The Troublemaker “Who threw that pencil?” Mr. Dakota, the overly-loud social studies teacher asked his class once again. “It was Madeline, again, sir.” Lilly Shakes, one of Madeline’s classmates, huffed. “She’s always doing stuff behind your back!” “Hey, there’s no evidence that I was the one that threw the pencil.” Madeline Rock interjected with a look of complete innocence on her face. “Without any other eyewitnesses, Lilly could just be framing me again. You know how she is.” Mr. Dakota huffed before turning back to the Jeopardy board. It wasn’t the first time that Madeline gave her famous ‘I wonder what would happen if I did this,’ and disrupted social studies. Sadly, there was never any proof.
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She’d bat her clear blue, innocent eyes and profess how she did nothing wrong. When she first entered Greenwood Middle School, Madeline would make herself small in the seat in front of the teacher’s desk every time she got caught. However, once teachers caught on that she was not as virtuous as she seemed to be, Madeline would jabber to get the educator off-topic. That way, by the time the educator remembered why Madeline was in trouble, the messy-haired brunette would be on to her next class. She would joke around with her more lenient teachers or recite classic novels to her literature teacher to make sure a detention was not brought up. Either way, all the faculty members at Greenwood Middle School found it impossible to detain her. Controlling Madeline was like controlling a wild tornado, where it was almost better to let the destruction happen instead of hurting themselves trying to stop …show more content…
Most of these kids were considered ‘teachers’ pets’ and ‘know-it-alls.’ They would sit in class and yell at Madeline whenever she put one toe, or airplane, out of line. Regardless of this, Madeline would keep goofing off and annoying everyone who yelled at her. She would give her renowned lopsided grin and keep going on with her life. Once, a massive prank war started between the kids against ‘Them’ and ‘Them.’ People would find gum in their lockers and water balloons thrown at their heads. Occasionally, Madeline will be seen by Mr. Dakota giving her well-known, cheeky grin.
“Wipe that look off your face, Ms. Rock!” Mr. Dakota said. Madeline smiled a fake smile before turning back to her best friend, Daphne, to deliver a comeback.
“I am horribly sorry, Mr. Dakota. It will never happen again. Anyway, as I was saying, Daphne, Jeopardy is no fun with the boring teachers. Why don’t the fun ones do jeopardy?”
“Excuse me, Ms. Rock,” Mr. Dakota said, quickly growing red in the face, “but I am trying to teach your classmates through a fun game of Jeopardy. If you don’t approve, then you can go down to Principal Kirk’s office.” He finished with a sarcastic winner’s
Katie’s teacher, Mr. Dubey, puts a very high emphasis on the students at Katie’s school about how important school is. Because Katie starts to feel bad for using David to get into Harvard, his attitude toward the topic changes and he tells that she should be self-serving and not really care what people say and to not "ruin the rest of your life just because you feel a little guilty right now"(74). All of these conflicting messages on what Katie should be like, how she should treat others an...
Which caused her to stop giving her Nazi teachers the answers to any National Socialist question, which she thought was wrong. Her teachers soon grew upset with her, and the principal threatened to not allow Sophie to graduate. Sophie was horrified at the thought of not receiving her diploma.
Now I wished that I could pen a letter to my school to be read at the opening assembly that would tell them how wrong we had all been. You should see Zachary Taylor, I’d say.” Lily is realizing now that beauty comes in all colors. She is also again being exposed to the fact that her way of being raised was wrong, that years and years of history was false. “The whole time we worked, I marveled at how mixed up people got when it came to love.
The Girl with the Brown Crayon tells a simple personal story of a teacher and a child, interweaving the themes of race, identity, gender, and the essential human needs to create, and to belong. With these characteristic charms, and wonder, Paley discovers how the unexplored territory unfolding before her and Reeny comes to mark the very essence of school, a common core of reference, something to ponder deeply and expand on extravagantly. The child, Reeny, meets a writer of books and story-teller, is introduced to his fictional characters, and debates, with other children, their virtues and weaknesses.
She’s just so weak. If she would stand up for herself, no one would bother her. It’s her own fault that people pick on her, she needs to toughen up. “Shape of a Girl” by Joan MacLeod, introduces us to a group of girls trying to “fit in” in their own culture, “school.” This story goes into detail about what girls will do to feel accepted and powerful, and the way they deal with everyday occurrences in their “world.” Most of the story is through the eyes of one particular character, we learn about her inner struggles and how she deals with her own morals. This story uses verisimilitude, and irony to help us understand the strife of children just wanting to fit in and feel normal in schools today.
Scout always listening to the knowledge of her teachers when she was younger makes her innocent and naive. First, Scout’s constant obedience to her teachers and lack of retaliation for her beliefs express her naiveness: “Now tell your father not to teach you anymore. It’s best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell him I’ll take over from here and try to undo the damage...Your father does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now” (Lee 23). This quote expresses how Scout was belittled by her teacher for reading outside of school. This aggravates Scout, however she holds in her anger, like any child, and she is forced to sit down at the command of her teacher, Miss Caroline. Also, Scout couldn’t defend herself when she explained to
Dill goes back to Mississippi for the school year, and Scout turns her attention to starting first grade—something she’s been waiting for all her life. However, Scout’s first day at school is not at all the glorious experience she’d been expecting from the winters she spent “looking over at the schoolyard, spying on multitudes of children through a two-power telescope . . . learning their games, . . . secretly sharing their misfortunes and minor victories.”
Teenagers are young, naïve and impressionable. They are also insecure and usually sometimes unable to express themselves so they put others down. They are pressured daily to do things they really don’t want to do. They often find themselves doing something they said they would never do. Because of the influence of those around them, they are trying to cover their insecurities by saying things to make others feel bad about themselves. The traits above describe the two main characters in the short story “Bernice Bobs Her Hair”. Both Bernice and Marjorie are young teens dealing with the pressure of being popular and fitting in. Bernice, being the quieter, shyer girl, deals with trying to fit in in a place she feels she doesn’t belong. Marjorie, the louder, seemingly confident girl puts on a front about who she is, deep down being an extremely jealous person. The characters in the story are both dealing with insecurities, each reacting in there own way.
The author emphasizes the way the little girl was educated by rendering her unable to appreciate and integrate into the context
On May 31, a recently introduced criminal caution at the vandalized nursery school took patrolmen surging back to the scene, where they discovered Mary and Norma Bell dallying adjacent to the building. Both young ladies intensely denied association in the past break-in, and they were discharged to the authority of their
For the spring term, the faculty made changes and Philip got assigned to Miss Narwin’s homeroom class. Things got worse when Philip was assigned to her homeroom as if being in her English class wasn’t bad enough. When Philip got back to school he found out he was assigned to counseling. Philip was furious and still wanted to get out of Miss Narwin’s English class.
Sylvia Barret, a new teacher is starting her first day in room 304. She finds out that teaching isn’t all that she thought it would be. Her first friend is Bea a veteran teacher who helps Sylvia out by explaining how Calvin Coolidge high works. The writer takes all the craziness of a normal high school and embellishes them; for instance the school guidance counselor is always using big words and thinks all the students need help. And Mr. Mchabe the administrative assistant who is nosy about everything. The Janitor who is never available.
The kids would bully Margot in many ways. In the text “Immigrants”, many families migrated although it was not easy. The migrants had to take a test before migrating. If one would fail the test they were forced to return to their homeland. Also many of the migrant’s names were changed.
Learning to tie shoes and ride a bike requires the encoding, storing, and retrieving of past observations of the procedure. With a lot of practice, children master these skills so well that they are able to remember them the rest of their lives. Memory is the storing of information over time. It is one of the most important concepts in learning; if things are not remembered, no learning can take place. As a process, memory refers to the "dynamic mechanism associated with the retention and retrieval of information about past experiences" (Sternberg 260). We use our memory about the past to help us understand the present. The study or memory in psychology is used in different ways, as well as there are many different ways to study how memory works in humans. In psychology there are many tasks used to measure memory, and different types of memory storages that human's use, such as sensory storing, or short term storing. There are also a lot of techniques that humans use to improve their memory, which they can use to learn, such as mnemonic devices. All these things can be classified as important issues in the study of human memory and ways of learning.
We listened as Mrs. DeCostia enumerated the names of those involved. “Kat, Tara, Kelly, Alexis, Rob, Joe, Matt, and John.” She announced with annoyance. How is it that all my friends got in trouble for the greatest prank in Fairfield’s 75 year history, but my name was left off that prestigious list? I watched my friend’s proud faces as they walked to the front of the room and I laughed as I heard Matt say “So you caught the people, who perfectly reconstructed your room on the roof of the school, but you will never know who the genius behind it was, and as long as that stays a secret, we’ve done our job.” Then Mrs. DeCostia grabbed him by the shirt collar and dragged him outside. Soon there was a wave of people standing and clapping for their hero, the only person to show Mrs. DeCostia what a horrible person she really was. Apparently since my name had been left off the list, they had no intention of revealing it. But still I got the greatest prize of all, even better than being called up there with them: knowing that it was my idea to take every item out of her room and put it on the roof. There was a loud slamming of the door and soon the classroom fell silent. “Whose idea was it?” shouted Mrs. DeCostia. She was answered by silence. “I’ll ask one more time: Whose idea was it?” She said, speaking ever so slowly to ensure he understood. This time she was answered by a deep voice that could only be recognized as John’s. “You’re never gonna know so you might as well give up now.” “Oh, I will find out and when I do that person will be expelled! Now who is it?” Then in a voice that always seemed to say “What are you looking at?” Kat said “Listen lady, I don’t know who you think your dealing with but you’re never gonna know. We’re like...