Creative Writing: The Assassination Classroom

Eventually, all my confidence and hopes were drained by my internal distress and confusion. Twenty more minutes before class ends, I thought to myself. Sitting still, I felt like the whole world was observing me, mocking my differences.

What is school really trying to do with our lives? The article “Against School” by John Taylor Gatto is an article that talks about the problem of schools and how the goals are not what they say they are. First. the author talks about how the school system creates boredom and what could be done to fix it. He then talks about how school is not needed in its required class times, what the schools say the goals are for the students, and where our school system originated from.

In conclusion, John Gatto’s essay “Against School” is highly against the current educational system in the US and also in many other places that follow the same format that the US has acquired from Prussian culture. Modern schooling is hurting children more than helping them by causing them to fight each other for social standing. It is a brainwash for children and we must teach them to be adventurous, think outside the box, be independent, and develop an inner life so that they will never be bored, even in

In the “Against Schools” article, author John Gatto describes the modern day schooling system and its flaws. He uses several rhetorical strategies in trying to prove his point. He successfully uses all three types of rhetoric in writing this article, which includes ethos, pathos, and logos. He establishes these strategies very early, and often throughout the article. He believes one issues with today’s schooling system is boredom, and that there is a distinct difference between what it means to be educated and schooled.

It states, “I got up to join Lucy and Rachel who were already outside waiting by the door, wondering what I was doing talking to three old ladies who smelled like cinnamon. I didn't understand everything they had told me. I turned around. They smiled and waved in their smoky way. Then I didn't see them.

She also shows the readers more into her own thoughts (with explanations) with how certain smells activate her own imagination. Furthermore, Ackerman creates the chapter smell into a sub sectional timeline, allowing the reader to create their idea as well as following her own. History can take any audience to any time era to allow the audience to feel as though they were experiencing that time frame. Ackerman does that same concept by introducing Cleopatra, allowing her readers to visualize Cleopatra on her throne with smells of incense all round covering her from head

Both times the students’ do not realize that their teacher not knowing about the person in question is not something that needs fixing. Because of this, the students do not understand why it frustrates her so much. Miss Caroline is new to the area and is not used to it yet.

“ It was my favorite class because I loved my teacher.” Samantha starts walking around the room trying to remember her teacher's name. She then plops back down with the thought still fresh in her head, but continues. “She made sure all of her students were leaving understanding the unit, instead of sending us off with a pile of homework. I really liked that.”

She can hear the excited whispers around her as each class files into the auditorium, can feel the thrum of anticipation running through them all-- even her, despite

While explaining the amount of work he put in to his various homework assignments, he states, that he attempted to establish and identity in his work that the teacher did not approve of his identity. The teachers’, for lack of a better phrase, verbal abuse bares down on the students in her class as she publicly humiliates them. The tone of theses dialogues and descriptive techniques used to enhance his real experiences, clearly demonstrate how the author felt during this time. He also mentions that this abuse also occurred outside of the classroom. Which as one could expect, made this experience all the more

In the first part of “Why We Hate Teachers”, he talks of his childhood and told stories of how school was for him. By doing this he gives the view of a child on school, and how the contradictions seem from a child’s point of view. He starts with how got sick as a child and was tricked into getting better. This is a representation of a child doesn’t want He speaks of his teacher, to him not being bad, but his parents refer to her as “stern”, for she punished children very hard. This results in another contradiction that teachers face.

I was filled with a new excitement after my discovery, and I quickly brought the shirtwaists to the designated location. I tucked the beautiful little book into my waistband and hoped my shirt would disguise its shape. When I returned to my family’s cramped tenement I was too exhausted to thoroughly examine the book. Home didn’t feel very different from what I was used to in the factory.

It had one room not a limited of space. When she got inside, she was warned about the older mischievous boys that roamed the school. They were extremely difficult.

With every step the kids took the creaking noise of the stairs got louder and louder. Once they reached the top of the ladder, they peered into a small rectangular room filled with only shadows and cob webs. Out of the corner of Taylor’s eye, she spotted a large bulky object covered by a tarp. Under the cover, a four foot long mirror was propped up against the far wall. The years of dust and mold had formed on the glass created a distorted reflection.

She describes her family as “abusive and very poor.” For her, the school became a break from her tumultuous home life, a place where she saw adults who lived their