A Study of No Child….
The famous brilliant title of “No Child…” from Nilaja Suns’ book, hints at the Bush Administration’s No Child Left Behind educational policy, children, and poorly performing public schools everywhere. Nilaja Sun is an accomplished American actress and Teaching Artist. These concurring pairs show the importance of teachers in support of proficient education standards. Additionally, it makes the reader question what the dot dot dot is referring to. This is a one-women play, where Sun exhibits her passion for individuality, progressively transforming her self into several characters effortlessly. Although the dot dot dot is not answered early on, by the end of the play one can speculate their own opinions. One would argue
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In particular, it is satisfied with too little” (English 2). However, “No Child...” offers insight of everyday struggles, the failing public school system, it also provides evaluation of implementing lost privileges, and social inequality in New York. For example, Sun becomes the school principal Mrs. Kennedy threatening to take away the students privileges for not wanting to participate in the play. Sun identifies conflict in the public school system, in "No Child" relating to the No child Left Behind …show more content…
In a interview Fowler asked, "How does "No Child..." Relates to the No Child Left Behind Law? Sun addressed the question, broadcasting the lesson presented within the play. According to the author, "In the end, the audience falls in love with the kids and the teachers and realized how much work teachers have today. And hopefully they 'll be able to finish the phrase, "No Child..." With whatever it meant to them (Fowler 3). As a result, critics claim that it 's a relatable play that 's inspires teachers to incorporate live theatre in lesson plans. Roth suggests that "No Child..."use meta-theatre and intertext to debate how to build a good society and to stage theatre 's possibilities for re-imaging self, community, and civics" (Roth 61 1). In contrast, the No Child left behind act focused on extensive standardized test to measure success while Sun illustrated the importance of live theatre and the effect on troubled individuals and communities within the public school system. One student in particular, the class leader, Jerome played a significant role in the play. For example, he challenged Ms. Sun in the beginning of the play resisting her idealistic request for live theatre. One would suggest that he was one of the characters most influenced by the expertise of Ms. Sun and the play along side of the other characters. He later found interest in doing
It seems everyone has a piece to say on the way we educate children in America. Stand in any busy public space and you’re likely to be within a stone’s throw of some mouthpiece with a few choice thoughts on education. This is convenient, because a large portion of these people could really benefit from having a stone hucked at them. Enter Jerome Stern, our very own discount Shel Silverstein. Jerome’s platform is inundated with Orwellian fearmongering as he hopes to convince anyone who will listen of the terrors of public schooling.
Mrs. Brown, the first schoolteacher on the island, most clearly demonstrates the theme of national ignorance. Mrs. Brown focuses on old-fashioned, and worthless teaching methods to educate her students. She very strictly follows the curriculum of the government, regardless of whether the students understand the content at all. She lacks caring and belief that the students will succeed. She just continues teaching her class according to the law, which in itself has ...
In the landmark case Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969), John Tinker and his siblings decided to openly protest the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands to school (Goldman 1). The school felt that their efforts to protest the war disrupted the school environment. “The Supreme Court said that ‘in our system, undifferentiated fear or apprehension of disturbance is not enough to overcome the right to freedom of expression.’ School officials cannot silence student speech simply because they dislike it or it is controversial or unpopular” (FAQs 2). What about theatrical performance? Should certain plays not be performed at school because of inflammatory content? Theatrical performance plays a significant role during various years of a child’s youth, but, alone, has one central aim that allows for tolerance and multifariousness within the “salad bowl” United States. High school theatre arts curriculum’s purpose is to develop appreciation of the doctrines, perspectives, principles, and consciousness of diversified individuals in distinctive epochs throughout history as conveyed through literary works and theatre. If theatre has this sort of impact, why does the school administration, teachers, parents, even the state government, infringe upon the student body’s First Amendment rights? Schools should make no policy that would chastise a student for speaking their mind or expressing oneself, unless the process by which they are expressing themselves meddles with the educational methods and the claims of others. If a student threatens another student under “the right” of being able to speak freely, one would hope a school would take immediate action before potential harm occurs. The First Amendment clearly states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” In reference to students and a school environment, the definition of freedom of speech and expression becomes very unclear as to what they can and cannot say.
A child’s first day of school is often viewed as a rite of passage; the first step on the road to a happy and successful life. This is true for most children from affluent families who live in the best school districts or can afford expensive private schools. But what if a child’s first day of school is nothing more than the first step on the road to poverty and possibly even illiteracy? The documentary Waiting for “Superman” addresses many issues in a failing school system and the innocent children that system leaves behind. Although the documentary spends little time suggesting parents’ roles in their children’s education, it clearly shows that we must make changes to help children from low-income families and improve the teacher’s unions.
One of the main things Indira focuses on in the school is pay and art. She feels as though the younger kids bond through playing with each other. The teachers there focus on “teaching through play”—so they take the kids out to the playground, exploring the grounds, looking at animals playing around, helping them color and paint, and read them fu...
It taught me a lot like how a family should be and how a family should not be. The play makes you think wow this can really relate to me as a high school student and athlete. Linda needs to learn to speak her mind no matter what her husband says because people have rights and she should be able to talk about what she thinks is going on with her family. “When Linda converses with her husband it’s almost as if se walking on eggshells and almost that she is taking to a frail eggshell that is her husband’s mental state.” (Source 2). Nothing Linda says to try to help her husband will work because she is someone who gets under her skin and makes it a lot worse to willy but too anyone else she is doing anything in her power to help him much like and other wife would do for their husband. A couple weeks after willy dies after all that the family has been through with him it’s a very sad dad but the family is very mad at him still so it is a very hard position to be in and I know I would never want to be to in the position that this family is in. willy was a very mean and angry person to his family and had a lot of stress going on in his life this is why we need to realize that all he wanted was to make his family happy but it was just something he could not do so he gave up and just took all of his anger out on
Matilda illustrates a movie about a little girl born into a middle class family. Her parents gambled and did not pay attention to her. (Matilda) They wanted her to be “normal” like the rest of the lazy family. Matilda was not offered schooling, therefore;
Reading about the inequality and discrimination against mothers, especially unmarried mothers, in the Motherhood Manifesto made we flip from cover to cover of the book to see when this book was last updated. I was horrified to see it was 2006. Kiki, the single mother of two who was looking for a job in Pennsylvania in 1989 and asked repeatedly the same two questions during her interviews literally made me angry. How could an interviewer be allowed to ask personal questions such as are you married and do you have kids? I was appalled just as I would have been if he had asked her what her race, religion, and sexual orientation was. It’s all in the realm of not appropriate and discriminatory. Laws are changing constantly; I know that when being
In order to determine whether or not the No Child Left Behind Act is doing its job successfully and efficiently, one must first understand exactly what is involved in the act. This act is the most recent renewal of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Similar to laws in the past, this particular act has been revised and added to numerous times to make sure it encompasses everything necessary for the education system and the students. The No Child Left B...
As I grow up, I comprehend how much I can relate to the movie Parenthood. Although it 's not an exact replication of the movie I still have many instances that I can apply to my family. My family’s life is definitely the roller coaster because we have times of tremendous happiness, but also times where we struggle and find it burdensome to love one another. I don’t only have hardships in my regular family, but also in my extended family. For example, my uncle Victor did not mature as much as the rest of my father’s brothers. He didn’t go to college and has had complications with gambling, and struggles with keeping a steady job. This can relate to Larry Buckman because he was under some of the same circumstances and asked his parents for money.
“Désirée’s Baby” by Kate Chopin shows the importance of knowing who you genetically in aspect to who your ancestors are. In the story “Désirée’s Baby” we learn about the heartbreaking story of a woman and her husband preparing for the best celebrating moments of their life, welcoming a child into the world. Once the healthy baby boy is born and is a couple months old, Désirée’s husband Armand begins to question Désirée about who the true father of the baby is because of the child’s skin tone. Out of anger Armand evicts his wife and son from their home and burns all of their belongings. While destroying Désirée’s belongings he finds a letter from his mother stating, “But, above all,” she wrote, “night and day, I thank the good God for having
This is also about power, because a common theme in this documentary is poverty. All 5 of the children featured live in communities that lack the basic commodities. With run down schools that in most cases are over packed and under staffed it’s only a matter of when the children in its walls will fail instead of why. When Francisco’s mother brings him to school and is first met with a security desk it’s only a wonder why these communities prosper with crime. When the learning gap between children is determined on whether their rich or poor it’s only a matter of how didn’t our system fail.
For years, the No Child Left Behind program and parents have gone head to head. Some parents believe that their children are not ready to advance, while the NCLB believes the students are ready to progress. The law does not care if the students does not understand the curriculum, just as long the child is meeting deadlines and passing the states standardized tests. This type of learning system only causes stress for teachers, students, and can be very unreliable.
The No Child Left Behind Act was set into place with the goal to improve student performance in school, and close the achievement gap between students; as Stecher, Vernez, and Steinburg state, “When congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), it established an ambitious goal for the nation’s states, districts, and schools: All children will be proficient in reading and mathematics by the 2013-2014 school year” (1). While the No Child Left Behind Act was implemented with good intentions, the act itself is one of the main reasons the United States is falling behind in educational rankings. One of the most common complaints of parents surrounding the No Child Left Behind Act is the weakest link factor: the weakest student sets the pace in the classroom. The weakest student...
Victor Frankenstein dedicates and determines himself to individually create life, something unnatural to the human way of life. Abandonment and the lack of a nurturing mother leads to his regret and desire to commit infanticide. Steven Marcus correctly discusses in his article how feminists (especially) believe that Frankenstein provides a cautionary tale involving the dangers that result from masculine desires to create, as well as to nurture and raise, in the absence of a woman. While proven by Victor’s eagerness in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Steven Marcus’ article, as well as modern society, analyzes the patriarchal scientific drive to usurp female procreative power, resulting in consequential struggles for the child involved in the situation.