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After few hours reading, “The Sanctuary of School” was written by Lynda Barry, grew up in an interracial neighborhood in Seattle, Washington State. Then, I think this article was interesting to read. I love the way how she told us her past experience by using her own voice to lead us step by step get into her story, then she also shares us about her feeling and how it impacted to her future life. Plus, at the end, she argues that the government should not be cutting the school programs and art related activities. Those programs definitely do help the students and the parents as well.
What happened in Lynda Barry’s literary narrative titled “The School Sanctuary” is she snuck out of her house one dark night winter which then after she ran to her school and sat on the playground gazing upon the Rainier Valley until Mr. Gunderson, her school’s janitor saw her and began to let her assist her throughout the school. After that, she saw Mrs. Claire LeSane, her teacher, who she cried upon and then allowed to go to Room 2 early and paint. The people involved in this story are her mother and father, her family in her house, her brother, her teacher Mrs. Claire LeSean, and the school janitor Mr. Gunderson. Lynda Barry’s literary narrative took place at her house, school, school’s playground, classroom Room 2, and in a dark alley
In his poem “First Grade” Ron Koertge describes, from the point of view of a student, the first major change children face: starting school. Beginning the poem, the speaker describes their fond memories of before school; but, towards the end of the poem, the focus shifts to how the speaker felt upon entering school for the first time. During the time the speaker of the poem recalls events from before school began, they focus on positive memories. Koertge expresses the whimsical joys of childhood shenanigans, such as thinking “it would be fun to wear snowshoes/all the time”, to establish normal behavior for kids (Koertge 3-4). Children possess imaginations strong enough to convince themselves that “Every forest/[has] wolves in it”; and, looking
In “The Sanctuary of School” Lynda applies her personal life to the fact that some people think cutting down budgets for public schools will benefit when times get tough. Also that art, music and the creative ideas will be the first to go when budgets are cut. Lynda had a rough childhood where her parents had money issues and family members that needed temporarily to stay at her home (Barry, 721). The lack of attention from her parents made her look for attention elsewhere in this case the school. Lynda saw her teacher Mrs. LeSane as a mother figure.
My grandmother never knew her grandparents. They had all passed before she ever got the opportunity to meet them and converse about their family’s history. She regrets not getting to see her grandparents and says that that is the reason she tries to be the best grandmother she can
Denise Clark Pope, “How we are creating a generation of stressed out, materialistic and miseducated students.” The Predicament of Doing School author, Denise Clark Pope in this part of the title believes that we are fabricating an age of consumerist’s and miseducated students. The Predicament of Doing School written by Denise Clark Pope is about how to “do school”. Properly “doing school” means passing classes by manipulating the school system and surviving without repeating.
Lynda Barry in her article The Sanctuary of School talks about how for some kids their school is their safe haven. She shows how valuable extracurricular activities and after school programs are when she says,” Before and after school programs are cut and we are told that public school are not made for baby-sitting children. If parents are neglectful temporarily or permanently, for whatever reason, it’s certainly sad, but their unlucky children must fend for themselves. (Barry 724-725) There are children in our communities that depend on the school to keep them safe and to offer protection when their parents are unable to do that but the schools are
A school should be a safe haven for
I was constantly fretting about my grandmother’s safety. While I was waiting for Mass to finish, I cried a little bit because I didn’t know if everything was going to be all right. I care for my grandmother a lot because she is my only grandparent alive. Since she lives all the way in the Philippines, I rarely get to see her. We never realize how much we care for a person, until they are almost gone.
When I was younger, one of the first things people would ask me when we met was “Where are you from?” In response, I always said, “McKeesport”, but felt contempt every time that word left my mouth because I knew my hometown was a cesspool of poverty and demoralization. Even though I still know McKeesport is a bad place to live, the feeling attached to my response to inquiries about my hometown has changed. Instead of contempt, I feel determined to enact a citywide metamorphosis. Growing up, there were two contrasts in my life.
When I first started reading the book, ‘No Matter How Loud I Shout,’ by Alex Kotlowitz, I didn’t know what to expect as I have not learned a lot about what life is like in public housing. One thing which surprised me was, in the preface, Lajoe, when asked about writing a book about her children and the children in the area, she replied that they could but that, “there are no children here. They’ve seen too much to be children.” This surprised me because I didn’t know that public housing could be so bad that children could grow up too fast. After reading more into the book though, I can understand why Lajoe said what she said.
Lynda Barry in her work The Sanctuary of School, wrote about her life as a kid with a toxic family life where she relied on school to be a place she feels secure. She tried to escape from her toxic family by going to school; was the only way for her to relieve her mind. The school granted her freedom to draw and provided her a safe place to stay. Painting and drawing was the only activity that made her happy. By doing these activities were the only way to express herself.
Imagine life in four walls: no dining room, no bedroom, just the kitchen and a shared room for three. To go to the bathroom or kitchen, it had to cross the courtyard. That was my house. I was born in the Dominican Republic and I lived with my grandmother and my sister who is two years older than me. That one room was where we ate, slept and lived.
Throughout the years of my life i have moved in and out of many houses, but none of them was as important to me as the one on Burrell street. This house although was small was also comfortable. The backyard had a garden. Fresh smell of vegetables filled the air. It was always taken care by my mom, sister, and I.
My grandmother was teacher by profession. She was always there to help me and guide me with the school and social work. My grandmother used to go extra miles to help her students in their problems. As I was inspired from her I also began helping people and being available for them in time of need. However at times I used to get frustrated but then she was there to support me and to advise me on difficult situations.
