How To Deal With Sedgewick Bell In The Palace Thief

Mr. Wray was the first teacher and the only male teacher I observed. The class was a 7th grade Social Studies academy class. Throughout the observation I noticed he really cares about his students. He took his time going over the topic of discussion, and when some of the students couldn’t catch on he stopped to help the individuals. His class was very well behaved. The only time I really noticed any of the students socializing were when Mr. Wray put them in groups to complete a study guide. The second teacher I observed was 6th grade teacher Mrs. Dunn. She was teaching English to her students. She went over verb phrases and helping verbs throughout the class. I noticed whenever she asked questions quite a few of the students participated by answering. Mrs. Dunn had a positive attitude throughout the class period. I felt she truly enjoyed all her students and treated them the same. Even when some of the students didn’t answer questions correctly she didn’t make them feel dumb. She would just tell them good try. I could tell her students really liked her as a teacher also. The last teacher I observed at Westside Junior High was 7th grade Science teacher Mrs. Dugas. This lady came off as a very strict teacher compared to the other two I had observed. Her students were very talkative, which only made her become more annoyed when having to fuss at them. At the beginning of class the students had a bell ringer to complete. On the particular day I went the bell ringer

It was the first day of school for many in Maycomb, including myself. I had just moved from a college in Winston Country. Almost 30 years have past since that day in Maycomb when I first saw the school I was to be teaching at. The classroom smelt stale after being closed up for the whole summer, as I met my students who I would teach for the next year. The one child I remember most had a trail of dirty footprints leading to his desk. The little horror looked like he was straight from the pig pen.

They meet when Mr. Hundert see’s that he needs to talk about Sedgwick’s grades and behavior in class. Mr. Hundert was very nervous about meeting Senator Bell. He says “....although I was armed with scruples and an education, my hands trembled as I dialed his office(pg.5, paragraph. 28).” The first impression we get of Senator Bell is that he is very ecstatic and feisty. During the meeting, Senator Bell seems to not understand why Sedgwick has to learn this material in school.

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows us how defective the teachers in Maycomb truly are. This is also true in the real world. Bad teachers like Ms. Gates and Ms. Caroline sometimes influences what kind of people students become in their later lives. However, citizens of Maycomb let this slide unseen, and that is why there are people like the Ewells in our society. If the whole world had teachers like the ones from Wydown Middle School, our world would be a much better place.

She discusses the importance of respect between the teacher and student. Those who may not be familiar with a respectful relationship between an adult will learn it at school by the teacher providing acceptance and assistance to their needs. A teacher is not to provide passive displays of aggression to show that they are disappointed or frustrated. The best would be to pull a child to the side preferably when other children are not around to discuss how a respectful relationship would work. A teacher should form close relationships with those in his/her classroom. Making sure that children feel loved helps encourage them to learn.

Furthermore, the important Tournament of Roman History is almost won due to Sedgewick Bell's cheating. The headmaster at the time trickles under the weight of the powers and tells Hundert to ignore the cheating and move on. There were higher-ups at the school as well as Sedgewick Bell's senator father continually badger Hundert and prevent him from taking any action against Sedgewick Bell. Perhaps Mr. Hundert draws some ironic encouragement from his self regard that he has failed to reshape Sedgewick Bell's personal character. But I believe he also overestimates the influence on his character building coaching might have on students like his. Hundert has a clear sense of his own identity that he cannot always stand up to others.

For three generations of boys, Mr.Hundert in the short story “The Palace Thief” by Ethan Canin has molded his students into the leaders of tomorrow. Mr.Hundert is candid about the Senators and other successful men that he has produced from his classroom at St.Benedict’s school. Being as certain as he was about his ability to create future leaders, when Mr.Hundert’s belief is challenged by Senator Bell, he surely goes against his moral compass in order to prove that Senator Bell is wrong. Mr.Hundert is aware that he is making a mistake however, he proceeds to augment Sedgewick Bell’s grades so that Sedgewick Bell would be able to participate in a prestigious school competition. At first, Mr. Hundert does this furtively, however when Sedgewick Bell cheats during the competition, Mr.Hundert’s initial actions of changing Sedgewick’s grade begin to to spin out of control. Called into question by the Bell’s, Mr.Hundert simultaneously ruins his reputation as an honest man, yet also proves his ability to not merely teach his students, but rather mold them, repeating his own mistakes of allowing himself to be used by others.

In particular, school is an imperative part of a child's life that shapes who we become as adults. The difference between the type of school a person goes to, can determine the kind of person they will become later on in life. For example, the author, Wes Moore, is sent to military school after he was placed on academic and disciplinary probation at his public school. While he is at Valley Forge Military Academy he learns several characteristics such as leadership skills, respect and discipline. Shortly after arriving at Valley Forge, Wes observed how a young man quickly caught every person’s attention and how he demanded respect from his peers, the kind you earn from being a true leader. He described how it was the first time he was beginning to truly understand his surroundings:

While writing this text Joanne was attempting to prove the point of if a teacher is stern it might be for the greater good, as she increased her confidence while playing in the orchestra and became what she is today. Without the assistance of Mr. K I don't believe any of the students would have been taught discipline and dedication on their everyday activities in

On February 1st, I visited the Britton Macon Area School. The teacher I observed was Ms. Richardson. She teaches a self-contained classroom for middle and high school grades. I started the observation at 8:00 A.M. until 11:32 A.M.

On September 1, 2012, I walked into my fifth grade teacher’s classroom for the first time in my life. Mrs.Cullen was standing in the front of the door with open arms ready to welcome her new fifth grade students. As I made my way to my desk and sat down next to Charlie Schutt and Quin Timmerman, I got the feeling that middle school would be a time of talking to some of my best friends and cruising through classes. As the school year progressed, and classroom seats changed, my thought of how Middle school would be changed as well. On the first day Mrs.Cullen explained our schedule, Homework detentions, and demerits. After about fifty questions, she sent us off to our first class, and the first step of our Middle School journey. The fifth grade

This caused Hundert to wonder what the point of trying if boys like Sedgwick would never learn. Following this leads to the meeting to Senator Bell, Sedgwick’s father. Upon this meeting Hundert comes to the realization that he doesn’t have the guts to stand up to Senator Bell. “I’m sorry, young man,” he said slowly, “but you will not mold him. I will mold him. You will merely teach him.”(164). This made Hundert realize the fact that the tyrant has a point, that teaching him will make him learn but wasn’t his job to make him to a man. His morals are also broken by letting Sedgwick win all the Mr. Julius Caesar test just to see him cheating up stage.

Mr. Hundert realized that Sedgewick was cheating, so he gives him a question that’s not in the course’s material so that he is penalized for his wrongdoing. Furthermore, this act can also be seen as justice. Additionally, justice can be seen when the older Mr. Hundert and Sedgewick were talking in the bathroom. Mr. Hundert was speaking poorly of Sedgewick and asking him questions on why he would cheat, once again. This forced Sedgewick to say his real, unjust feelings about the “real world,” not knowing that his child was in the stall, close by. Although Mr. Hundert did not know the child was nearby, he tried to persuade Sedgewick to think in a morally good way, but it ultimately failed. Lastly, honesty is shown at the end of the movie when the second Mr. Caesar ended. Mr. Hundert runs into Martin, and he lets him know that he was supposed to be competing for Mr. Caesar, which breaks Martin’s heart. From this movie, one can see that Mr. Hundert is a man that teaches many virtues, but his teachings have been inflicted by trying to help a man by the name of Sedgewick

Authoritative teachers will often “try to catch their students being good” and will reinforce the good behavior, rather than focusing on the bad. (Iannelli, 2004). It is critical that teachers praise their students for their efforts. A teacher can teach the entire classroom by recognizing one child’s positive action. Children desire praise and they will learn appropriate behavior when their fellow students receive praise. When teachers focus on bad behavior and make an example of a particular student to the entire classroom, it only makes the child that is being reprimanded feel alienated, ashamed, embarrassed, or possibly revengeful.

When Mr Braithwaite first encounters his class they are an unruly group of people who never manage to keep a teacher for long. They were mostly unkempt and scruffy and weren't very well educated as Mr Braithwaite found out on his first day,