homework 52

why is it that people act the way they do? why is it that even though we might say we are all different in our own ways, that is not true at all. we somehow all want the same things in life. we all want acceptance, love, respect, being acknowledged, having a family and being someone to the world. and why is that? why is it that all humans want the same things but at different times? is it because of family and where you come from? is it because of where you want to go later in the future? or maybe because of the present and what is going on around them at the moment.

everybody has different personalities and some have multiple of them. growing up and the things around you or the people around you your whole life have a big influence of how you view others and the world.

like what exactly would matter to a individual? would it be power and wealth and have a bunch of money with a powerful job?..could it be wanting to give back to your community and wanting to help others to have that personal satisfication of helping the people in need and doing the "right" thing?..or maybe it could be living like a transendentialist or an existentialist and just living as an individual and being one with nature and connecting to god and not basing your life off of material things and relying on others.

homework 51 (sorry its so late)

in class we have talked about how school is known to be a "institution" and how its manditory to got to school and that kids are portrayed as a bunch of wild banchies that dont care about anything and we are never gonna make something of ourselves unless we have a "super teacher" come in and save us. but that isnt always true. we seen a bunch of different movies where the students are disrespectful and that they are rebeles with good potential to actually do something but they feel like they cant cus of the fact that they have low self esteem or from where they come from. and towards the end of the movies all do well and learn a "life lesson" that would help them because of they teacher caring.
in class we had done a movie where it was quite the opposite. the teacher didnt give too shits about the students and didnt really cared what happened but then the students helped him out and saved the teacher. i also saw another classes movie and it talked about how the teacher was a drunk and didnt care at all and neither did the kids. but somehow the kids did care more cus they tried to show some interest but in the end the teacher just up and left.
all of these just make kids look as if they really dont care and they act out as they please and do whatever they want cus they could do that and school is the place to do it. but you never see a movies where it straight talks about the students life at home. they dont talk about all of the personal stories and show what is going on at the houses, because its not always students just act out at school. it has to start somewhere and it starts at home and with the people they live with.
parents have a huge part in their childs life. they live with them all day for about 19 years. they should know everything about their child. who they hang out with, what are their likes and dislikes, their interests and hobbies, what they want for the future and their carrers. parents should know all of these things but they usually dont. they dont always show that many interests in out lives. and then they wonder why its usually hard for us teenagers to come out and talk to them about whats going on in our lives and whats happening durning our days. in some type of way we feel ignored and we think that ooh they not going to know what we do so we could go off and smoke or drink or do whatever.
and when we get to school and the teacher tries to bud into our lives we think "ooh who the hell are you to tell me what to do..your not my mother/father." so we disrespect our teachers..i know some one who just recently got grounded cus she told her teacher "shut up N*****" and we continue to do as we please cus teachers cant stop us no matter how hard they try.

homework 50

for gatto i read the 6 lesson article. it was about six different lessons he would use to teach the students and how they would be effective. based off of these six lessons it seemed like determination was his goal. i think that he wants the students to be well taught and have a sense of mind. he wants them to have respect for themselves along with for others and that they need to learn to do the right thing.

i think that his idea would most likely work. because of the fact that he has to be strict so then maybe the students would fear him and do what they are told because they have that one person in their life that thinks they could make something of themselves.

for freire, he talks about the depositing method. he talkes about how the teachers have all of the knowledge and how what the teacher does is that they deposit all of the knowledge into the students heads. the students then recieve the knowledge and would take what they learn and go into the world and then hopefully deposit that information to others.

this would be a effect method however not all of the students learn the same way. some would understand it and then others would not get it and then get left behind. or some of them would just give up and move on with whatever they want to do.

for the last person, she feels that art is the way to go. all the students should be taught through music or art or any for of expressing yourself in a creative way. learn how to express yourself with out using words. just by pictures or paintings

this would be a fun way to learn but a lot of people would take it as a joke and just have fun with it. they wouldnt think it was learning.

homework 49

our classes film was about how the teacher was being saved by the students. from what i was told from conor, the director, he was saying about how the students controlled the classroom and the teacher would have to follow what went on i believe. but our class video got lost so i cant really write much about it because of the fact that i havent seen it.

so we watched esthers class video and it was pretty good. i think that it was about how there was this teacher and it seemed like he was drinking in the classroom and didnt really give a crap about the students. so if the teacher didnt care then neither would the students and they just went on about they business. and the teacher would say some smart remarks to the kids.

even tho i couldnt really understand what they was saying, it looked like a one point the students kinda was worried and wanted to learn a lil something because of the fact the teacher was passed out at his desk and one of the students came up to him and asked if they was going to learn something today. he gave one of those i dont care looks and said something to a couple of students and then walked out the classroom with his drink and the students didnt care. they stood quiet for a moment but then went on with what they wanted to do.

homework 48

for the film, it would be taken place in school, of course and about this teacher that comes in and tries to change everybody. he goes and comes in with a idea that he could change everybody but he doesnt do it right away. he doesnt do it right away and tries to get to know the students first. understand where each of them come from and where they are headed. what are they dreams? goals? desires? who they live with and then from there try to come up with a solution that best fits everybodies needs because everybody wants or needs something different than the other one.
durin the course of the school year, the kids are still acting up and doing what they want, but then he attempts to make his first move with them and sees how it goes. he has a open class discussion about having dreams and goals and what they do for a specific individual. the kids at first arent interested in the convo because they feel that having dreams are stupid and that they are never going to come true for them cus they are just low class kids who are involved with the wrong people. but secreatly they each have one but dont share out cus the fact they dont want to feel stupid or have the other kids laugh at them. they all have low self esteam.
the teacher then opens up about his dreams and what he wanted to do with his life and how he never got the chance to do it because of his parents and how he never really had the incouragment they do.
so he finally talks to them all and the students eventually cave in and like him and try not to be as stubborn as they was in the beginnin of the year. they actually try in school and they all passesed all of their classes and the teacher felt happy about what he has done with them.

homework 47

everybody should learn a valuable lesson

the teacher shouldn't care (just another regular person)

teaher should learn to care about the students

principal should actually care and help the teacher

everybody learns a life lesson

homework 45

well i have experienced both of these different types of schools. i have experienced the theory by hirsch when i was in elementry school and i feel that i did learn a lot while i was in there. the way the teachers taught and how the school was ran was very good and everybody was doing good and it showed a lot. then when i came into school of the future, i still learned a lot but a lot of the work is bullshit. you could just fake and still pass with about a 85%. and once you know what the habit of minds are about then its not that hard to do. they say that it gets your mind deep thinking but i dont believe that. its just like looking at the story or person in a different perspective and thats not really all that challenging.

reading these theories does make me think about my own education and how this school is based off of habits of mind and expand your thinking.