The Man Sat On The Bus

It was thought that it was good exercise for the brain. The rise in Progressive education changed the type of work that was given, however. Homework became more creative and went beyond mere memorization of facts.

The movie surveyed a wide array of the troubles faced by boys and men as they try to navigate the realm of masculinity. A common theme was the command “be a man” and the cultural baggage that comes with living up to that ideal. To “be a man” means to not cry, to not be sensitive, to not let people mess with you, to respond with violence, to be angry, to drink, to womanize.

I’ve realized that the work in class and outside of class is both challenging and plentiful, especially in Biology111 and my DMA Maths. Its quite difference from high school, where maybe I’d have to turn in something once a week. I had free food and transportation which is something I’ve completely over looked all of these years and even with these useful objects I had, I really didn 't learn much. I know a bit about the holocaust, because it was taught each year in English class, but we did very minimal writing and of course we sometimes had journals but they weren 't grammatically correct. History was like we had to live the same day over and over again just to pass a weekly quiz. I had to scribble so many words on a piece of paper that it soon turned into art class. Actually a lot of my classes turned into art class and I got pretty good at drawing.

The stereotypes of a teenager haven’t changed much over the years; nevertheless, the fads have. The fun, lively 1950s era brought poodle skirts, jukeboxes, hot rods, and Elvis Presley; things we don’t normally see unless it is Halloween. Teenagers danced at sock hops, where there was never a night upbeat dance moves such as the twist and the jive weren’t danced. The seemingly large predicaments of the world today were insignificant back then. Life, as it seems, was simpler. Today, many people swoon over the idea of living in the 1950s era; however, I would prefer to live in the time period that I live in now because of fashion, schooling, and technology.

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy” (SOURCE). Manhood and being a “real man” is defined in many different ways depending on the person. However, most of these things that men are defined by can be done by any gender and there are people that make it their work to prove that. The social construct of manhood has overall negative consequences on society; however, not all men uphold this construct, and can prove to be advocates of change.

“Those who have characterized instruction tasks express dismay about the focus on low-level facts and skills and the omnipresence of worksheets in American classrooms” (Blumefeld, 1991, p. 370). Whenever I think about my own educational experiences, I remember thinking how what I was learning in school was separate from the outside world. Oftentimes this made learning difficult as I found myself finding the topics uninteresting and wondering if I would ever use this information in real life. I constantly tried to learn new information through route memorization and struggled with remembering information that I had previously “learned”.

There were no time guzzling metal detectors at the airports... or the schools. There were no grouchy warning labels on the records and no ratings necessary on the movies. And TV shows were acceptable to the whole family. Those were the sixties or at least part of it. Some of the 52 million sixties' boomers called it the decade of peace, harmony and love mainly for the movement for peace and the "flower power" attitude. Others, a little more pessimistic, called it the decade of dissatisfaction because of the protests against the war and the race riots in many cities. For the teenagers it was the decade of sweet sounding, good-time rock ‘n' roll…from the Beatles to the Kinks and many more in between. Still for others it was filled with

In Michael Kimmel’s “Manhood in America: A Cultural History”, he provides a broad, heavily researched cultural history of the development of manhood and the definition of masculinity throughout American history. Beginning in the 19th century and ending in the present day administration of Barack Obama, Kimmel identifies that over time society has demanded more and more that the common man be “self-made”. Kimmel’s overall goal in writing this book is to introduce a new concept of masculinity that eliminates the battle that every man faces when trying to achieve so-called “manhood”. He explores the natural instincts that men have and how these instincts are affected by self-control, the surrounding environment, and overall levels of happiness.

Since his mother was the closest person to the narrator, he wanted the love and approval from his mother to make him feel the sense of be loved. Later in the book, the narrator states that: “I had made up my mind that since I was not going to be a Negro, I would avail myself of every possible opportunity to make a white man’s success; and that, if it can be summed up

First, becoming a man requires action, not what one possesses to prove his manhood. Dave Saunders in the play “The Man Who was Almost a Man” as a young male African American adolescence who

He never understood this treatment fully and completely. Why did his father abuse him as a child? Why was he the test subject for his father’s careless experiments? Why was his life ruined by his own father?

He felt bad for his parents because when a teacher would come to their neighborhood it would cost a lot of money. So there for he had a lose of education when he was a

There were no time guzzling metal detectors at the airports... or the schools. There were no grouchy warning labels on the records and no ratings necessary on the movies. And TV shows were acceptable to the whole family. Those were the sixties or at least part of it. Some of the 52 million sixties’ boomers called it the decade of peace, harmony and love mainly for the movement for peace and the “flower power” attitude. Others, a little more pessimistic, called it the decade of dissatisfaction because of the protests against the war and the race riots in many cities. For the teenagers it was the decade of sweet sounding, good-time rock ‘n’ roll…from the Beatles to the Kinks and many more in between. Still for others it was filled with

What defines one as becoming a man? I lead a book club that met every Friday evenings last spring term of 2016. The book was titled, “Resolution Of Men For Men”, and was written by Alex Kendrick, Randy Alcorn, and Stephen Kendrick. One week we discussed the topic of the becoming of a man; we tried to capture an event in our lives in which we defined ourselves becoming a man. Some stated how becoming a man came with driving a car on their own, or turning 18 because you can sign permission slips for yourself. There was one student who told his story of how he believed hunting his first deer, on his own, on a beautiful Sunday morning before church, was his rite of passage into manhood. I described myself not feeling like I was a man quite yet in my own eyes, but I am starting to discover the characteristics of the man I want to be. Throughout this paper, I hope to bring you along those discoveries.

In the 50’s, they knew that the world nor no one in it had any obligation to them or anyone around them. No one is going to do everything for you, it is your own responsibility to work for what you have and make something of yourself. We don’t want to do anything but we want recognition and it has potentially ruined the way we go about life. We want things to be done for us and when something requires just a little bit of work we tend to just give up.