1. when the student is late to class and the gym teacher freaks out and says that the rule needs to be reinforced regardless the circumstance. This is an example of Gatto's opinion on how students are supposed to react to authority. "Schools are to establish fixed habits of reaction to authority. This, of course, precludes critical judgment completely"
2.When the gym teacher is trying to get her entire class to perform at the same standard when not all of them are at the same standard. this pairs with Gatto saying "This might well be called "the conformity function," because its intention is to make children as alike as possible"
3.when the assistant principle starts mediating conflicts with kids getting in trouble by fighting, bad grades, ect. Gatto describes this as "determining each student's proper social role"
4.when the history teacher tries to be friends with his students vs. being a teacher to them. I believe this is an example of what freire thinks is a good thing although its proven to be very bad.
5. When the new history teacher is uninterested in deciphering how to teach his students and instead believes himself not right for the job. This illustrates Gatto's explanation of teachers being bored, even in the break room, where there was also a scene In the teachers lounge of exactly that.
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