Simone Michalik 10AGR
‘Hard Times’
‘Hard Times is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was created in sections; Sowing, Reaping and Cornering. Education was very strict and normal with opinions being forbidden. Gradgrind states “Facts alone are wanted in life”
The school was not a stimulating place and you weren’t allowed to get your point across, there are also all different ages in one classroom. It was a dark and gloomy room and there was no communication between the teacher and the pupils. The pupils were numbered and never named, by there proper name. You were not praised if you did well but Gradgrind was pleased with Bitzer as he corrects sissy by saying a factual answer to the definition of a horse. Gradgrind’s view on education was opinions aren’t wanted and to be successful in life all you need are facts. Gradgrind say’s “what I want is facts.”