'Charles Dickens Essay\r'

'One lesson we go out in A Kestrel for a Knave in like manner aims to teach the pupils round facts. However this lesson is taught by Farthing who is caring and a much fatherly instructor and this is communicated by his name. Mr Farthing has used his kind personality to strive some respect from the boys in the class. Although the lesson has the similar content as the lesson in rocky Times during the lesson it becomes obvious that Farthing’s commandment is different.\r\nHe manages to involve billy, who is normally kind of shy and lacking motivation, positively in the lesson. Farthing teaches in a to a greater extent relaxed focus and lets the lesson flow as fountainhead as welcoming input from the boys. He sanctions nightstick to participate and makes him feel special as he has something interesting to share. Farthing lets Billy’s thought tumble out and does not cut him short. Billy tells all nearly his bird, which he has raised and trained, and Farthing se ems genuinely evoke ” ‘Jesses, how do you spell that?’\r\n” He writes row on the board, allowing the whole class to take aim more or less Billy’s bizarre talent. Billy becomes the instructor for a term and as Farthing is not controlling the standardiseds of Gradgrind he allows this to happen. The lesson becomes full of individuality as Billy shares his unusual hobby and his boldness grows. This would never have happened in a lesson taught by Gradgrind, he would never encourage a pupil to take all over his position and would withdraw a spare- period activity like Billy’s ridiculous. The focus in which Farthing nurtures Billy’s thoughts forge the stylus in which Billy has nurtured Kes. The period and devotion that Billy has shown the bird is matched, although on a smaller level, by the way Farthing waits for Billy to talk and persist to skepticism him gently as if he knows Billy has a lot to share.\r\nAnother crinkle betw een the devil give instructions is the way in which Billy and his classmates’ behaviour changes depending on the teacher, whereas Gradgrind’s pupils are always the same. The different methods of precept present at Billy’s school become obvious when the PE teacher Sugden is introduced. Sugden is a browbeat and again Hines has highlighted the teacher’s personality with his name, as Sugden is a thug. Billy dislikes PE and does not have a PE kit, as his family cannot afford to buy him one. He arrives late to the lesson as he has been talking to Farthing. Instead of discreetly giving him a kit to wear Sugden mocks Billy in front of the other boys. The way in which Billy is treated provokes him to answer foul and be cheeky. Sugden’s verbal bully brings out the negative aspects of Billy’s personality.\r\nNot only does Sugden verbally bully his pupils but as a speculative man he does not oscillate to physically abuse them too. â€Å"He look er Billy twice with the ball, holding it between both hands as though he was murdering him with a boulder.” The whole lesson is a bullying game for Sugden. There is an absence of skills taught and so the lesson consists of a game of football in which Sugden is the captain of one of the teams as well as being the referee. He bullies the opposing team as well as his own teammates if they make mistakes. His place is immature and shows no sportsmanship or fairness, two lessons which should always be reinforced in PE lessons. His negative attitude has a evanesce affect on the boys, who leave the lesson heatless and uninspired.\r\nThe education system presented by Charles devil is extreme and unnecessarily approximative. However the title of respect problematic Times makes it seem like Dickens is writing honestly close a time which lead to harsh methods of education. He highlights the naivety of the population as now teaching methods have modify and young people are furt her to be themselves and achieve the best that they can. jeering is used by Dickens to underline the mistakes of the system. Charles Dickens could of attended a school like the one in Hard Times and so I think he aims to make the problems obvious to people who otherwise might not acknowledge the wrongs in society.\r\nBarry Hines also writes the truth about the education system in his term and I think he also aims to highlight the incorrectness of the organization. However Barry Hines writes more realistically as the book is more recent and therefore easier to relate to. both(prenominal) authors present systems, which now seem rattling wrong but at the time they were thought of as acceptable. Both books believably contain memories of the authors’ school days and in particular in A Kestrel for a Knave the scenes seem very believable. I could conclude that neither system would be justifiable now but in their time the schools seemed fair.\r\n'