stand and deliver part 3 and 4

Mr. Escalante is a very dedicated teacher. He has the desire to prove to the school and the students that they can do calculus. He spends all his time teaching. Sixty hours a week plus more and when he starts having problems with his wife he still don’t back down. He even starts teaching English to older people. Even during Mr. Escalante’s mild heart attack he is still thinking about his students and wants another doctor because the first one said he should have no work related activities. He immediately gets back to school even though he should be in bed. When they accuse the students of cheating it breaks Raymonds heart. I think at first he believes that they did cheat. He even goes to the board and tries to do whatever he can to set things straight. He gets insulted when they ask him to let the students retest, which is totally understandable, but he wants to prove them wrong because he is so dedicated to these students.  They all pass and there are no misunderstandings this time. Mr. Escalante is an amazing teacher. All teachers should have the drive to teach their students like he does. This was an amazing movie and it made me cry.

I also think its crap that they are blaming the teacher. They should be blaming his father 

Day two of Dead Poets Society

Robin Williams is working so hard to get the one boy to come up with a poem and he does. They are playing sports to opera… LOL... Students are smoking out of pipes.  One kid plays the saxophone and it shuts all the kids up.  Neal is really trying to make his roommate feel better about his birthday and the fact that his parents sent him the same desk set that they sent him last year. Charlie brings some ladies down to the smoking cave. Also changes his name. The kid that is obsessed with the jocks future wife goes to the party and gets drunk. Then he tries to make a move on her and gets beat up by the jock. Meanwhile down at the cave the kid that brought the ladies down to the cave, Charlie, is reciting poems to them like they are his own. I think the main thing that this movie and Stand and Deliver have in common is humor. The ladies man, Charlie, makes a scene about the fact that they should have girls at the school and he gets punished. But not kicked out.  And Robin Williams agrees with the Dean about his punishment. Neal’s father finds out about his play and is pissed. I think that it’s really messed up that the kid gets the main part and really wants to do this and for some reason his father thinks it is interfering with his schooling and demands him to quit. Both the main teachers in this movie and Stand and Deliver love to teach.  Charlie is going nuts. He puts a red lightning bolt on his chest. He says it makes him more potent to the ladies. Neal plays in the play without telling his father and his father shows up in the middle of it but Neal doesn’t hide from his father he just keeps acting. Chet, or whatever his name is, gets to take Chris to the play as his date.  The play was an absolute success!! Neals father is again pissed and tells Robin Williams to stay away from his son. He then brings Neal home and informs him that he’s withdrawing him from Welton and enrolling him in Military school for long term to become a doctor. I am furious with the fact that the father thinks he can just make Neal’s decisions for him. After Neals father falls asleep neal pulls a gun out of the drawer kills himself. I HATE HIS FATHER!!!!

Day one of Dead Poets Society

Tradition honor wisdom excellence discipline

I noticed that this school takes way more pride in their students’ education.  And the students are way more willing to want to learn than the students in Stand and Deliver.  These students have hope and know that they are going somewhere in life.  The environment seems much more high class and proper.  Everything in this movie is about the students education.  

                The teacher instructs the students to rip out the introduction in the poetry books. That probably would never happen in Stand and Deliver considering that they didn’t have very much money like they do in this movie. The environment in dead poets society seems very rich. Like I said in the previous paragraph, “high class”. The students are always together. They live together, they eat together and they go to class together. It is a very big deal for them to do something that’s not approved of whereas all the students did in Stand and Deliver was things that weren’t approved of.

                The students find fun in reading poetry.  They even make reading poetry sound fun. The poetry teacher makes the class fun by reading poetry in an amusing way.

To Michelle Jones

I really liked how you found so much to write about in such little time that we watched the movie. I wish my mind worked like yours.

HELP PLEASE READ ME

I've been trying to comment on peoples blogs but when i go back to read them the comments are not there. i know we have gone over this in class but i didnt pay to much attention because i thought it was working for me. guess not..... so how do i get moxilla or firefox or whatever its called. please help me thank u

The kind of teaching I observed in part 1 of Stand and Deliver

The teacher in Stand and Deliver was very hands on. In the beginning he showed the students how to do math with an apple. The teacher had a sense of humor which probably got the students to pay more attention in class. He also kind of used reverse psychology on them to. He was very interacted with trying to get the kids to stay in school. He even went and tried to persuade a girls father to letting her stay in school not quit to go work at the family restaurant like the rest of her family that didn't finish school. He made the class interesting so that the students would stay interested and actually learn.

audre lord

Audre Lord's teacher, sister Mary of Perpetual Help, was a mean teacher because she hit students, segregated them into "good" and "bad" groups, didn't want to help those who were struggling, and humiliated students.
        For instance, there was a time that she sent Audre home with a note, asking her mother not to dress her in so many layers, so that Audre would feel the paddling better.
                Sister Mary of Perpetual Help segregated them into "good" and "bad" grooups. For example, when Audre could read words but not numbers, she very quickly got lost and Sister MPH made her sit with the "bad" group "brownies".
               Sister Mary of Perpetual Help hated either teaching or small children or both. She called out  on the students who didnt know what they were doing and instead of teaching them she punished them.
               Ther was also the time when Audre broke her glasses. She was well aware of the fact that she wasn't supposed to break her glasses and tried her hardest not to. And when she ACCIDENTALLY broke her glasses there was no if's ands or buts about it. She was getting punished. 

My Educational Narrative rough draft

                I gave birth to my beautiful daughter, Alexis Mae, at seven a.m. in the morning. It was January twelfe and I had been there since three the previous day. It had snowed an enormous amount all night long and was very mystical outside. My parents and a few of my very close friends were there to help support me. When she did finally arrive, I took one long look at her precious, tiny, round shaped face my whole perspective and outlook on life changed in a matter of seconds. I knew right then and there that I had to be somebody for this little angel. I had to become a good example. Someone to look up to. An idol, a hero, and I wanted to do it right then and there.

            Over the next couple of weeks I was dying to start my new life of providing and setting a good example for Lexi. At the same time I was having issues. I didn’t feel right leaving her so soon after birth however I knew that that feeling would never change over the months or even years. I still to this day, six months later, have a hard time leaving her. I just have to keep telling myself that the only reason im leaving her for a couple hours a day is to better both of our lives.

            As soon as I felt okay enough to leave her for a couple hours a day I did. I was out looking for jobs and looking into returning back to school. I hadn’t graduated high school so college wasn’t an option yet. However getting my GED was an option. 

            I talked to a couple people in regards to how i would go about getting my GED and where I would have to go to do so. I found out that they had an orientation at the Olympic College and I got so excited I immediately signed up.

When I went to the GED orientation, mind you it had been about five years or so since last doing anything school related, it all sounded like so much. I kind of got discouraged. I remember thinking “I’m not going to be able to do this,” and “this is going to take forever”. I didn’t quit though. I got signed up for some pre GED classes. 

            At first I wasn’t taking it seriously. Probably because I did not think I could do it. After a couple of classes I finally took a reading pretest. The next day it was rainy and I was in a dull mood. I showed up to class and had totally forgotten I had taken the pretest. The teacher started passing back some papers and then I remembered what I had done the previous day. After about 15 people getting their scores passed back It was finally my turn. Out of respect for other people in the class the teacher passed them back face down. I can remember my palms being sweaty and my heart was racing like a little birds would. I flipped over that piece of people and suddenly felt a sigh of relief. I had passed and I had gotten a better score than the class average.

            I got so excited I ran out of the classroom and called everyone that matter to spread the joy. First was my mommy. I was so thrilled she couldn’t even understand what I was saying. “Slow down daughter” is what she said to me. She has called me daughter for as long as I can remember. After a few seconds of trying to catch my breath I repeated myself. She wasn’t as shocked as I was. She knew that I would be able to do it.

Next I called my dad and the joy that I heard in his voice was so indescribable. It made me cry. Hearing the happiness in his voice just made me want to excel in everything that was to come. But once again I got discouraged. The next day I found out that to pass the GED, one part of it was that you had to write a standard five paragraph essay and they didn’t give you a heads up on what the topic for your essay would be. It was a secret which made it even more nerve racking.  However I jotted it down during the last twenty minutes of class and got my passing scores the next day.

There were two different classes for the GED pretesting. One class went over the reading, writing, science and social studies parts of the test and the other class went over the math. I would say there were about twenty people per each class. Out of both classes I only knew one person and he was in the reading, writing, science and S.S. class. We have struggled a very hard life together and have also completely turned our lives around. His name was Evan.        

One day after we got our last pretest scores back, which I also passed, our teacher asked Evan and I to stay after class. At first I thought she had found out about our past and had something to say about it. It was kinda weird. We were both trippen, wondering what this was all about. After everybody left she informed us that we had gotten the highest scores out of the whole class and in her opinion we were ready to go start taking the actual tests. We were totally shocked, dumbfounded. The two ex-drug addicts of the class, that we knew of, had gotten the highest scores.

            With that said I had to find out how I was going to come up with the money to pay for the actual GED test. I called my dad and told him what had happened with the teacher and what she had told me. His words were “GO TAKE THE TEST!!!!” before I could even finish explaining to him that it cost seventy five dollars he said he would pay whatever it cost.

After a couple of days It was time to go take my GED. I was so excited and again so panicked. I took the test and immediately afterward I felt again discouraged, like there was no way I passed. I had to wait a couple days to get my results and the whole time I just kept thinking that I was going to have to take some of the tests again.

Two days later I got four out of five of my results. I PASSED ALL FOUR OF THEM!!!! I still had to wait three weeks for the writing and essay part of my test but I knew that I would be fine and that I would have my GED when they arrived. Three weeks passed and it was confirmed. I had my GED.

I am so grateful for my daughter. She completely changed my life for the better. I am surely and slowly becoming the person that I knew I needed to be for her.

Answers to the questions on page fourteen of ws work book

• The structure of my paragraph is chronological.
• I would say my topic sentence is pretty clear.
• Yes, I do have sufficient support.
• The details, examples, and descriptions I have are the best ones to support my paragraph.
• I have clearly connected all the ideas.
• Yes the paragraph flows smoothlty.

My favorite choice of the three essays

My favorite choice out of the three essays would definitely have to be Malcolm X's. Just because i could comprehend it better and follow it easier because it keep my attention. I can also relate to it the best.

Questions on the 3 Essays

1. The main things i think Ben Franklin and Mike Rose learned for their educational experiences is that they're not always going to be doing exactly want they want in life to be able to get exactly where they want in life. Also i think they learned that not everybody is going to appreciate where they're coming from or what they really wanted to do.

2. Their voices make me feel sorry for them and the situations they've found themselves in.

3. I think some of the rules that Mike Rose and Ben Franklin seem to follow is for one describing stuff and people. I know for me though it was very hard to get interested to both of they're storys. So i think they were lacking appeal. Neither one of their stories had me interested. On the other hand I was very interested in Malcolms reading. Probably because it was alot closer to my heart..

4. These essays enrich my thinking about my own paper because I dont want my readers to not be interested in my story like i was bored with Mike Rose's and Ben Franklins.

Mike Rose's "I just want to be average" Questions 1-5

1. Rose's life in during the time he was in Our Lady of Mercy sounds dreadful. a bunch of jackass's who dont give two cares about the lives and educations of Mike Rose and the other kids that are in their hands. His teachers obviously weren't teachers out of passion for the career but just another job that paid the bills. They didnt care whether the kids learned there or not. I have never had teachers like this that i can recall but if i did they didnt last long.
2. Our lady of Mercy, i assume, made it vary difficult for Mike and the other students to WANT to learn or for that matter even cooperate with the schools obligations. Im sure they felt inadequate, with low self esteem, and not believing in their full potential. mike rose developed faulty and inadequate ways of doing math.
3. High school is so disorienting to students like Ken Harvey because there is alot of different views on life from alot of different people. Teachers, peers, and people you dont even know. You also have alot of different kind of people all at once. Ken Harvey copes with it by acting how he thinks people think he should act like. In my experience people lash out and turn to drugs in order to deal with the pressures and judgements they encounter in school. Or they just drop out.
4. The only thing i find really disorienting aout college is the many age differences and learning differences. Im not really sure on the steps students should take to feeling less like this.
5. I dont think my education compares to any of Mike Rose's story. I would not put up with the stuff that he put up with.

PLEASE READ: Ideas for my Educational Narrative

I've been having some problems coming up with the right topic for my narrative. I havent been to school in a long time and i dont really remember anything from when i was in school. I was thinking about writing about my experience just recently when i decided to get my GED but im not sure if ill have 1000 words to write about that experience. So then i was thinking about the one thing besides school that takes over most of my life. Being a mommy Is an ongoing learning experience that im in the process of. Im not sure if thats will meet the expectations so if your reading this could you please give me some feedback.. thank you

Prewriting july 10th 2011.

I haven't been to school in about five years and i dont really remember too much about school before that but since I've started this class, a week ago, I've used a few prewriting skills. I like to start off with a list of ideas and highlight the ones i pick out and add a couple ideas i have to go with those topics. I then take it and ask some people which ones they would enjoy reading about the most. thats the types of prewriting I've done since this class started. Since reading these pages i cant wait to try out some of the new ideas i've learned. I've also read some other peoples blogs and got some new ideas from them too.

Malcolm X's "Learning to Read"

I really enjoyed this reading. I liked how Malcolm steered down the wrong direction and made a good experience out of going to prison. I caan relate to his "i became increasingly frustrated not being able to express what i wanted to say in letters that i wrote", but for me in a whole different way. I know how to read and write i just have a really hard time wording what i want to say or write. Or even coming up with things to say or write about.
                

my thoughts on the shannon nicoles essay

when i read this paper i immidiately thought of just recently when i was working on getting my GED. I was soo afraid that i wasnt going to pass the writing essay. i almost blew off the all five parts of the test just because i was discouraged about the one part of the test that was writing the essay. Good thing i didnt end up blowing it off because i passed with flying colors. When i found out that i had passed that part it totally enlightened my spirits. I am very glad i went through with it.

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My  name  is  Chelan  Hoffman  I  am  twenty  years  old  and  I  just  enrolled  in  college  for  the  first  time.  I  have  decided  to  come  back  to  school  to  better  my  education  and  set  a  good  example  for  my  daughter,  Alexis  Mae,  who  is  six  months  old.

            In  seventh  grade  I  was  having  some  difficulty  participating  in  school.  I  wouldn’t  show  up  and  when  I  did  all  I  did  was  sleep.  So  after  awhile  I  decided  to  change  to  Central  Kitsap  Alternative  Junior  High  School.  I  quickly  fell  in  love  with  the  teachers  there.  They  were  amazing  but  I  was  still  in  the  same  pattern  there  as  I  was  at  the  regular  junior  high.  Not  showing  up  for  the  three  hours  of  class  four  days  a  week  and  when  I  did  show  up  I  was  not  meeting  my  full  potential.   Very  soon  after  that  I  went  down  a  very  dark  road  and  became  addicted  to  meth.  I  started  getting  into  trouble  with  the  law,  running  away  from  home,  stealing  for  stores  and  from  my  father.  I  was  in  and  out  of  juvenile  detention  and  always  on  the  run.

I  have  no  idea  how  I  got  through  junior  high  or  stayed  alive  for  that  matter  but  I  did.  I  made  it  to  tenth  grade  and  the  school  I  went  to  was  awesome.  It  was  also  an  alternative  school.  There  were  very  good  teachers  there.  They  hooked  me  up  with  a  job  being  a  office  assistant  in  their  office.   Not  too  soon  after  that  I  dropped  out  in  the  middle  of  the  year  and  of  course  lost  my  job  and  just  didn’t  care  because  I  was  on  drugs.  

            About  two  years  ago  I  started  getting  into  the  rooms  of  Alcoholics  and  Narcotics  Anonymous.   Six  months  after  that  I  decided  to  start  taking  these  programs  seriously.  This  decision  has  changed  my  life  drastically  and  I  have  been  clean  and  sober  for  about  eighteen  months.  In  the  last  eighteen  months  I  have  acquired  so  many  things that  I  would’ve  never  acquired  if  I  had  never  quit  doing  drugs.  I  got  my  drivers  license,  a  vehical,  auto  insurance,  my  family  back  and  of  course  my  beautiful  babygirl  who  I  probably  would  have  never  met  if  it  hadn’t  been  for  my  recovery.

            After  I  had  Alexis  I  decided  I  wanted  to  further  my  education  but  I  couldn’t  go  to  college  unless  I  had  a  highschool  diploma  or  a  GED.  So  I  started  looking  into  the  GED  program.  I  started  going  to  GED  classes  in  March  of  2011.  It  seemed  so  easy  for  me  so  I  started  taking  the  pretest  and  passed  all of  them.  I  had  my  GED  in  no  time.      

I  have  chosen  to  come  back  to  school  and  study  Medical  Assisting.  I  wanted  to study  a  field  that  I  that  I felt  there  was  always  going  to  be  work  in  and  that  pays  better  than  fast  food.  I  also  wanted  to  earn  a  degree  in  something  where  I  would  be  helping  people.  I  am  very  excited  about  college  and  very  nervous  also.

            I  am  very  proud  of  myself  today  and  I  would  not  change  my  life  for  anything.  Nor  do  I  regret  my  past.