Quotes From The Glass Castle

Saving the Future of Education

Fiction, it is a form of writing that keeps reading and learning fun for kids across the globe, something they can't do without. The Glass castle, is a novel written by Jeanette Walls. It is a memoir of the Walls’s life growing up in a family that was never stable. In the story, Jeanette’s family constantly has to move to new places running from her parents’ problems which leads to the kids becoming desperate to get away from them. The school board wants to take away fiction books, but without them, how will kids learn about important social issues such as responsibility? Bigthink.com says that fiction is a safe way to test our morals and views on social issues. Without fiction, kids will be unmotivated

Responsibility is very important for people living out in the real world. It has been taught to us since we were little, but some have either forgotten it, or flat out ignored it. Responsibility, what is it? Responsibility is taking care of yourself and making sure you do what you need to do to succeed at school, work, home, and life in general. Here is a quote from The Glass Castle that shows how irresponsibility is shown, “Mom lay wrapped up in blankets on the sofa bed, sobbing about how much she hated her life.” pg. 207, The Glass Castle. The author wants to show us in this quote just how miserable her mom was in that moment. In the text, the mother was lazy and didn’t finish grading her students’ papers, she is a teacher. She did not know what to do and feared she would be fired. This shows that even adults can struggle with responsibility and that it truly is a sad sight to see. Little things like procrastination can get someone fired from their job, just because they were irresponsible. Here is another quote

Such things are, paying bills, being at work on time, being a good driver, the list goes on. If you lack the responsibility for such things, you will struggle and have a chance of becoming homeless. A statistic from endhomelessness.com states that in 2016 shows that 549,928 people, were living without a home in the United States. The Catcher in the Rye, is a great example of irresponsibility leading to failure in life. In the book, that main character is in college, failing all of his classes, not knowing what he wants to do with his life. He also doesn't want to grow up and have to be responsible which leads to him wandering around aimless like a small child. Many young people are going off into the world, and many are succeeding in it. However some are like the main character from The Catcher in the Rye, running from responsibility. Maybe in some cases, teens don’t realize the responsibilities of being an adult. Therefore, when the time comes, it hits them like a train. They can be lectured to about it, but it will not have as great of an effect compared to reading a story that is entertaining and makes learning fun. Lord of the Flies, is also another good example of irresponsibility going wrong. In this novel, the responsibility to make a society on an abandoned island leads to boys stuck there to go crazy and ultimately, kill some of their own. This shows that kids are not prepared for the