The schools are different because Garfield was a public school and Welton was a private school. Garfield was coeducation and Welton was an all-boys school. Welton was a boarding school and Garfield was not. Teachers at Garfield were not well educated in their subject and at Welton teachers were well educated and some of them were prior students at the school. Students at Garfield were more openly defiant while students at Welton were more reserved even though they wanted to be defiant. No bar was set at Garfield but at Welton perfection was expected. The pressures at Garfield were to give in to not caring or your nerd and the pressures of home life where the pressures at Garfield were to be perfect and live up to your parents’ expectation. Another difference was that they tried at Welton to make school their whole life and the students wanted to push away from school and try other things and at Garfield school was seen as a joke and students in the end wanted more education.
I like what you said, "students at Garfield were more openly defiant while students at Welton were more reserved even though they WANTED to be defiant." Good observations!
ReplyDeleteYou had really great comparisons and differences listed here! I especially liked that you stated that the students at Welton treated school as their whole life, while at Garfield it was a joke. Nicely done!
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