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School is a big thing in everyones life when they are growing up. If you don't go to school you most likely won't end up with a good job and you basically fail at life. If you go to school and drop out before you graduate, you are basically saying you gave up and you don't care anymore. The message the its really being given is go to school or you would end up a fool.

School has train us to study hard or else your not going to know what is going on. Pay attention cause you might get confused on what is going on. If you don't do your Homework you are just making the lesson harder for yourself and you are putting yourself in a big hole. School trains us to think that without school there is no moving on in life. School trains us to wake up early to be taught things most of us do not want to learn and remember to use them in a future situation.

Can the way school is run be change? I don't think so because its been tradition for school to be like that and to change it there probably will be a whole process that will take a few years. First you got to sit in on different classes and see the different ways you can change it to make it more interesting. Then you have to get the parents opinion on it an see if it would conveinent to change the way school is taught. Also the students have to give their thoughts on it and see if they would like the change or not. Then you have to take it up with the government and bored of education and see if they agree with the change etc. So I think its too much of a process to change everything.

My view on school is that at times it is a waste of time because we learn things that we would never need in life. Its good to learn new things but I think it would be more conveinent if we learned something we need when we are finsih with school. That way when it comes up we would know what to do and know how to handle the situation. Also having school 5 times a week seems like a little too much because that equals more stress on a student and less time to rest because there is so much work from different classes and a limited time to do each so you could get them done so I think school should atleast b 3-4 days a week.

School also depends on how the teacher aproches it. If the teacher is dedicated and willing to teach things that is needed in our daily lifes then students would agree on learing it. But if a teacher gives a negative approach then the students ego goes down because the teacher feels someting else could be more important than learning things like that. In most situations a teachers opinion would always be greater than a students opinion so what you want to learn is up to them and the teacher is the main source of being brain wash which is one thing that is hard to avoid.

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I read the article on Gatto and the six lessons and it basically talks about he think school should be and the tricks students try to pull to get out of class. Also tells how he feels on the different types of students from the good ones to the bad ones. His class is strict and constantly try to keep kids in check so they won't slip up and make him our themselves look bad. He also talks about how teachers could never live up to the six lesson and wouldn't be able follow it.

What I think about the six lessons is that a lot of teachers try to do what the six lessons explain but they put their own twist into so it wouldn't seem that strict. If a teacher was to do exactly what the six lessons say then students would take their class seriously and wouldn't want to miss class. I think that is kind of like Mr.Z class where students try not miss his class and in ways he seems strict because he wants kids to learn.

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Our class video was lost and could not be found so we had to watch Esther's class video and I think the message of the film was that there comes a point where a teacher can't take it anymore. In the video it shows the being disrespected by the students and they not caring that the teacher is in the room. That compares to one of the movies we watch where on the teachers first day the students show no care in the teacher being in the room and continue on what they are doing. This shows the teachers have no power and the students can do whatever they want.

In the film on the second day it shows the teacher couldn't take it anymore and he got drunk and told each student what was on his mind. That shows how powerless he was because he couldn't take the fact that the students wouldn't listen to him and he couldn't stop them from talking. This also compares to the same movie because when the teacher came on her first day and saw how bad the students were she wanted to quit there because she couldn't handle it. If classes were really like that and there was a option for the teacher to quit and not come back I think they would quit because no teacher would want to teach a class like that where the students are not easy to control

If any films came from the point of view of the parents and how bad their kids are doing in school I think they would blame it on the teachers because the teachers are suppose to keep the kids "under control". The reason the parents would blame the teachers is because they don't really know what is going on in the classes and how bad the students treat the teacher. If the teachers were aware then I think the students would have a different approach in school and then the teacher would have more control over the students.

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There was this fashion teacher name "A Pimp Name Slickback" and he was all about looking good and wearing all the popular name brand clothes. He was the most popular fashion teacher in all 50 states including Puerto Rico. He was known for showing students the good way how to dress and the best fashion to model.

His next job was at a school in New York and when the students found out he was going to be their new fashion teacher they were excited and came in wearing some of their best outfits the first day of class. As "A Pimp Name Slickback" walked in with his assistant the students were at salute and all smiles as he walked to his desk. One thing about him was that he didn't grade students on class work or anything he just grades them depending on what they wore to class that day and if he liked it.

After 2 years working at the school "A Pimp Name Slickback" came up with his own name brand called APNS (A Pimp Name Slickback) and for him already being a famous fashion idol people bought his clothing line like little kids in the store wanting candy. When he notice his clothing line doing so well he retired as a teacher and now lives in California with his assistant.

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1.students play teachers & teachers play students

2.students come up with whatever lesson plan they want

3.teachers can act how they think students will

4. lesson should be on some real life situations

5.how well the teacher student role can be played

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In my book "the curious incident of the dog in the night - time" the main character seemed confused at times but he knew what was going on. He knew what was right from wrong, in the beginning of the book he slapped a cop because he wouldn't stop asking him questions. So he got nervous and slapped him and the cop asked him if he knew what he did was wrong and he said yes but he never nobody the reasoning on why he slapped the cop. He was a only child and his mother died a while back so he thinks about her a lot and wish she was still there.

This text relates to my topic because it shows how kids or students can be taught anything that involves real life scenario or can affect them in the real world. If someone else was to read this book they would be confused on why he did all these things and what was he thinking. But also realize what he was doing and didn't feel bad about it.