Report of Frank´s teaching

This is a kind of report that a superviser made after having observed Frank´s job with Rita...

“I have been observing the job that you have done so far in this course and I could clearly see some good points that you worked on.
The way you have been teaching was quite good. That is, the class has shown some challenge to respond to your requirements, homework, and texts to read and debate. I could see that you improved very much since last year where there was not any kind of discussion related to the material presented.
However, I did not see if you have tried some extra activities to reinforce the learning of this student. What about going to the theatre or to another cultural event? This might have helped more to see that literature is not just a subject but something that can be related to our lives… It would be great if you try this new experiences with the class for a next time, would you Frank?
On the other hand, the student’s papers have shown me that you worked with material quite think-provoking. Although in the beginning of this course, she just wrote few words as an answer to your questions, and then I could see that she has improved gradually as regards the topics she developed and even her vocabulary and the way she put her ideas together showed how much she has improved.”

PRoGrAmMe Of sTuDy

During all the play Rita has experienced some changes in her life as a result of her education. What is more, she has gained and simultaneously she has suffered different things.
She has gained confidence in herself as well as new experiences and the “power” to take her own choices.
I think that this self-confidence can be seen when she comes back from the summer school. Since then she considers herself as one of the “proper students” because she is more acquainted of the things she has learned and she is not afraid of showing what she knows. Because of all this (her self-confidence) as a consequence she has also gained new experiences. That is, she is now open to new things and to new challenges.
As regards taking her own choices, this is the most important thing she has been able to achieve. Now she decides what to do with her life and she knows that that is thanked to education.

I consider that Educating Rita is a play about the clash of class and culture since two persons from different social backgrounds get together because of education; in way they have some conflicts because of their belonging to different social classes.
One of those persons is Rita who is eager to be a well-educated person since she knows that this would help her to change her life for the better, so that she goes to the Open University. There she finds a different new world where there are different things, attitudes, and people with a different culture. There she meets Frank that “belongs” to that new world. He is the one who teaches her new things and also who helps her in this new process of her life.
When I said that they have some conflicts, I referred to the different ideas and attitudes that they have towards life, for example. Their cultural and social backgrounds may have caused those little confrontations between them.