Material for Paper #1 (eventually rough draft, then paper itself)

(note: if you're reading this there is a good chance that your not going to understand a lot of it because most of it is writen similar to the way i think and not spell checked yet)

Questions for myself to answer.

1 - Why is the role of "Friend" the most important role a teacher can play?

The role of "Friend" is the most important role a teacher can play because, it is a lot easier for a student to learn from someone they consider a "friend", students are more likely to succede because they don't want to dissapoint there "friends", if you are someones "friend" they are going to listen to you when you point out flaws in their believes.

2 - How have I seen this/these things in both teachers from the movies?

The way that I saw this in Mr. Escalante is how he tried to be involved in the lives of his students both inside and outside of school, his students also liked him a lot because he was the first person in their lives to expect exelence from them, he also was very skilled at convicing the studends that they "already knew how" to solve the problem they just needed to "think about it" instead of just giving them the answer.

3 - How does being a "friend" affect the way that the teachers interact with there students?

one of the ways that being a "friend" affected the way that Ms. Watson interacted with her students is how when she was new to the class and was not friends with anyone she had to be a lot more carful with how she presented her lessions and teachings if they werent directly on the sylabus, but after she got to be friends with the girls (exept betty) she was able to be more direct because she knew that they liked her and wouldn't go to there parents and try to get her fired (...betty you were a pain...).

4 - (Need to be thinking about how I am going to arrange the information)

5-What is my thesis?


Role - Friend

                                      Positive
Name of Teacher #1 - Mr. Escalante

                                      Positive
Name of Teacher #2 - Ms. Watson

Mr. Escalante is a good example of being a friend is because, even during the first day when the students are being disrespectfull and trying to bully him he is trying to make friends by telling jokes and figureing out how to deal with each individual students problems.  He is also a good example of being a friend because over the course of the year he not only helps the students to realize how much potential they have but he also helps them fight the low expectations of their parents and the other teachers.  Another example of why Mr. Escalante is a good friend to the students is when there test's were denied because they all had the same wrong answers he wasn't mad because that reflected badly on him, he was mad because he knew that his students didn't cheat and he did everything in his power to help them get there scores reinstated (even after the all passed the second time he wanted there origonal scores back).  Mr. Escalante is also a good example of being a good friend because of some of his personality charecturistics, such as how he was good at getting his students to have fun, and made math look like it was "cool".  Other charecturistic examples of why Mr. Escalante is a good example include, his attitude of always wanting the best for his students, how when he accidentally hurts there feelings he is genuinly sorry and tries to fix the damage (example of this is when he makes fun of the girl for having to many boyfriends and she runs out of class, he chases after her because he knows that he was wrong and he wants to fix the damage that he accidentaly caused).

Ms. Watson is a good example of playing the role of friend to her students because, not only does she have a naturally nice and easy to get along with personality, but she also does her best to chalenge her students to think for themselfs without offending them (she isn't always succesfull but she does her best).  A good example of how Ms. Watson chalenges her students to think for themselfs is how on the second day of school instead of following the sylabus to the letter (like all the other teachers do) she takes a completely different path, comeing up with her own points and lessions so that the students can't just read the material in the book and know everything before the class even starts.  Another good example of how she gets her students to think for themselfs is when Joan comes to her after class to ask why she got a C and she tells her that she basically copied another writer instead of coming up with her own material, then she gives Joan another chance as well as some advice.  One of the biggest ways that she comes across as "naturally nice and easy to get along with" is how even though she is chalenging the beliefs that the girls have grown up with, she does it in a sweet gentle way (most of the time) which causes most of the students to like her even if they dont agree with what she is saying all the time (one example of someone who doesnt like her (untill the end) is betty, because she is so set in tradition that she can't look past Kathrines politacal views to see the person behind them).



Conclusion: Usually, if the body compare the points you're discussing (emphasize similarities), your conclusion will contrast the items, or examine the differences between the items. if the points contrast (show differences between two items), the conclusion demonstrates any similarities between two. ("While Mr. Johnson and Ms. Garcia are very different in terms of XYZ, they both provide excellent examples of the most important role teachers play in their students' lives, because they are both ABC.") Write out the first sentence of your conclusion here:




Now follow that up with the rest of your Conclusion, which is often a mirror image of your first paragraph:


not sure what my conclusion/intro is going to look like yet, i still need to figure out what my thesis is.

Mona Lisa Smile real time notes.

-The name of the main charecture is Kathrin Watson.
-Teaches Art history
-It is a verry formal school, for example at the beginning of the year they have a cerimony to open the school.
-as far as i can tell its a girls school (no men allowed to even visit)
-the area is very sterio tipically conservative
-even though the school is supposed to be well manered some of the girls are trouble makers.
-even though Kathrin is supposed to be teaching the class the girls seem to already know everything she is planning to teach.
-Kathrin Watson's first day of school is a disheartening experience because not only because the students already new the whole class, but also because they behaved extreemly differently then the students from where she grew up.  it is also a bad day because the board members are rude and expect her to already know how to deal with the class before the first day.
-The biology teacher has her own unique way of helping Kathrin, for example she remarks how everyone in the area has their own bite.
- Kathrin gets the class to debate about art.
- The second day of school is much better for Kathrin because she has figured out how to teach her students.
-The girtls only know how to say and act like someone else tought them.
-Betty Waren does not like disobedience.
-Betty has enough power to get pretty much any teacher fired that she wants.
-things are done certain ways simply because Thats the way its always been done.
-Kathrin wants her students to think for themselfs for example when she is talking to the student that is in pre law.
-Kathin also goes out of her way to help her students, for example when she gives one student a second chance on writing her paper, another example is when she got an aplication for yale for one of her students.
-A lot of the school is focused on preping the girls for marrage rather then living on their own.
-Even though Kathin knows how to think for herself she has trouble making up her mind.
-Kathrine used to be engaged until pearl harbor happened.
-betty tries to get kathrine watson fired the same way that whe got the other teacher fired.
-the story that betty writes for the paper, along with many other things causes katrine to realize just how resestant most of the people in the school are to change.
-the school is only going to let kathrine come back because there are so many girls signed up for her class next year, but because they are opposed to her views they are only going to let her come back under strict conditions which places kathrine in a difficult spot because she doesnt want to conform to the rules but the girls that she loves want her to stay.
-kathrine eventually decides to not come back to welsley but instead goes to europe.

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