Hamburgers Observation

Parents are always supposed to look out for the best interests of their child. Anne Tyler authored the short story “Teenage Wasteland” which depicts the story of a strained mother and son relationship between the character Donny, and his mother Daisy. Donny is a teenage boy who is struggling with his grades at school and is exhibiting poor behavior. His mother, Daisy is concerned with her son’s grades and behavior, however, she fails at getting her son the help that he requires. Told through the point of view of the character Daisy, Tyler uses irony to tell the story of a teenage boy who is failed by the adults in his life who are supposed to help him flourish, including his parents, a psychologist, and his tutor.

Vivian Key is four years old and halfway through scarfing down a bowl of applesauce when her mother says, “Vivvy, don’t play with your food.”

The film Graduating Peter, showed the journey of a boy growing up and experiencing school. Peter is special compared to the average student. When Peter was born, he was diagnosed with down syndrome. His parents wanted Peter to live a normal life just like his other siblings. They wanted him to be in mainstream classes, get a job, and focus on his future. In the film, the audience sees the extents the family goes through to try to make their child as “normal” as they could.

“Kids know Nothing about racism. They’re taught that by adults,” say’s Ruby Bridges. Ruby’s life at home, how her education impacted her family, how her education helped, the stress she was going through and how she fixed it, and her life after school. Ruby Bridges discrimination in going to school changed how people looked at the kids and especially the black kids at school. In fact her home life wasn’t miserable.

In The First Day by Edward P.Jones and Harper Collins story, the first day the authors are going into detail about little life change. Jones describes the lifestyle of how it is growing up and not being able to interact or get out much to see other people then when one gets the chance to come out of their box, it is somewhat of a cultural shock. The life of growing up that Jones presents somewhat makes it feel like growing up with an uneducated mother could make things somewhat complicated. Jones also mentions one school more than the other. This makes it seem as though one school is better than the other one, possibly because of the location or because of the race at the school. Although the author mentions the less diverse school, the author

Lunch is a time where for thirty minutes everyone settles down to eat and laugh with their friends In many high schools, such as Mountain Pointe High School, there are two lunches to accommodate the student body because one lunch would be too crowded and large. There is first lunch, which is also called fourth lunch because it occurs after third period and then there is second lunch, also called fifth lunch because it is after fourth period. Both lunches have their benefits, but the ones from first lunch can have a tremendous impact. In general, the effects of first lunch instead of second can greatly improve the quality of life for a student.

" The party has completely gone. Everyone gathers in the marquee. While eating a sandwich, Mr. Sheridan speaks of “a brutal accident," adding that the victim “leaves a wife and a half-dozen of the kiddies.” See all the remnants of food sandwiches, cream puffs and cakes - Mrs Laura Sheridan proposes to send down to the family.

Ms. Pedone and I quickly reviewed her monthly calendar to see if she had added anything new to it . She did not add anything to the calendar.

“Student” and “Crow Lake” these two articles both talked about the relationship between teachers and students. Wayman, the teacher in “Student”, he insisted on attracting his students’ interests, but it didn’t work out very well. Katie, the teacher in “Crow Lake”, she recalled a childhood experience during her class, it came out that students got bored by her voice. Wayman tried very hard on helping students learn better, but the students only care about their grades instead of learning things. Katie tried to teach her students, but there had no connections between Katie and the student. In both articles, the teacher showed no connections with students. However, Wayman didn’t give up on helping his students but Katie did walk away from her class.

Amanda Banana is a thirty-two year old African American woman. Amanda was born April 4, 1984 in Daytona Beach, FL. Amanda’s mother, Coco, died when Amanda was sixteen of HIV-Aids that she caught when Amanda was fourteen from a needle transfer while using the drug heroin. Amanda never knew her father nor did she ever meet anyone from her mother’s family, so she was forced to live on her own and search for survival on her own. Amanda quit attending high school and began working at Denny’s Diner as a waitress to pay rent at an efficiency she leased for herself.

Scheduling in schools are critical for a day to run smoothly. Elementary schools should ensure students are constantly monitored throughout the day. This can cause teachers and staff to lose crucial planning time, but student safety is always top priority. Using the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards building leaders will know how to handle implications and make adjustments when scheduling becomes an issue in the school building.

It was Sonny Ropp’s first day of school. She was entered in the Bronx school system three weeks before prom. Inside, her stomach was being an attacked by butterflies. The butterflies were doing the heimlich, trying to make her throw up. Her cheeks were screaming in pain from her face being frozen by fear. She entered her class. Her books clutched as if that was her life support. The room felt ice cold. She wanted that nice warm jacket sitting in her locker. Goose bumps settled all over her arms. She sat down at the back of the class hoping to be unseen by the rest of the class. A guy sat down next to her. He smiled and said, “You must be new here.”

It was a rainy day. Unlike the previous observation, I did not get the fun ride with my professor. I had to catch the Uber and I could arrive at school by 8. I walked into the classroom and I could meet Ms. B’s class students, Ms. B and two of teachers aids. All students were eating something in class for their breakfast including two of teacher assistants. Two of teacher assistants were sharing a bag of hot Cheetos. Many students were interested in the tempting looking snack hot Cheetos rather than an animal cracker that they got from Ms. B. Teacher assistants refused to share their snack with students and I believe that it was because the hot Cheetos is not good for children.

In the book Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt and the short story “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury, people who take things too far can turn a crowd into a mob. Ray Bradbury develops this by the classmates hurting Margot and shoving her in a closet. On the other hand, Lynda Mullaly Hunt develops this by showing how Ally breaks down after she can’t take being bullied anymore.

Sam has no clue how to raise a child which is quite evident by how he struggles to change Lucy’s diapers and how he is not feeding her ever two hours, until his neighbor, Annie, explains it to him. He asks for help from Annie to babysit Lucy while he works, similar to any single parent needing a helping hand. Sam’s disability does not interfere greatly with his parenting until Lucy starts surpassing him intellectually. As shown in a scene where Lucy and Sam are reading a book and Sam has difficulties reading a long word so Lucy reads the word for him. Seeing that her father is having difficulties reading the advanced book she takes it away and they start reading Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. Sam then has a parent-teacher conference since Lucy is holding back in class and doesn’t want to advance, as to not leave him behind. When Lucy pretends she does not know how to say a word because she does not want to be smarter than her father, Sam tells her that her reading makes him happy. This exchange illustrates how different Sam and Lucy’s relationship is from the typical father-daughter relationship, instead of him helping her in school work, she has to learn by herself. Sam has a job at Starbucks cleaning tables that he has held for eight years showing that he is capable and hardworking human being. But once Sam finally receives