Sunny Youth Journal

Today we talked about two different teaching ways that showed in the short story. Coincidentally, I was educated in both ways.

I was studying in China until I came to America for high school. Honestly, most teachers in China, they prefer Miss Orville’s way. Because there are a lot of students in China, teachers can not care about each student at the same time. And the competition between students for places at good schools is fierce, which makes them stressed. Only their teachers are strict to them and give them punishments when they make mistakes, they can get good grades and go to their dream college. When I came to America to study, I find teachers here are much more different from teachers in China. They don’t have much homework and will not give much stress to students. They care more about the class and how to make students enjoy and understand the lesson. They will have quizzes so that we can review what we learned recently, rather than review a lot of stuff to prepare for many big exams.

Both ways have thier own advantages. The strict way can help students improve much more quickly and get better grades. It also can help students develop habits and become much more independent. However, the other way gives more space to students so that they can enjoy studying and be more creating. And also students will not have much pressure.

I’d have to say, I prefer the second way, that’s one reason why I came here to study. But sometimes I miss that time I studied in China. The strict way make me become a self- disciplined person and gives me opportunity to creat my better future. Well, whether nice teachers or strict teachers, they are always good for me.

Teachers have one of the most influential jobs on kids and teens. The way the teacher elaborates on his or her lessons could impact the way kids learn and take on education. Let’s take Roger, having a more relaxed and lenient teacher was not the best option for Roger personally. As we see in the story, Roger was terrible in spelling and not the best at learning educationally. When asked to spell flower and castle, he struggled tremendously. This was mainly because he never took the time to improve in spelling, he barely did homework, and mostly focused on having fun.
So, when Miss Orville arrives, her aura brings hate from most of the class, including Roger, because they were so used to being independent that the strictness and expectations were too much for them. Throughout the week, Roger has worked the hardest during this duration than any other week. On the last day, when the class pulls a triggering prank on Miss Orville, Roger has not only learned that he should not judge someone based on the way they act before getting to know them, but he also learned how education is so important. From then on, Roger probably gained an important factor of life, which is pushing yourself to learn instead of focusing on having fun. Roger develops this way of thinking not because he pushed himself, but because Miss Orville pushed him to the next level.
Roger’s development throughout this story illustrates such a good reason on why and how teachers play such an important role. By the way they teach, some push us to be better and some teach us to be independent. However, the main point I am trying to come across is that no matter who the teacher is and how they teach us, we should take each of teaching as an advantage and make the most out of it whether the class is more relaxed or more stressed, we should build upon that class to do better.

When it comes to learning, there are several different types of teachers. Broken down into two main categories, there are strict teachers and there are lenient teachers. Personally, I have more strict teachers, and they have really helped me improve. In the short story “Miss Awful,” by Arthur Cavanaugh, we focus on a young boy, Roger Clark. He is initially introduced as a care-free boy who simply wants to spend his time at the park as opposed to doing homework. Later on in the story, we can see a complete personality change. This is because of his strict substitute teacher, Ms. Orville. So, we ask the question, do the advantages of strict or lenient teachers outweigh the disadvantages?

An advantage of a strict teacher is that they can help instill a sense of discipline that would improve motivation, independence, and respectfulness. Going back to the story, we see that in the beginning, Roger is a carefree, young boy who had neglected to do his spelling homework. After Ms. Orville brought a strict environment to the classroom with her constant rules of discipline and scolding, we see the class develop as a whole. Roger, specifically, was a whole new boy at the end of the story. He had built discipline: “Who’s got time for sodas? I have homework to do.” Also, he could finally spell after working very hard. “Flower. F-L-O-W-E-R. Castle. C-A-S-T-L-E.”

The disadvantage of a strict teacher is that it makes students want to rebel. We see a clear example in the book: “That dopey old plant she’s always fussing over,” piped Midge Fuller. “We could rip off all the dopey leaves. That’d show her.” The students were plotting to take revenge on Ms. Orville because she had been so strict on them. Roger was also planning to do such but had a change of heart. The students not only threatened to do other things, such as throw rocks at Ms. Orville, but they actually followed through with their plan. After recess, Ms. Orville noticed the torn leaves and became very sad. She said “Whoever is responsible, I beg of you only to be sorry.”

An advantage of being a lenient teacher is that all the students are content with the learning. When Ms. Orville wasn’t in the picture yet, Roger was recounting a story from class about how Ms. Wilson had laid down on the floor with all the students. “Well, I like Ms. Wilson, she’s fun. Last week, for instance, when Tommy Miller got tired of staying in his seat and lay down on the floor…Know what Ms. Wilson did? She lay down on the floor, too.” Roger said to his family. It is clear that Roger and the rest of his class liked Ms. Wilson and had no complaints about having her as a teacher.

A disadvantage when it comes to having a lenient teacher is that students would not learn as much. In the beginning of the story, we are told that Roger has difficulties with spelling. “True, Roger’s scholastic progress wasn’t notable–his spelling, for example, remained atrocious.” Even though Roger was struggling with spelling, he insisted on going to the park and procrastinating on his homework. The next day, Ms. Orville discovered Roger’s backpack to be full of toys and she confiscated them. At the end of the week, she returned the toys only to be met with Roger spelling out words. Roger learned more in one week with the strict Ms. Orville than he has in however long with Ms. Wilson.

Both teaching styles have their benefits and disadvantages as we learn in the story “Miss Awful.” A class of students, including the main character, Roger, were originally rambunctious, carefree, and not disciplined due to their lenient teacher, Ms. Wilson. However, when an older, stricter teacher, Ms. Orville came to be their substitute, she had a major impact on the students. She had the biggest impact on Roger, a boy who in the beginning failed his spelling quiz and didn’t do his homework. By the end of the story, Roger flourished into a boy who did his homework persistently and was finally able to spell words. Though such is not always the case, in this instance, a strict teacher was a great benefit to Roger but his lenient teacher appeared to be a detriment to Roger’s education.

Roger, the main character of the story, had the best teacher before, Miss Wilson. She used to play with the students during classes and even let the students take some rest. When she gave homework Roger didn’t even care about it. Once she left for a week to Omaha, the students got a new substitute. She was old, the meanest, and the strictest teacher ever. She came to the classroom with her beloved plant one hand and a bunch of works on the other. She was Ms. Orville which students referred to as Miss Awful or the witch. The first day, Miss Orville took Roger’s toys ripped the papers of students who didn’t do the homework correctly, marched them in and out from the schools, and complained about the students to their parents. Miss “Awful” then accused Roger as a prodigy of misspelling Then she asked Roger to spell flower and castle but he couldn’t. After this embarrassment of Mrs.Clark in between other parents, she and Mr. Clark were surprised to see how Roger took his education seriously and was afraid of her. Another day when parents came to pick up their children Nancy Reeves, Roger’s friend’s Bruce Reeves mother remembered that she knew Miss Orville and said that she was evicted from her apartment and was left homeless with her plants.

Since the students hated her they thought of many horrible ways of getting rid of her like beating her up. One of Roger’s classmates came up with the idea to rip the leaves of her plant. Miss Awful started her last day with what is going on in the world. After she saw the plant all bare, she said to only say sorry and then to be forgiven. After the class ended there were no forming lines and some students were silent, or in regret, while others were happy. She gave Roger his toys, he understood how much it was to be educated, and to show how she helped him he spelled the two words she gave him before beautifully and left the room.

In the short story “Miss Awful,” the main character Roger starts off as a carefree child who tries to get out of doing work, and likes to play. His behavior is also supported by his teacher, who not only allowed this behavior but also joined in on these acts, such as lying on the floor. Eventually the teacher leaves for a while, and a substitute teacher replaces her. This teacher, named Miss Orville, is on the other side of the spectrum, as she is very strict, and does not tolerate any nonsense. All the children are not used to having this kind of teacher, and hate her. Over the course of a week, she talks to parents about how inadequate the children are, and ends up embarrassing both parents and children. Eventually, she leaves, and stresses how important education is. Throughout the the book, Roger goes through a change in character.

As we first see Roger, he talks playfully with his father, saying that he does not need to finish his homework and that he would rather got to the park. The next morning, instead of bringing pencils and school supplies to school, he instead fills his backpack with a water pistol, many baseball cards, and a variety of other toys. This shows that he does not take anything seriously, and that he is more into play than learning. When he gets to class, he is very surprised at the way Miss. Orville treats the class, and hates her. To make matters worse, he didn’t finish his homework, and also knocked over his backpack, which showed the teachers all the toys he brought. This causes the Roger to get in trouble. On the way home from school, he loudly complains about how Miss Orville confiscated his toys, and goes home straight away. He decides to get revenge by doing all his homework perfectly, thus giving the teacher nothing to discipline him with. Roger has not really started to develop yet, as he still does not like doing homework, but as time passes, he becomes more fixated on doing it perfectly, so that his original reason does not even matter to him anymore

As the week progresses, Roger learns that Miss Orville had to get evicted from her living space because the building was going to get torn down, which started to make him fell bad for her. On Friday, Miss Orville reveals that the old teacher would be returning on Friday, and when all the other students get back at her by killing her plant, she does not punish them and just stresses how important education is. Roger realizes at this moment that Miss Orville really cares about the children, and that her strict teaching methods were for his own benefit. At the end of the story, Roger is no longer playful, but rather more mature, and more aware of what being a good citizen is.

First impressions can deceive us. There is no way to truly know one’s situation from a first look. However, human nature makes people construct assumptions off of impulse, whether true or not. This is exemplified in the story “Miss Awful,” by Arthur Cavenaugh, where the characters show the tendencies and effects of judging people without sufficient knowledge.

The protagonist of the story, Roger, is in for a surprise when his third grade class’s lenient teacher is temporarily replaced with the strict and more responsible teacher, Miss Orville, whom the children refer to as ‘Miss Awful.’ Throughout the week, she disciplines the rowdy and talkative class. The students initially think Miss Orville acts the way she does without any reason, and devise a plan to try and get rid of her. They tear up her plants, hoping to get revenge. What the students, save for Roger, do not know is that Orville was actually evicted from her apartment and her plants were the only things she could keep – and now even they are gone, ruined by unnecessary violence.

After the class rebelliously rejoices when finished with committing the deed, yelling informal slang like “ain’t,” Miss Orville berates them, telling them that the privilege of education is invaluable, that wasting it only cripples society as a whole. She reveals, or rather, clarifies her true motive for being harsh to the children who seemed to care so little.

In these two ways, the students in “Miss Awful” show that prejudice causes pain that could have been avoided, and shows that not looking into the full storyof someone ignores their most important lessons.

The teacher Miss Orville is an awful teacher and all the children hate her. So the children are stuck with a horrible teacher and that the teacher thinks that her teaching is awesome but in truth it is a side on one side the teacher thinks that she is preparing them for life, but on the other side the children and parents feel sad and angry.

The truth is that I think that the children are right because that kind of teacher should be in highschool not teaching 3 graders. The teacher is really mean but in the end of the day the main person thinks that he finds out why the teacher is treating him so bad because in real life you don’t have toys and that you can’t look bad and that you have to do everything correctly and do it fast so the teacher took the toys and made them polish shoes and that she tore the bad handwriting and the wrong ones.

I think that in the end you can find out why she did it

Every person has his or her type of personality or styles of doing things, and you may like them or dislike them. In the short story “Miss Awful”, there are two teachers called Ms. Wilson, and Ms. Orville. These two teachers are the opposite to one another, and in my opinion both of these teachers aren’t perfect.

First of all, Ms. Wilson is a nice and friendly teacher that loves students and lets them play and talk. Not only she let’s the students play around she is carefree too. For example, Roger, a student, that is in Ms. Wilson’s class one day he was being normal and just like any other day. Tommy Miller, another kid that is his classmate, got tired of sitting in his regular seat. So he asked Ms. Wilson if he can lay down on the floor instead of sitting properly. Surprisingly, Ms. Wilson said yes, and what’s more interesting is that she and the whole class layed down. Can you imagine a teacher laying on the ground?! On the other hand, Ms. Orville is exactly opposite. She is kind of military and very strict, she ordered the students to not play and not talk the whole day. I’m not saying Ms. Orville is a bad teacher because she actually teaches something unlike Ms. Wilson.

In conclusion, Ms. Wilson is a very nice teacher and carefree about anything. On the opposite, Ms. Orville is a strict teacher that doesn’t allow students to do anything. But however, every person has his or her own way of doing things.

Teachers are very influential to a student’s growth and life. An inexperienced or unhelpful instructor can really affect the students’ futures. Since teachers are so important to the next generation, people have wondered what type of teacher is the best for students; strict or nice. A “strict teacher” is someone who is tough on their students, while a “nice teacher” is someone who’s very lenient on their students.

Usually, many children would prefer the nice teacher over the strict teacher, due to how fun they are. Having a fun teacher is beneficial in many ways, but it also has a lot of drawbacks. One disadvantage is that the students learn very little with a nice teacher. Since a nice teacher is very lenient, they usually are pushed around by their students, and are not able teach much to them. Strict teachers are the key to academic success, since they give strong motivation to their students to be more active and learn more in class. The strict teacher makes sure that the scholars are learning properly in the classroom. This is necessary for a child’s future so that they could get a good education and a profitable job.

Some people may argue that nice teachers are more understanding and kind. The fact about how they are more understanding is true, however, this can get out of hand at times. Some teachers could be too nice and understanding that students don’t take their classes seriously. Not knowing how to be strict can allow students to get fairly chaotic in the classroom sometimes, thus slowing down the rate scholars learn at. This is extremely unbeneficial for students that are academically behind, as they won’t be able to learn or understand much from class.

However, the perfect teacher is different for each individual student. Some students need to have a nice and understanding teacher, while others might need a stricter teacher to make sure they take learning seriously. The greatest teacher is usually not just nice or strict, but someone who is understanding and fun, but can be strict when needed. Nevertheless, having a stricter teacher is still more effective for a student than a nicer teacher.

The amazing material, graphene, may take over the world someday. Graphene is a man made substance with many helpful uses. This material is not only hard as steel, but yet also elastic and rubbery. Scientists have already begun researching ways to create and use graphene day by day. Researchers are trying to take advantage of how sturdy and conductive graphene is, and they are beginning to seek new ways on improving the daily lives of people. As many experts begin to discover new ways to create this strong and reliable material, other researchers explore new and innovative ways to incorporate graphene into items.

Graphene was first discovered in 2004, by two researchers named Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, both working at the University of Manchester. The two researchers found out that they could create graphite by simply touching tape onto a piece of graphite, peeling it off, folding, and repeat. It was not a very difficult process. They not only created graphene, but were able to prove its strength and flexibility. Years later, researchers are working on ways to best use graphene’s impressive properties. This discovery caused much excitement in people around the world, and left many wondering about all the possibilities and ways they could use graphene.

Using tape is not the only way graphene can be made. There is a very efficient method called Chemical Vapor Deposition. CVD includes growing graphene on a metal surface. Then, experts combine it with high-temperature gases and metals, and finally it can be used and deposited on the substance that needs enhancing. Another method experts discovered involves flash graphene. This is as simple as turning trash into something much more useful. Experts can use literally any thing that is high in carbon, and turn it into graphene. This method requires very high heat, almost 5000 degrees, and only takes around ten seconds. This method seems amazing, but it takes an extreme amount of heat to produce a normal amount of graphene. Flash graphene is much easier to create graphene and takes less time than CVD. Both methods are a quick way to create graphene, but it takes lots of thought and money to produce the a small amount. That is the reason why graphene and graphene incorporated items are rarely seem. Until further research, experts are stuck with using quick, yet dangerous and expensive methods to create graphene.

Even though it is very tough and costly to produce large amounts of graphene at once, using the small amounts available, researchers have already found ways to incorporate graphene in many items.  Many researchers are trying to involve graphene with health. They believe that graphene’s thick, durable composition could be ideal for improving people’s health. Some may even be able to wear graphene as contact lenses. Apart from using graphene for health purposes, scientists have found other ways to benefit from graphene. An Italian company, Italcementi, suggest that people should incorporate graphene into cement. As a result of graphene’s ability to conduct electricity and heat, graphene has become one of the most conductive substance researchers have even come across. Using graphene in cement, can not only bring heat throughout homes, but also cause heat to disappear, which would lessen the need for air conditioning in many homes. Researchers have already found out many ways in which graphene could be useful, and will only continue discovering new and advanced ways to include graphene in items.