If not, I still hope to pass the class with a decent grade. ... Although I stopped taking lessons on the piano about a year ago, I still play occasionally on my own. ... Although my parents want me to read nonfiction books, I can't seem to stray from all fiction books (including but not limited to) science fiction and dystopian society novels. ... Yes, so that's a glimpse into my life as a Stanton student and the little life I have outside of Stanton. The little life I do have outside of Stanton is what keeps me sane, I believe....

• Word Count: 608
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Often we think that being spiritual is only for people with experience, those who are older in age. ... At this point in the book, many people can relate to Siddhartha's way of life. ... We can learn from him and try to leave this unsatisfying life behind. As you can see, this novel can really relate to both the East and West. ... This book is very appealing to the West because of the indirect lessons taught. ...

• Word Count: 607
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Flatland is not only an intriguing and engaging book about geometry itself, it also teaches valuable lessons about what a negatively multicultural society would be like - one with distinct classes who are viewed as "better" or "worse" than others. ... I am really excited to use this book, along with other resources to help with learning activities that correspond to the book's topics, to increase my students' awareness of multiculturalism and provide a platform that presents mathematics in a new and life-application-level way. ... These views are dealt with at the beginning of the no...

• Word Count: 1407
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Facts alone are wanted in life. ... With these opening words of the novel "Hard Times", Charles Dickens introduces us to the character and philosophy of Thomas Gradgrind, whose rigidity and narrow-mindedness make him the villain of the novel. ... "Hard Times" deals with Utilitarian education as well. ... As soon as Gradgrind's children were old enough to absorb, he was feeding giving more lessons than they could hold. ... After Sissy Jupe began living with the Gradgrind family, she began to rub off on them. ...

• Word Count: 1343
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Another section in chapter two of our text describes an English teacher using cooperative learning groups to discuss a novel they are studying (50). ... To become a more effective teacher I would follow in line with the status quo by attempting to link assessments more closely to what I need the students to glean from the lessons. ... I believe that modeling in the classroom and life is most important. ... I will do this by checking the learner's perception of the lesson or discussion. ... I will seek to closely guide and monitor them through each faze of the lessons. ...

• Word Count: 2071
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Growing up in the many diverse homes as children do, many of which grow, filled with different beliefs on how they should look at life. ... In the Dennis Bock Novel, The Ash Garden, Protagonist Emiko is experienced with many examples of indoctrination throughout her young stages of life. ... (Bock,2001,Pg.31) Using this as a lesson, Emiko reinforces the command of her mother to hold still, and to be strong. ... It is also shown in the novel that Emiko at a young age believed that she already understood the true meaning of war, which was hardship and pain.... Also being taught silence is th...

• Word Count: 974
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

People have focused on the administrators, the supplies being giving, and even the lessons being taught. ... "Without the assurance of academic freedom, many faculty members might be chilled from taking novel or unpopular positions. ... Tenure takes away the assurance that a teacher will have a job for life. ... There are numbers of cases where teachers not covered with tenure have been fired with no cause at all. ... Maybe not right way but gradually they began to put less and less effort into their lessons. ...

• Word Count: 1337
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He used his own personal experiences, as well as Richard Hoggart's definition of a scholarship boy, to describe himself as someone who constantly struggled with balancing his life between his family responsibilities and his need for a better education. ... He was so focused on getting a good education that he failed to realize the lessons that were put in front of him. ... He read many non-fiction books, textbooks, and fictional novels, and asked himself why he read them. ... As he read Robinson Crusoe, for example, he knew that the main theme or lesson of the story was "the value of lear...

• Word Count: 1364
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Books assist in lessons in history, teach students about their past, and can even strike a spark of passion that forces them to analyze a subject in a new light. ... This novel challenges students to question the definition of humanity, on whether a man should judge another on the color of his skin. ... She writes with an unflinching honesty about some of her most painful moments in her life and allows readers to dip into her world. ... With religion already banned from public schools, parents tend to snub their noses at books with religious content. ... By reading books like The Most Dangerou...

• Word Count: 2168
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Writing has become a huge and important part of his life. ... At the same time, he worked as an author of adult novels as a part time job. ... Rick Riordan was satisfied with his two jobs. ... Rick Riordan felt pleased of what his first children novel had impact on children and continued his writing of the Percy Jackson series. ... Even though he quitted his job as a teacher, many young readers are still be able to learn lessons through his books and possibly more than they could learn in classes. ...

• Word Count: 1494
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

On February 1st of 1999 American novelist, film director, and screenwriter Stephen Chbosky published his very first novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower. ... Which students need to know because these small lessons and topics help us get through everyday life. Also, it helps us understand why things in life happen to us. ... Due to the sexual situations, drug use, along with alcohol, homosexuality, bestiality and abuse in which the book deals with. ... As well as great themes that happen to relate to everyday life such as; Love, Passivity and Sadness this book could be consider something that...

• Word Count: 1376
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

With respect to reading comprehension, what should teachers look for in evaluating these programs? ... In a random sample of teachers that I work with, they were asked, "As a teacher, what is your understanding of what reading comprehension is?... One teacher made the connection with comprehension defined earlier, as using text as a medium of thought and connecting it with active thinking. ... Students write responses to a class novel. ... Journals, reports, reflections, listening centers with comprehension activities. ...

• Word Count: 3864
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: Undergraduate