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The Life of Billy- Original Writing

I intend to describe Billy’s school and explain to what extent the

school has helped him achieve his full potential whilst attending the

school. The author’s intentions when writing ‘A Kestrel for a Knave’

were to highlight how defective the school was at helping Billy to be

a successful person in life. Billy’s school was an all boy’s school

situated in Barnsley. The school was run by corporal punishment, and

the head teacher believed that is how it should be. The only

similarity between Billy’s school and Wombwell High is that they are

both located in Barnsley.

During registration, Billy shouts out “German bight” after Mr Crossley

reads out Fishers name in the register. At this point Mr Crossley

becomes very angry with Billy for interrupting his register with an

inappropriate sarcastic comment. Billy was unaware that it was a

stupid and immature thing to do. All the class, including Mr Crossley

think Billy is thick, the boy’s start “screwing their fingers into

their heads” and saying that he is crackers. I think Mr Crossley takes

the situation a little too far by embarrassing Billy in front of the

entire class, but I do feel this comment shows the reader that Billy

has a simple mind and that he is not very intelligent. I also think

that the class show no respect for Billy because they all know he

struggles immensely with his school work and that he is not that

bright, but they still target him. At this stage in the book, the

author’s intentions are to introduce the reader to the characteristics

and personalities of the other children in Billy’s form.

At the commencement of assembly, the chi...

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... the outdoors because it’s such a major change

from being in the house surrounded by audio pollution and insignia.

Overall I think the school has failed Billy on all aspects of his

education, especially the organisation of the careers advice available

to students. Even though the careers guide associate was trying his

best to successfully identify a suitable job for Billy in the future

he failed to maintain Billy focus on the specific topic and ultimately

didn’t take the desired amount of time to discuss in detail his job

prospect or what field of work he would like to go into. In comparison

with Wombwell High, Billy’s school doesn’t offer the same wide range

of help available for school levers. I also feel that Billy will leave

school without a sense of achievement or understanding of what life

has to offer for him.

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