Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in The Wall (Ch1-4)
Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in The Wall is a song about in inefficient school system. In Another Brick in the wall the School System is described as the enemy, and it makes statements about the ineffectiveness of teachers. Miss Caroline is a perfect example of Another Brick in The Wall teacher. She is ineffective at teaching creatively. She has been taught a way to teach and she does not wish to stray from her current guidelines. When she learns that scout can read, she is angry because it differs from her plan, and forcers her to alter her teaching methods. I believe that Scout and Miss Caroline will continue to have problems, because Scout will continue to force Miss Caroline to change.
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First of all, I think this is a great post and you chose a song that describes Miss Caroline’s teaching methods very well
. This post definitely describes the point of the song very well. This song is not against ALL forms of education, but instead, forms of education that are not believed to be efficient or benificial for students. The introductory sentence, “We don’t need no education” forms a double negative, meaning that children do definitely NEED education, but some forms of education are not at all efficient. I don’t believe that Scout should have been discouraged for being proactive and already possessing the ability to read and write.
I think that this was a really great song to represent the book. I also feel that it is completely ridiculous how Scout’s teacher won’t let her read freely. I would have never thought of this as a song to choose for the book, but it is so appropriate.
Mrs. Caroline is truly one of those inefficient teachers. It seems as though she is doing what she thinks is the “right” thing to do, instead of being creative. She is “just another brick in the wall” because she doesn’t want to stray from society’s point of view as a good teacher.
This song is a really good way to help explain this part of the book and make it more interesting for me. Miss Caroline is very ineffective at teaching creatively, i.e. her “Dewey Decimal System.” I think that they will continue to have problems until they settle their differences, and hopefully that will be soon.