Sunday, 31 August 2008
One week after meeting her teacher, Rita comes back to Frank's office for her tutorial. She has prepared a paper on the book Rubyfruit Jungle, but it is not what Frank expected. I think that the fact that Frank explaines to her why it isn't correct and what she should do in order to improve it, and then he listens to Rita's point of view about other book he mentions shows us that he wants to understand her and help her graduate, eventhough he doesn't want to be her teacher. Eventhough Rita has a different background as a working-class woman, and knows nothing about the world of literature, Frank listens to her and doesn't understimates her. That's part of being a good teacher, to enable the student to be critical and to express his or her opinion. Rita is very perseptive and also talkative. She wants to test her teacher and observes the room meticuluosly, trying to learn more about him. But Frank brings her back to the topic of discussion and reminds her that learning means a lot of work.
