In the short story, we met a class, and 2 teachers. One had went on vacation, so the other came in as a substitute. Miss Orville, the sub, was extremely strict and old fashioned. Miss Wilson, on the contrary, was very whimsical and fun in the classroom. But which teaching method sounds better?
Let us start with the pros and cons of Miss Orville. The pros: during her time, the students made significant academic improvement and made sure to finish their homework. The cons: her students were not used to her style of teaching, and proceeded to coin her “Miss Awful”. They even went to get “Revenge” on her because they were angry at her for her strictness, by horribly mutilating her favorite potted plant. So, we can conclude that although she pushed her students, her personality caused her students to heartily dislike her.
As for Miss Wilson, she couldn’t be more different. The pros: she is very nice and likable to her students, and does not punish them for misbehaving to much. She also likes to have fun in class. The cons: she is a little soft on her students, and as a result they are not very well educated and don’t have very good classroom etiquette. As a result, when Miss Orville showed signs of being strict, the students were all mortified on how she could be this way, when Miss Wilson had always been so carefree. What we get from this is that she has a very whimsical happy personality, causing her class to like her a lot, but she is a little lax on teaching and pushing the kids.
It seems that both teaching styles have their faults. Miss Orville’s is that her students thoroughly dislike her, and Miss Wilson’s is that the students don’t learn much in the classroom. I think the best teaching style is a mixture of both, where you can be nice and fun to be around like Miss Wilson, but still be slightly strict and very serious about education.
In conclusion, I think both teaching styles have good points and bad points, and that neither is superior to the other. I believe that people should form their own ways of teaching so that their students like them but also do good academically.