Critical Review Of Educating Rita

As a young school girl, Leta described her education as being individualized which allowed her to live up to her full intellectual potential. Leta progressed throughout school increasing her writing

Melinda’s teachers are the Hairwomen, Mr.Neck, Mr.Freeman,and The Spanish teacher. Hairwomen looks like a monarch butterfly because the tips of her hair is orange and her hair is always covering her face. Mr.Neck is a mean old man that has an eye on her. Mr.Freeman is

In this play, the author Alan Bennett wants to convince the audience that education can be approached in many different ways. In fact, through the characters of Hector, Irwin, Dorothy Lintott and the headmaster, he shows us that there is no “right” or “wrong” way of teaching.

Henry Brooks Adams once said, “A teacher affects eternity; he/she can never know where his/her influence stops”. In the book Speak, by Laurie Anderson and The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds, by Paul Zindel, students find valuable discoveries about themselves, throughout the book/play. Melinda, ( the protagonist in Speak) and Tillie ( the protagonist in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds) have to overcome tough challenges at school and at their homes because of what people say and do to these two kids. Both of these kids had to face horrible situations, but they finally learned at the end that they could overcome significant events, with a little help from their mentors/teachers. Both of theses mentors helped Melinda and Tillie find a special subject that they adored and had a

The quote “Teachers and classmates play a major role in making up a child's experiences,” (Cherry 2) supports this. In this quote, it is shown that teachers can also play a large role in making up the experiences that influence a child. August can be regarded as a teacher to Lily, as she shows her many things about beekeeping during her stay at the boatwright house. The way that she taught Lily helped her develop a love for beekeeping, which gave her a way to release stress and taught her to appreciate some of the smaller things in life. Another quote, “Children raised in nurturing environments might be more secure, confident, and capable of dealing with later challenges, while those raised in less enriched settings might feel anxious and unable to cope with life's difficulties.”

One of the boys played the teacher, and everyone else played the students.( 139) Also on page 140 John states that “ Reading and writing would become my ticket to success, I thought. Those who used their minds got ahead in the world”. He sees education has a way to move forward in life and to be something more.

The New York Times Poetry Pairing ‘The Properly Scholarly Attitude’ explores the idea of traditional schooling being suffocating to many students. Adelaide Crapsey’s poem “The Properly Scholarly Attitude” speaks of her feelings of resentment towards the expectations of society to learn a certain way. In the excerpt from the New York Times Article by Hanna Kozlowska about free play for children, she writes about a concept of learning called unschooling. In both pieces they suggest that traditional methods of education may not be the best for all children.

Miss Caroline is a brand new teacher and has been trained to teach in a certain way. When she finds that Scout’s premature reading ability disrupts her teaching plan she has no idea what to do with her, and tells Scout not to read at home anymore. ‘Miss Caroline told me to tell my father not to teach me anymore, it would interfere with my reading.’ This shows how society is oblivious to individual situations and this can cause achievements to be frowned upon.

He acted at the Arts Theatre in the West End and eventually began touring Europe with La MaMa Plexus. While touring, Swanson realized he had a passion for theatre education and began studying under Ellen Stewart at the La MaMa company in New York City. Swanson did not just love the theatre, but all of the arts. Besides plays, he directed opera, musical theatre, and circus pieces. He is even a founding stage director for the Circus Flora. As his career moved forward, Patrick Swanson started to teach acting and improvisation. He began teaching at the London Academy of Dramatic Art’s, then went to the London Drama Centre. He also taught at Tisch school of the arts at New York University. All of these places have allowed him to gain an insight on what it means to be a director and at the same time be a teacher. He proves this when speaking on behalf of his upcoming performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream when he says, “Some scholars place the first performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at a wedding celebration attended by Queen Elizabeth. Were it so, and intended as a blessing on the happy couple; one sincerely hopes that the queen and the wedding guests were amused.” He does not just put on a show, but creates an educational experience for an audience member through knowing his

Sydney J. Harris once said, “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” Many struggling individuals have turned their painful situations into positive ones with the support and guidance of teachers and positive role models. Schools frequently serve as recourses for students who experience problems at home and in social situations. These students are able to thrive and grow with the assistance of caring mentors. Melinda, the protagonist in SPEAK, and Tillie, the protagonist in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, encounter barriers at school but discover teachers who are able to help them overcome personal difficulties. Both girls learn valuable life lessons and gain hope through certain academic courses, find important and encouraging mentors, and suffer ostracism at school for different reasons.

The film Matilda, created by Raold Dahl, tells the story of a gifted young lady named Matilda Wormwood, played by Mara Wilson, who was born into a very unaccepting and unsupportive community. She began her life in a very close-minded family. Her family did not support her thirst for knowledge and learning but rather were constantly pressuring her to be more like them; dishonest and unmotivated. When Matilda was of school age, she was overwhelmed with excitement at the prospect of beginning school until she met Agatha Trunchbull, the school’s principal. Even from their first meeting, their relationship was a difficult one and this tension tainted Matilda’s school experience. As Matilda continued to grow and learn, she realized that her power of telekinesis could be used to negate the effects of Mrs. Trunchbull’s behaviour on both herself and all of her friends. Throughout the movie, Matilda continues to realize the power within her and the love she has for learning. This film analysis will be reflecting on three different developmental lenses including John Bowlby’s attachment theory, Lev Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development and Jean Piaget’s stages of cognitive development and considering how each of these lenses relate to the film Matilda.

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have taken place in Rita’s life since we last saw her, in the play we

Educating Rita by Willy Russell explores the value of education, but also the wider education that takes place and how to use that education to your greatest benefit; not only during the school education but also the looking at the surrounding world. Rita, an uneducated lady, is unhappy with the limitations of her social class and feels that to escape the limitations she needs to get a properly recognised education. She therefore decides to do an Open University course in English literature. This she believes will greatly increase the horizons of her life and remove some of the limitations that she feels are imposed upon her. She wants to learn everything but soon discovers that even education has its limits. Frank, her tutor and lecturer,

the opposite of Rita and does not want to teach her, as she could be a