The Effect of Summer School on Rita in Educating Rita by Willy Russell

It was very sad to read about his experiences at this school because he had a love for reading. Although he was encouraged by a few teachers (Mr. and Mrs. Hannon and Mr. Timoney), after his time at this school in Limerick, he was deeply discouraged from receiving any further education. The headmasters of Leamy’s National School believed in using physical discipline to encourage their desired behaviors. “They hit you with the sticks on the shoulders, the back, the legs, and, especially, the hands” (80). It seemed as if there was nothing Frank could do to avoid being hit. Everything a student did required discipline. “They hit you if you’re late, if you have a leaky nib on your pen, if you laugh, if you talk, and if you don’t know things” (80). Leamy’s aimed to build strong and tough men and women. They would beat you and expect no excuses or tears. “You deserve it. Don’t be a baby.” (81). This school serves as an influential antagonist in Angela’s Ashes because the amount of discouragement he obtained from staff members at this school was an overwhelming and immense obstacle Frank had to overcome. He didn’t let this atrocious school experience stop him from accomplishing his goal of coming to

The ideas that Steve Lawhead presents in his poem “The sun goes down on summer” reflect my own feeling and thoughts as I begin school this August. For example, in second stanzas of the poem he says “Instead, the day rush headlong into change and I feel like nothing’s ever going to be same.” This related to me because there are many things that I hope they will never change. Just like wheat he says, even though I know I can’t stop it from changing. I still wish form the bottom of my heart that they will never change; because that really will make my life much easier. Later in the poem he says “I’ll look real hard for my last-year’s friend to get me from one scrambled class to another, through halls crawling with

Willy undermines her authority with the boys. He denies any negative comments out of her mouth when their children are discussed. He interrupts her. He shouts at her. Linda reacts with veiled hostility to Willy?s disrespect. She laughs at the idea of planting a garden, pointing to Willy?s past failures at growing a garden. Every time Linda pokes at his failures, she is retaliating against Willy?s failures and the fact that she has been pulled into Willy?s dead end dream against her will.

The book begins by revealing the narrator, an aged Gene, visiting the Devon school, setting the location and general mood of the story. As Gene returns back to the grounds of Devon school, he notices that almost nothing had changed:

She does not understand why the older and well-known authors are not being read in high school. Prose uses a personal experience from her son’s sophomore English class. He had to read a “weeper and former bestseller by Judith Guest” (424), about a dysfunctional family dealing with a teenage son’s suicide attempt. “No instructor has ever asked my sons to read Alice Munro, who writes so lucidly and beautifully about the hypersensitivity that makes adolescence a hell,”(424). She again mentions books she approves of that should be read in English classes.

Most importantly, she learned not to end sentences with a preposition. Her writing style and ability was able to blossom under Mrs. Belles’s guidance, and she developed a deep appreciation for poetry. Literary works such as To Kill a Mockingbird, The Catcher in the Rye, and The Awakening reminded Fran of how much she missed reading after the stress of high school had taken it away from her. Through her efforts, the skills Francine gained shined on one fateful day—May 3rd, 2017. At 7:30 A.M., Fran walked into the Hazleton Area High School to meet with her fellow classmates. As the exam commenced, she focused and let her brain do the work. Her hand was a vessel for her thoughts, scratching away at the paper with a pencil. Two hours later, she was finished. Regardless of score, she thought, this year was worth

Rita notices his sad expression and asks him what was bothering him. Phil tries to explain to her that he was stuck on the same day, but she would not believe him. To prove that it was true, he begins stating random facts about people in the café. Surprised, Rita spends the whole day with him. At the end of the day, while they were discussing the situation, Rita tells him that he should think of this “curse” as an

In the beginning Tom Chang appears fearful when he enters the playground Monday morning. Due to the fact it was his first day being the new recreation counselor, his superior offered him moral support. Tom wasnt totally confident on his ability to do his job correctly. Nonetheless by the end of the summer, he received a good educational experience and explained that the job assisted his transition from child to adult. "That summer job turned out to be one of the best learning experiences

Chapters that connect to Wendy Mass’s novel, The Last Present from Thomas Foster's, How To Read Literature Like a Professor for Kids are “More than just Rain, Snow, or Springtime rain,” “He's Blind for a Reason”, and “It’s Never Just Heart Disease… and Rarely Just a Illness.”

The experiences she’s had have had their effect on her attitude regarding school. She rejects the standards of the school system, believing it to be too limiting for children who may learn differently, and can disenfranchise youth that may not conform to the mold. She also shuns the practicality of what she has been learning, and its proposed “applicability” in the real world.

Ms.Muggs got into personal fitness and health because she said ‘’it gave me a sense of belonging, aside from my house and family’’. One of the jobs Ms.Muggs had before teaching was being an aquatic director and had a paper route as a kid. Did Ms.Muggs have a favorite moment in middle school? No but she did have two favorite subjects, math and woodshop. When asked why, she said “because I didn’t like L.A. and I liked to build.’’ The sports she played in middle school were soccer, which was her favorite sport, and softball. In her middle school years she really didn’t like or care for school. She says “I didn’t care too much for middle school”. As a middle schooler we asked her if she had a dream job and she said ‘’I didn't have one.” In middle school Ms.Muggs got B’s and C’s but she says ‘’ I was a good kid’’. She didn’t really like middle school and didn’t really remember it either. She liked her teachers but they weren’t role models to her. Ms.Muggs is a new teacher at clifford so we asked her how is it like being a teacher at clifford she responded with, “I like teaching at Clifford, there a good group of kids” we wanted to get more about how she views Clifford so we asked her if Clifford was better than he middle school she said “ It isn’t

Hal should pass math because he makes good test grades. Hal’s test and quiz grades are 75, 78, 85, 88, and 91. His homework grades are 20, 50, 67, 80, and 87. His mastery of the standards is pretty good, but his consistency is not. On tests and quizzes he shows how much he knows about the topic. Ultimately, Hal should pass math.

I viewed reading as a chore, was often unenthused, and would mostly annotate on the overarching themes without gathering any meaning from them. Books were merely a series of words printed on paper. This school year, however, I began to understand the allure reading has to offer. I have grown to appreciate reading and the insights a book can offer. When reading our numerous texts, I was able to live vicariously through the characters of the books and relate aspects of their lives to my own. Because all of the books from English I pertain to coming of age, I was able to not only learn about maturation as a process, but understand how it pertains to my own life. Through protagonists such as Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye or Esperanza from The House on Mango Street, I learned about my “misguided desire to preserve childhood innocence” and to empower feminism similar to Holden and Esperanza respectively (Heart of Gold, Raghuram). Gradually, I have finally developed the ability to relate to novels and its characters amidst writing my own story.Whether it be thematic elements or the details of a case I am working on, I have become more observant to even the most trivial details. Now when I read, I not only look at the themes, motifs, and symbols, but also repeated phrases or situations that parallel each others as well as the symbolic meaning behind some ambiguous phrases or scenes. Reading now, in contrast to last summer, is a

When Frank shows up at Sarah’s house unannounced and she sees him she gets scared and starts to throw things at him getting caught up in emotion over his words and overreacting; one of the most common barriers to effective listening.

On returning from Summer School in France, Rita’s appearance, once again, has noticeably changed; she now looks like a proper student. Willy Russell puts Rita’s character in more neutral colours to exemplify and indicate the transformations she experiences. After this stage in the play, she continues to sail through a sea of change. On her results day we see her in a smart, formal outfit which looked more neat and presentable. In this particular scene, the audience notice the overall change in Rita. She even adjusts her statement blonde hair to transform her image completely.