Dangerous Mind-ch.5 to 9

Ch 5.

Mrs West, you have a lovely daughter- In this chapter Ms J, noticed Callie West, who had a disrespectful behavior. She was always boring and annoyed during the class period. So Ms J tried something else. She decided to send a note to her students’ parents telling them how great they were. And so she did with Callie’s mum and made her feel very proud of her. When Callie found about it, she changed her attitude right away. She was happy and she made an effort to make her best in her studies. 

Ch.6

Thunder bolt Jones

In this chapter Ms. J had a lot of troubles, because she went to work on a summer school. She had problems because nobody wants to study in summer. In this school she had a confrontation with a boy who was named Troy Jones. He was very rude and was involved in lots of fights. She had to inform direction about all the problems she was having. She was very sad to end up her summer job like that.

Ch.7

´´Let’s talk`` by yours truly

In this chapter Ms. J was about to quit her job because she was very down, because her students showed disinterested all the time. She was willing to change it, so she mixed their students. Everybody was working together and they started to know each other.

Consequently, Troy Jones, gave her his essay and it said how a great teacher she was, very concerned about her students and very dynamic. After that, Jones and Ms. J created a strong bond based on enthusiasm and confidence. 

Ch.8

“If Your Only Tool Is a Hammer”

Miss Johnson had a bright student in English-P class. His name was Danny Morton. He was very hyperactive, because he juggled with a rubber ball in classes and if she asked him to stop, he started drumming his fingertips on the desk by accident. Ms. J noticed that Danny had a problem because he didn’t do that on purpose. After she talked to Hal about it, she thought Hal was wrong about Danny doing drugs. Ms. J decided to help him because she thought she couldn’t miss such a bright boy as Danny. So she made him an offer. She invited him to participate in ACL class. After participating in the class, he got real better on his writing and Ms. J was very happy and satisfied with his result.

Ch9.

This chapter is about a boy named Attiba Mack, who was really disrespectful boy and had a lot of trouble. He used to fight with everyone and everybody was afraid of him, also teachers. That’s why they let him do whatever he wanted.

Ms J, tried to help him, but he refused her help because he just didn’t need anybody’s help.