Progressive Teaching

In the movie Mona Lisa Smile Ms. Watson has a very different teaching style than most teachers in her age. Rather than just teaching from the book she chooses to have a different outlook on how she wants to teach her class. She goes off from her syllubus to give her students a more envolved and new class they had never seen before. This style of teaching is much better than that of other teachers. Those facts that they teach don't stay with you for the rest of your life like Ms. Watson's. The way she teaches challanges her student's minds and really makes them learn what she is teaching. 

Mona Lisa Smile: Theme

My favorite theme in the move Mona Lisa Smile is the different views of marriage and divorce between the early 50's and now. It is incredible how much our ideals and the traditions of marriage have changed in such a short time. Back then it was ridiculous to even think about getting a divorce, now it seems like a little less than half of all marriages end in divorce. Not to mention the structure of even dating is different. When you date someone you aren't necessarily looking to get married until it becomes a little more serious. Girls in Mon Lisa Smile are only dating to get married, even though they are only in their early twenties. The way we think about dating, marriage, and divorce has changed enormously throughout the 20th century. Mona Lisa Smile shows the changing times of the 50's and makes clear that some traditions are meant to stay in the past.

Mona Lisa Smile

I think this movie is going to be about a woman who goes to work at a new school and faces some difficulty. In the trailer, it looks like the teacher struggles with some students on the ideas of women's roles in the society of their time. I think that she will change the minds of some of the students that their lives are more than what they think. They can go off to further their degree and even continue their profession, there are no limits. Although, I am not that sure of how she is going to do that it seems hard to change an entire school's point of view.

College v. High School

College testing is very different from high school testing. Colleges are not concerned with an amount of grades or a quota they have to meet. In college, tests are an actually demonstration of how much you have learned and how hard you work. You may only have one test the whole year or one every week, it all depends on the teacher you have. When you finish a test and there is not extra lecture or work you can just go home. Unlike high school where you are stuck there all day. College tests are usually a lot harder than in high school and require much more effort. The grade you get on that test or exam could really change your overall grade, it all depends on how much your teacher weights them. With this in mind you should study very hard no matter what kind of test you are taking. Your grades are very important in high school and college, they both deserve the same amount of effort no matter where you are.