Analysis Of The Sanctuary Of School By Lynda Barry

September 2009. It’s his first day in his new school with his new classmates. After a rough last year due to an unsupportive group of people around him, he is unsure of what is going to happen this year. However, when he looks into his teacher’s eyes and engages into a conversation with her, he knows that this year was going to be the exact opposite rough, and he was immediately happy. Moments like these show how much a teacher can impact a student’s life in a positive way. Everyday, thousands of kids who are neglected by their parents like author Lynda Barry go to school which is more of a home to them due to the amazing teachers and classmates creating a stable and safe environment for them to thrive in. Whether it be comforting a child or
Whether it be shy, outgoing, etc, teachers can affect the personalities of their students in a positive way. Lynda Barry’s “The Sanctuary of School”, the article “Teacher’s Care,” and Mike Fox’s, “What Are the Qualities of a Good Teacher?” all support this statement. A quote from “The Sanctuary of School” states, “She believed in the natural healing power of painting and drawing for troubled children...and drawing came to mean everything to me.” This quote from lines 89-96 is trying to tell us that Barry’s teacher was able to transform her from a troubled kid in her class who didn’t like to do much into a kid who was happy and loved to draw. This helps to show that teachers can transform their students and their personalities. The article “Teacher’s Care,” also helps prove that teachers can transform their students by stating “Connecting with your students establishes trust, which is important to the students’ learning because it makes them comfortable enough to participate, ask for help when needed, and pay closer attention to advice and encouragement.” This quote from paragraph four is telling us that when a teacher creates an impenetrable bond with his or her student, it can help the student do things in the classroom which he or she wouldn’t normally do. This shows that teachers can help their students change from shy kids who don’t participate, into kids who aren’t afraid to participate. Mike Fox’s video on the subject also
As shown by a study on Teacher Quality called “Teacher quality and student achievement: Research Review,” student performance directly correlates to the quality of the teacher. This means that if the teacher of a particular student is of a higher caliber, it is likely that the student will perform better in class and on assessments. One quote from the study states, “Research consistently shows that teacher quality—whether measured by content knowledge, experience, training and credentials, or general intellectual skills—is strongly related to student achievement: Simply, skilled teachers produce better student results.” This quote from the study is trying to tell us that the quality of a teacher on any level such as knowledge or experience is strongly related to the performance and achievement of their students. This helps to show that teacher quality impacts student performance by backing the claim up with research from a study. Another quote from the study states “Students who were enrolled in a succession of classes taught by effective teachers demonstrated greater learning gains than did students who had the least effective teachers one after another.” This excerpt from the research review is trying to tell us that students who were taught by more effective teachers showed a greater improvement in their learning than before. This helps to show that the quality of a