Katherine Watson vs. Charles Dickens

Katherine Watson's teaching methods were to allow her students to have an independent thought and to think outside the box. She wanted her students to be able to consider things society told them not to. She also wanted to connect with her students, and to actually teach them in life not only their classroom. She took her job as a teacher very seriously, versus every other teacher in this time period who only wanted to teach them what was "required". The teaching method in Charles Dickens novel Hard Times is the complete opposite of Watson's methods. In Hard Times, the method of teaching is to only facts. To remove anything with emotion and lively hood, and to only teach them required facts in textbooks. It is a very closed off, inside the box, style. Which is polar opposite to Ms. Watson's choices.

Mona Lisa Smile

I liked the movie because it was all about breaking stereotypes. I think Ms. Watson was the strongest character, she was willing to risk it all just to make the women around her to think for themselves. This was of course outside the norm during that time period, because women were supposed to just be wives. Overall, I thought the message from the movie was really important.

Mona Lisa Smile

This movie looks like it'll be about a teacher getting rid of the corrupt system of the women at school. Being that once these privileged women get married, they miss class, etc. The teachers in the past would overlook all the corruption, but this new teacher intends to let these women make something of themselves. She wants to do this by making them aware that their new marriage isn't the only thing they have.

I think that high school exams are clearly easier than college exams. High school teachers give a lot more tests, but they are usually fairly easy as long as you pay attention in class. Where as the college exams occur less often but cover a lot more material. High school teachers give reviews that are practically the test, but it's not like that in college. There is no sure way to know what the test will look like, so you have to study everything to be safe.You could prepare for high school tests by doing the review. However, to prepare for the college exams you should try to make sure you know a bit of everything you have covered in that course so far.