Jamaica And The Substitute Teacher Analysis

Everyone had now realised what I had done and broke out in a storm of laughter. I threatened the rest of the class with a similar fate and they exploded again, it only went quiet when the shadow of Miss Blount fell over them. Miss Blount is a native Maycombian as yet uninitiated in the mysteries of the Decimal System, appeared at the door hands on hips and announced that if she hears another sound from the room she’ll up everyone in it.’ She also told me the sixth grade couldn’t concentrate on the pyramids because of the so called racket coming from my room. I did not appreciate her coming into my classroom and telling my pupils to be quiet. The bell then went for lunch everyone filed out I just sunk in my chair and put my head in my arms. A lot had happened in just half a day and there was still the afternoon to come.

“The imposition of structural adjustment programs in the Third World since the 1970s has been characterized as a war against the poor, a process of [neo] recolonization” (Turner, 1994: 37). This statement is particularly applicable to the country of Jamaica. The island has been susceptible to a variety of neocolonial acts including the presence of multinational corporations, structural adjustment programs, and loan organizations that have sucked Jamaica’s economy dry. This neocolonial presence has devastated the population in more ways than one. It is apparent that neocolonialism has had and continues to have a large impact on society as a whole in Jamaica. This

Every so often, Mrs. Brown pokes her head in and attempts to steer Pat Conroy’s teaching methods back on course in her favor. Pat Conroy works for a revolutionary change in the students, while Mrs. Brown’s continues a heartless attitude towards the children.

The teachers profiled in “Unforgettable Miss Bessie”, “My Favorite Teacher”, and “And the Orchestra Played On” are remembered and admired by the narrators. Miss Bessie, Miss Hattie, and Mr. K. possessed significant qualities that made them remarkable educators. They inspired and encouraged students. They only wanted the best for their students and prepared them for their futures, enabling them to overcome difficulties in school. Besides the content of their subject matter these educators their taught students to believe that their lives and future all depends from themselves: whether they would choose the clean asphalt road or dirty, bumpy one.

For the first time in Manzanar, Jeanne attends a school. She enjoyed the school, which is equipped with a blackboard, desk, reference books, lab supplies, and so on. Her school is depicted as a desirable environment for learning. She also has a good white teacher, who is strict, fair, and dedicated to teaching the children. “Because of her, when we finally returned to the outside world I was, academically at least, more than prepared to keep up with my peers” (105). Outside of school, the students like Jeanne are also introduced to many planned activities, such as camping, ballet, baton twirling, and so on for the students to explore and develop their own hobbies and interests. For example, Jeanne became passionate on baton twirling and for months she “practiced, joined the baton club at school, and even entered contests”

Elaine Potter Richardson, more famously known as Jamaica Kincaid, is recognized for her writings that suggest depictions of relationships between families, mainly between a mother and daughter, and her birth place, Antigua, an island located in the West Indies. She is also familiarized with Afrocentrism and feminist point of views. Kincaid’s work is filled heavily with visual imagery that produces a mental picture in readers that helps them connect stronger to the reading. An example of this really shines through in her short story piece, “Girl.” This short story describes the life of a lower class woman living in the West Indies, and also incorporates thick detailing between the relationship between her and her mother. Jamaica Kincaid structures the story as if her mother is speaking to her. She writes broad, but straight to the point, allowing readers to imagine to picture her experience. Kincaid uses visual imagery and repetition consistently throughout “Girl” to reveal the theme and tone of the story; conflictual affair between a mother and daughter.

Andrew “Andy” J. Stoneridge is a 3rd grade student attending Michael Valley Elementary School in Pasadena, Maryland. His homeroom teacher’s name is Ms. Julie King and in her room, are approximately 28 students. Ms. King is a general education teacher teaching the subjects reading, writing, and social studies. Andy’s other core teacher, Mr. Baker, teaches Andy math, science, and health. Mr. Baker is also a general education teacher. In each of these rooms, there are two teacher’s aides and one classroom tutor.

We immediately learn that Miss Moore is not the average Harlem teacher. She is educated herself, along with being very opinionated. The children explain that she has nappy

Substitute teachers must quickly adjust to the classroom schedule and may not know individual children’s needs. An appropriate orientation can address these concerns. The teacher can help by preparing written policies, procedure, and emergency list placed in visible sight. The teachers can keep copies of emergency care plans for your students in a secure place that you and substitute teachers can get to easily in an emergency.

The effect of imperialism on small colonies is sometimes intrusive and constrained. Jamaica Kincaid devotes her essay, Seeing England for the First Time, to her profound mysticism she has towards England as she grows up on the island of Antigua before it becomes an independent country. With descriptive language, Kincaid reveals her frustration for England within the classroom and at her home through use of imagery and satire.

As I started running out the car I noticed I had forgotten my posters I had for my classroom. It was so much going on in my life, that I didn’t believe I could make it this far. "Mrs. Stacy, do you need help carrying your stuff to your classroom?" Said Mr. Jacob who had settled his classroom right across from mine. "Oh your help would be soo useful at this moment Mr. Jacob!" As I gave him the two big boxes of books that were filled with rain and mud from the thundery rain I ran back to my car to get my posters. Mrs. Stacy was just starting her career at Tennessee in Hicks Elementary School. An art teacher who had just graduated and moved away from the big city lights and into an old small town. She was just getting used to Mercy Town, a few miles away from an old cemetery.

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.

Michael Carmody entered the classroom for the second day, with a sense of anticipation, rather than with any nervousness as he had the prior day, where he’d first met the students he’d been given the responsibility to guide to GCSE Literature and Success for the remainder of the year. Not that Michael wasn’t qualified, or confident in his ability to teach the subjects – he’d . It was just that teaching in a classroom full-time was to be completely different than on the sports fields, and in the gymnasium, where he usually plied his trade, where rowdiness was to be expected, and even at times encouraged. but since Mr Edwards had gone down with an illness during the half-term break, and wasn’t expected to return to the next full year, Michael had been co-opted conduct his classes.

The island of Jamaica is very rich in culture and has many historic turnabouts throughout the years. The country has a rich and complex history including being the first country to have Arawak and Taino Indians settle there.

Honesty “Never lie to the person you love it’s not worth it and they don’t deserve it” (anonymous). Having honesty means being honest with someone so no one will get hurt by lies. Being honest is better than lying because lying will always get people in trouble and people will get hurt if they are told a lie. People who lie get nowhere in life.