Why Is Matilda Smart

In the poem, “Feel Dumb,” the text states,”MiSSS SScott/Points to me,/Then to the letters/Of the English Alphabet./I say A B C and so on./She tells the class/To clap./ I frown.” This shows that Ha did not know how to tell the class that she already learned fractions and how to purify river water. In this situation, Ha is stuck in a spot that forces her not to fight back. In the poem, “Smart Again,” the text states, “Pink Boy/Stands at the board. /He can’t multiply 18 by 42. /I go to the board,/Chalk the answer/In five moves.” This shows that Ha might not be able to fight back Pink Boy by using her words, but she can use her intelligence against him. The life-changing event, not only made Ha more mature, but also made her project her

3. One word describing Scout Finch is intelligent. Although, all of her first-grade class is illiterate, Scout is capable of reading books past Ms. Caroline’s expectations. “I suppose she chose me because she knew my name; as I read the alphabet a faint line appeared between her eyebrows, and after making me read most of My First Reader and the stock market quotations from The Mobile Register aloud, she discovered that I was literate and looked at me with more than faint distaste. Miss Caroline told me to tell my father not to teach me anymore, it would interfere with my reading.” (Page 22, Paragraph 4)

3. One word describing Scout Finch is intelligent. Although, all of her first-grade class is illiterate, Scout is capable of reading books past Ms. Caroline’s expectations. “I suppose she chose me because she knew my name; as I read the alphabet a faint line appeared between her eyebrows, and after making me read most of My First Reader and the stock market quotations from The Mobile Register aloud, she discovered that I was literate and looked at me with more than faint distaste. Miss Caroline told me to tell my father not to teach me anymore, it would interfere with my reading.” (Page 22, Paragraph 4)

Without an identity, Melinda will not be confident enough to face her trauma. In addition to the high school is all about finding who is a one is. Therefore, Melinda is searching for who she may be and what is her true self, in comparison as to the school board in search of their official mascot. As well as in art class Melinda was working on her art project when Mr. Freeman takes note of her creativity. Melinda focuses on her artwork as she decides to add a unique barbie head

Charlie is determined because no matter what he strives to be a smart as he can. Three times a week Charlie goes to the school for retarded adults at Beekman Hall. Every time he goes he sets out to learn as much as he can about reading and writing. His teacher is Mrs.Kinnian. " She said it's part of your education so from now on

When she was seven years old Sarah walked two miles to school with an older neighbor girl. They had a boys and girls school. She learned to read, write and sew.

In the section How Smart Is Smart? Dorothy Patent is entertaining us I know this because, there is a dog named Villa, Villa has always stayed inside here dog run. But once it started snowing at 60-to 80-mile-an-hour winds, and Villa heard screams from next-door she jumped over a 5-foot fence to save a girl named Andrea Anderson, Villa started licking Andrea then Villa circled around Andrea until the snow was patted down to about her thighs, Villa turned around and waited for Andrea to grab her, once Andrea grabbed Villa, Villa pulled Andrea out of the snow. Dorothy was entertaining us with that little story. But the question is did Villa´s actions show intelligence or was she trained?

“Winnie-the-Pooh” by A.A Milne presents its readers with a multitude of archetypes. One such archetype is Owl, who perhaps would be considered the smartest resident of One Hundred Acre Wood. In most fictional stories, the Owl is considered to be an knowledgeable character and such is the case in the adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh. Owl displays signs of intelligence when he is often asked to spell different words or asked for advice by our fellow characters. However, it is important to note that his intelligence is also his weakness as it often comes under question. His inability to actually spell and read correctly often indicates signs of his flawed intelligence and sign of dyslexia. At times, owl tends to be absent-minded, often ignoring

However, Ah Toy did not become a successful Madam by her looks alone, she was deceitful, for example “she deliberately appeared in court with her hair disheveled, dress torn, and both eyes blackened to prove she had been attacked by a Caucasian man.” By 1850s Ah Toy was losing the battle to keep her monopoly running when she had both the tongs rising into power and the police working against her that she had to give up her reign and returned to China. The ending of Ah Toy isn’t clear as some scholars say she traveled back home or she became the mistress of another rich man and left California with him.

The narrative begins when Gregory is about seven years old, quite young to be experiencing such a painful lesson in racism. However, this teacher, which Gregory never mentions her name, dishes out her hatefulness with every opportunity. Gregory has a classmate, which he is quite fond of and tries to impress her at every opportunity he is given. The problem Gregory is up against is that he is poor. Gregory has one set of clothes which he washes every night. He shines shoes to make money, which he leaves on Helens porch instead of buying food. In return, Helen, the girl of Gregory’s dreams, rewards him as she walks by his house on the way to school with a wink and a smile. Gregory jumps through hoops to gain this girls attention and she is never unkind to him even though she is economically in a better situation than he is. However, when he goes to school he is made the center of attention by the teacher who labels him an idiot; she does this intentionally by placing him at the back of the room in a seat with a circle drawn around it in white chalk. Gregory is

There are many versions of the classic story of Little Red Riding Hood and they all come with different names, details and ideas. A detail in the stories that one can see is that intelligence can end up being the saving factor in a bad situation. These stories such as, “Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perrault, and “Little Red Cap” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are all different in their own ways yet very much similar to one another in the ideas and thoughts that they produce from us as the readers. One main ideal that one might believe the authors of these stories try to convey to us might be the importance of intelligence in these stories when it comes to listening to our parents, talking to strangers, and

When Sam had fixed the schoolhouse completely fixed the schoolhouse, she was sad, because she didn’t get that much time to talk to him anymore. She liked him, and they kissed:

In the movie Matilda, the main character, Matilda, experiences mental, emotional, and even sometimes physical abuse. The only way for her to escape the mean and cruel comments from her family and the head master, Mrs. Trunchbull, is through her love for reading. Her ability to read allows her to relieve her mind of her hardships.

When talking about the main characters let us first take into account Screech, a character they have chosen to make almost depressingly simple minded. Also there is Zack, student with little to no respect for his teachers, thinking of them as some easily fooled pawns in most of his plans. The fact that the teachers are so easily fooled and strung along by this boy

At the age of eight, she was sent to a boarding school along with her sister Cassandra. Even though money was tight her father knew that it had to be done in order for his daughters to have an education worth using and having for their lives. When they came back from boarding school their father would be their teacher teaching them things that he knew. Being one in only two girls of the eight children in her family she was almost forced to create a strong relationship with her sister Cassandra. Although she was very close with her sister, she had a closer relationship with her older brother Henry. He would become her agent and help get her novels published.