Discussion Joe Clark's Articles
In this essay I'm going to discuss Joe Clark's articles, concentrating
on his determination to improve, his annoyance towards negative
influences, and the care and pride he shows for the school.
Joe Clark was appointed principal at Eastside High, in Paterson (New
Jersey). In 1982 he managed to throw out all the drug dealers in the
school. He also expelled 300 failing students, (in his words
"hoodlums"). In addition to the mass expulsion, he looked after the
school structure, repairing and redecorating the building with the
help of many talented students.
"The clean and handsome appearance of the building was crowned that
fall by numerous colorful inspirational work."
To begin with I'm going to focus on the title of the first article.
The Pride of Eastside, a very strong title which immediately catches
our attention. The word pride has two meanings. Apart from the first
meaning, it could also mean a pride of lions. In addition to lions,
the title indicates Joe Clark, as well as being proud of his school he
is also in control and potent.
Already from the first article we can see Joe Clark's enthusiastic
determination to improve a chaotic Eastside school. The school faced
may problems, and it was difficult, if not impossible to control and
manage every student. Joe Clark not only took control over the
students and teachers, most importantly he gained their respect, and
for many changed their lives. It didn't take him long to do it. Just
one day, a single day to establish order in the vulgar ruined
Eastside.
"A single day to establish order and to run the hoods out of what was
formerly...
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...his ideal school.
The pronoun "I" is particularly important in this article as it shows
that Clarkis in control, as the title suggests.
"I want to be seen. I want students and teachers always be aware of
Joe Clark, and to know that I care…"
As we can see, the language used in this article is in his
perspective, which indicates how Joe Clark has control over the
school.
Lots of words and phrases are repeated in this article, which
determines that Joe Clark is in control of the school.
"I want" is repeated frequently.
To conclude my essay I want to say that Joe Clark It's a successful
principal, which actually manages to change a poor and problematic
school to a well disciplined and organized school. From my point of
view a good principal needs to be benevolent "Big Brother" in order to
success.
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