Draft1 My Great Teacher in Middle School I will never forget Mr. Amado Escobar; he was the best teacher I had in middle school when I was 13 years old. Mr. Escobar was the instructor for my Computer Application System’s class. I enjoyed his class because he used creative teaching methods and he had patience with all of his students. Besides being a great teacher‚ Mr. Escobar was also my best friend and whenever I had problems with my computer he would fix my computer. Mr. Escobar
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Ken was my voice teacher. I never admired anyone more than him. He meant the world to me. It would be safe to say that we did not have a typical teacher/student relationship. I was infatuated with him. He was tall dark and had the voice of an angel. But he was eleven years older than I was‚ and he was my teacher. I learned from him‚ I confided in him‚ and I trusted him. I never pictured myself being with him. I never dreamt he would think of me as a ’woman’ and not just a love-stricken seventeen
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Fady Abboud Prof. Gidley English026 28 August 2014 Teacher Life is unexpected experience‚ so full of surprises that nobody knows what will happen the very next moment‚ especially when you meet a person who has the ability to change your life in complete way. Most of us have met a teacher during our lifetime in school that made a difference and touched our lives in some way to make it better and to open our eyes for success. I remember when the first day of high school started. I was
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James W. Loewen in Lies My Teacher Told Me‚ American students enter college less knowledgeable about their own history than any other subject. American history is the least liked and worst remembered subject in American curricular. Loewen argues that history is the only subject one has to unlearn in college because high school presents inaccurate information to students. Who is to blame? Despite the indicting title‚ James Loewen does not appear to be blaming only teachers for student ignorance. Loewen
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Bad days often come in everybody’s life. I too faced a bad day in my life. I faced many difficulties on that day. It was a rainy day. My parents went to attend the marriage celebration of one of my relatives in the next village. I did not accompany them because I wanted to read and prepare my lessons at home. However‚ I was instructed to attend the feast at 2 P.M. My father kept the cycle for me. Mother had no need to cook for me because I consented to join the feast at 2 P.M. instead of going
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James W. Loewen wrote the book "Lies My Teacher Told Me" to help students understand the past of the United States‚ and how it is effecting the present. "Lies My Teacher Told Me" examines 12 various American history text books‚ and points out the various lies‚ flaws‚ and sugar coated stories the text books present. Loewen explains how textbooks practice heroification‚ and how race and race relations are a major issue when it comes to American history. Among these topics‚ Loewen also sheds light on
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Lies My Teacher Told Me Effect on Me There is a common expression that a lot of us have heard at least one time “don’t believe everything you read”‚ just because a book is written and published does not mean is always accurate. True historical facts can easily be transformed by adding or taking away details in order to see it only from a certain perspective. The textbooks in history classrooms represent many different groups from the perspective of one group‚ usually European. Loewen explores the
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Textbooks “More Americans have learned the story of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction from Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind than from all of the learned volumes on this period” -Warren Beck and Myles Clowers The book Lies My Teacher Told Me was written by James Loewen. I choose to read Chapter 5: “Gone with the Wind”: The Invisibility of Racism in American History Textbooks. The chapters that I read discussed how in many of the American History Textbooks‚ that many young students
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the country. It is held as a core curriculum for every American student because of the importance found in teaching our youth of our “perfect nation” and our “perfect past”. However‚ contrary to popular belief‚ James W. Loewen‚ author of Lies My Teacher Told Me‚ has found American history to be taught with a completely nationalistic approach. Not only is the history of our country taught with a horribly strong patriotic sentiment‚ but generally with a misunderstood concept of the history of America
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once said‚ “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." [This is an excellent way to start off your essay! This quote is sure to grab your readers’ attention.] William Arthur Ward greatly inspired the classifications I chose to use in this essay; dedicated teachers or “great” teachers‚ typical or “good” teachers‚ and undedicated or “bad” teachers. While there are many qualities of a dedicated teacher; the one quality that
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