar out of him then anything and demands he quit the play
• Neil asks Mr. Keating what he should do about his father and he says talk to him. he says he dose and it went well.
• Mr.Keating and the Other boys go to support Neil in the play and his dad shows up clearly not happy
• Neil try's to stand up to his father but looses his confidence
• Neil kills himself and his parents are devastated
• The Boys don't know what to do. they are heart broken and sickened by Neil's death Todd is affected the worst
• Mr. Keating is crushed and extremely saddened by Neil's death
• Cameron tells on the D.P.S. and says that Mr. Keating is the one to blame causing Charlie to punch him in the face
• All the boys are questioned at length with the parents. Charlie is expelled
• Todd tries to talk to Mr. Keating and explain that they were forced and then stands on the desk
• Most of the rest of the boys follow saying "oh captain, my captain" showing there respect to Mr. Keating when he leaves.

Questions about Movies

How are the two schools different?
             The two schools are different because Mr. Keating's school is very strict and wants everyone to get an education and educating everyone is the most important part. Also there are only white kids and teachers there. Mrs. Gurwell's school only wants to educated the white kids that are in the advanced class. they don't care if what the other class dose as long as it does not involve causing trouble. Also there are expectations at the schools are different. At Mr.. Keating's school, The kids are expected to do well failure is not an option. Where Mrs. Gurwell's kids are expected to fail.

How are the two teaches different? How are they similar?
              Mr. Keating and Mrs. Gurwell both are passionate about teaching. they want there students to do well. They care about the kids as people not just as chair fillers in there classroom. They are both going against the grain in there schools, fighting the system. They are very different though. Mr. Keating likes to shock his students by having them do things that they aren't normally allowed to do or asked to do. He wants them to be free thinkers and that is not allowed in there school. Mrs. Gurwell is being shocked by her students.  There stories and what they have been through is so much and hard for her to handle.

Have you had a teacher like Mrs. Gurwell or Mr. Keating? In which ways were they similar and or different? 
               I have had a teacher like Mr. Keating. My math teacher Mr. Triplett last quarter. He was passionate and shocking at times. He was like Mr. Keating because he gave all of us a new way of looking at things. He taught Math 99. He would engage all of us and when we weren't getting it he would shock us with something. he was different because he wasn't battling the school. he is allowed to do it how he pleases.

Notes Dead poets society 1st half

• the banners represent the strictness of the school
• the boys make fun of the four pillars
• The father makes decisions for the son with disregard for what he wants 
• the class is shocked when Mr. Keating takes them out side the class room
• Mr Keating tells them to seize the day and make your life's mean something 
• the class is truly shocked that he wants them to ripe out the pages of there book
• the other teacher cant believe he has them ripping a book apart
• Mr Macalister laughs at the thought that a 17 year old could be a free thinker and laughs at Mr. Keating
• The excitement of the Dead Poets Society is the first light and excitement that they show 
• Mr Todd Anderson is extremely shy and does not want to read or speak up in class
• Mr Keating tells them to constantly look at things in a different way and strive to find there own voice
• when Mr Keating makes Todd describe the picture and it comes out poetry is a breakout point for Todd, he is finding his voice 
• Knox is obsessed with Kris 

Mr. Keating is passionate and a little bit crazy. He is pushing the young men to find themselves and not just fall in to line. 

draft paper #2

Teaching is a difficult task especially in a class room setting. I admire and respect all teaches however some are better then others. Just last Semester i experienced the difference in a good teacher and a bad teacher. My English professor was a very smart women however was not able to teach a class well. i hated going to class, it was a waste of time. My math professor on the other hand was amazing. I looked forward to going to his class everyday. The differences between them are what made the difference in the educational experience.

Math Professor

1.  confidence and passion
2. teaching for all learning abilities and levels of knowledge
3. commanding to the class room can bond with all the students
4. made learning fun and exciting

English professor

1. let students rule class
2. easily distracted
3. no new knowledge on subject's
4. no direction in class room and chaotic at times

theses are some of the reason's why class was good and bad depending on the teacher. Math is one of my worst subjects because of dyslexia and my professor was able to engage me and teach how I understood. I looked forward to going to class. English is easier to me however, my professor made me not want to be there. its all in the difference in who is teaching not so much what they are teaching. A good teacher can make any subject your favorite subject