How does Bronte describe Jane’s first impressions of Lowood School in
a way that evokes?
Lowood School was a school where Jane Eyre attended and suffered
greatly from the strictness and poor conditions which the pupils of
Lowood had to put up with. There was no social security in Lowood so
orphaned children were brought up by relations and treated as
‘dependents’, that is lower than the relations family. The pupils who
attended the school were girls from the upper class but poor families
were unlikely to marry because they had no ‘dowries’ and therefore
could expect a single life and most likely working as governesses in
wealthy families. Dowry is meant by a lump sum of money (or land)
given to husbands on marriage. If children had no one to look after
them they could be sent to ‘Charity Schools’ which were usually run by
the church and funded by donations from the congregations. People
attitudes to give donations to charity were that giving too much would
make them lazy. People would not want to go to these charity schools
because they were extremely strict. Girls would have been expected to
go work for a living after they left school ands it was very
appropriate at the time to have been brought up with little spent on
them so they continue to work through hardships. We say that one works
through hardship when living is hard. For instance you are cold, have
to work, are hungry and have very little money to spend. The
conditions of having to eat very little were that the pupils had to
work very long hours, eat very little and they had hideous uniform
which they had to make themselves. These conditions were normal for
charity schools. As from the fact that Lowood was a very religious
school, Sundays were a typical 19th century Sundays. They would go to
church walking 2 miles across the moors in the cold weather and the
church was also unheated which left all the pupils freezing. The vicar
would talk over an hour or two which would bore the pupils to a great
extent. After the afternoon service they would eat cold food then have
the afternoon service which left the pupils very tired. Then the girls
would go back to school and read the bible. This was not strange at
all as it was very typical of these schools. The teachers felt that
this would prepare themselves for their hardship of life.
Bronte describes the garden to the reader as being a ‘wide enclosure,
surrounded with walls so high as to exclude every glimpse of
The Coquette; or, The History of Eliza Wharton narrates the tribulations of an unmarried woman in post-revolutionary America. The author Hannah Webster Foster uses the story of Miss Wharton as an allegory of female moral decay. The highly patriarchal demands that women be submissive, domestic, and married. However, the protagonist Eliza Wharton has conflicting ideas of her expectations within the society. She is highly intelligent and yearns for self-determination. Though the novel is about seduction, Foster significantly altered the basic structure of novels at the time by relating it from the female perspective. The result is a novel that explores several significant themes in post-revolutionary America among them, the existence, and the need for female education.
Rachel Canning was an 18 year old, high school honor student who sued her parents to pay for her schooling and living costs even though she no longer lives under their house. Canning claims that her parents kicked her out of the house; however, the parents claim that she moved out since she refused to listen to rules, do chores, or end her relationship with her boyfriend. This was a controversial case since it challenged the parent’s right to exert rules and discipline their child. The public now fears that parents will live in hear of establishing house rules. The judge ruled that the parents will not be required to pay for Canning’s high school tuition, provide a weekly allowance, or additional financial support. Recently, Canning has been in the news again for accusing her now ex-boyfriend of assaulting her and both have set a restraining order on one another. However, the charges were later dropped to clear both records for college. Canning eventually reconciled with her parents, withdrew her lawsuit, and moved back into their home. She will not be attending New England University as a biomedical engineering major.
The Johnsonville High School was built in 1933 to serve as a high school only. Mrs. Laurene McLean, a teacher educated at Fayetteville State University (formerly known as the State Teachers College), had long dreamed of such a school being built in the Pineview and surrounding areas for young people to continue their education after the elementary years. She put forth the initial efforts for erection of the school and traveled to Raleigh, NC to make preparation and put into motion plans for the high school.
IN the early morning light, robert chippendale, English teacher for more than 20 years at Tower High, punches in at 7:04. he will never touch the card again. he is unaware that before this day is over, Tower will be rocked by murder, spotlighted by the ten o'clock news and denounced by the general public. Dressed in a blue jogging suit, he carries over his shoulder his sports jacket and newer slacks- his school clothes- in a garment bag, which he hangs in the teacher's locker room. Lightly jogging down the stairs to the back dorr, he pushes it open to cross the short path to the running track. He lets his mind wander. Is it too late to change his life? Season spent running in circles, starting and stopping at the same point on the track, a metaphor, he thinks, for his teaching career, now rutted like the track itself,in the soft years of familiarity. he bends down to retie his laces and notices that the air is surprisingly
1) What perceptions of “others” are reflected attending Miss Columbia’s School House (Document 1)? How does Aguinaldo’s criticism of America’s policies towards the Philippines (Document 2) echo the 1894 political cartoon? What do these two documents suggest about the way America perceived conquered peoples and the likelihood that they would ever be fit for American citizenship and its liberties?
As the Bobcats waited to be introduced they knew how hostile the crowd was going to be. They were in Lafayette, the birthplace of Louisiana hockey, playing the home town Acadiana Wreckin' Rams. Acadiana High was introduced, and now it was their moment. The arena speakers boomed, the band, who had a decent trip in just a few school buses, played the fight song as the announcer said, "Ladies and gentleman, the Bienville High School Bobcats." The players on the second through fourth line skated onto the ice, until the announcer began to speak again. "Ladies and gentlemen, the starting lineup for Bienville High School!
On March 31 I had the pleasure of seeing Hello Dolly at Mandeville High School. As a talented theater student at the school, I take the shows that are put on very seriously. Being involved in the show, helping make set pieces, and working box office brings light to me as an individual, every little helping hand counts. I want to make sure that my school represents theater in the best way possible. With this production put on, I am proud to say that I am a theater student in Mandeville High.
6th grade was not all that bad. That is before the incident however. Going to school was fun for the most part, the classes were difficult, friends were plenteous, and the food was good. Life at Lancaster Country Day School was swell, again, before the incident. Now, said issue somewhat killed my image at the school and saved it at the same time; it also made me question others. Were my friends really my friends? Or did they use me to as a sick and twisted way to formulate drama? I had a friend. I had many friends really, I was friends with the whole 50 people in my grade. But this friend, this friend was different. Her name Mady Gosselin. Yes, the Mady Gosselin from Kate Plus 8. We had been close, I talked to her almost every day. However,
Have you ever sat in class and not have a clue about what was going on? Most likely it was because something else was on your mind or you just were not having the best day. The classroom was always in a traditional teaching style though, which is a regular 49-minute class. But, in reality teachers struggle keeping the attention their students for 49 minutes. Even news programs such as "60 minutes" divide their hourly show into three 20-minute presentations to retain audience attention (Polos, 1969). It has been argued further that if television can not sustain a longer format, then it is ridiculous to expect teachers and students to be able to. Special education is yet another concern. It is the law that schools are to provide education to students in the least restrictive environment. Students with special needs are often known to mainstreamed into regular classrooms for many parts of the day. Most school districts face the problem of limited resources for meeting the needs of these children in a traditional setting. With this in mind, the needs of special education students will be far from met with such intense
In Jane Tompkins, A Life in School: What the Teacher Learned, Jane uncovers flaws in the American education system and how poorly formal education prepares pupils for careers after schooling. She describes how her teachers at P.S. 98 used authority to form the person she is now, teaching at Duke. Her experience dabbling in alternative teaching methods established the path she took throughout her career. Although Tompkins experience is atypical of most students, I agree with her argument about how fear is a successful means of motivation for those that can succumb to it, but alternatives exist that have been demonstrated and are successful.
Instead of teaching us how to do projects and essays, how to use the quadratic formula, how to understand the concept of war, teach us instead the art of persuasion. Teach us the ways of entertaining an audience, the dilemmas that the world faces. Teach us that there are an enormous amount of issues in the world and they come with an abundant amount of solutions. To learn how to engage an audience is to learn how to teach one.
Jane Eyre has been acclaimed as one of the best gothic novels in the Victorian Era. With Bronte’s ability to make the pages come alive with mystery, tension, excitement, and a variety of other emotions. Readers are left with rich insight into the life of a strong female lead, Jane, who is obedient, impatient, and passionate as a child, but because of the emotional and physical abuse she endures, becomes brave, patient, and forgiving as an adult. She is a complex character overall but it is only because of the emotional and physical abuse she went through as a child that allowed her to become a dynamic character.
Summary of Experience Mrs. Gerard has a wonderful and bright kindergarten class. The students are all unique and diverse in their own ways. A few students were of different races and ethnic identities. There were several different lessons taught throughout the field experience, as well as many different ways of evaluation.
Encourage pupils to talk and express themselves as often as possible as this may not be something that they have the opportunity to do, so may be lacking in experience and
The School by Donald Barthelme is a short story that proposes the significance of life in front of its reader in the most absurd way possible. Fiction is a story that is not true whereas non-fiction is a tale based on real time. But what genre would best suit this short story by Donald? A fiction because it seems so unrealistic and depressing or a nonfiction because it conveys the true message of life through unusual occurrences of the deaths and life. The School should be considered a non-fiction because it states death is inevitable, life is unpredictable and love is all we need.