A review of three articles; "Can Generation X-ers Be Trained?" by Shari Caudron, "A Tale of Four Learners" by Bernice McCarthy, and "Intergenerational Learning" by Corey Murray and David Bank.
Abstract This paper reviews three articles on the topic of teaching and learning; "Can Generation X-ers Be Trained?" by Shari Caudron, which focuses on training in the business environment; "A Tale of Four Learners" by Bernice McCarthy, which focuses on the school environment; and "Intergenerational Learning" by Corey Murray and David Bank, which focuses on the community college environment. The paper summarizes the articles and discusses ways in which they could be improved upon. The author also compares and contrasts the articles against one another.
From the Paper "Having noted the above, the article could benefit from a clearer explication of different teaching methods that could work not only for the different groups, but for integrated groups as well. Another limitation is that the article differentiates between two age groups, without acknowledging that there could be learning style differences within a single age group. While therefore accepting that there could be different learning styles, the article still treats these somewhat simplistically."
Abstract This paper discusses how the heroine, Frankie Adams, of Carson McCullers' "The Member of the Wedding" is primarily defined by her familial relationships. It looks at how Frankie seems ostracized from what is left of her biological family, even though she is not consciously aware of this fact. It concludes that Frankie learns that family is not particular to brothers, fathers, or mothers, but can be found within the hearts of anyone who cares enough to listen and understand her needs, thoughts, and feelings.
From the Paper "Although Frankie does not realize her confusion about growing up until she talks to Bernice, Frankie's childlike status and need for a mother soon becomes clear when the reader leans she is scared to sleep alone. Early on in the book, she demands that her six-year-old cousin stay overnight to keep her company. However, like the twelve-year-old she is, Frankie is also determined to seem like a young woman and conceal her feelings of neediness and desire for protection, as she tries to seem mature before her father when he informs her of her uncle's death. Her family does not see this need for protection and maturity all at once--they are too preoccupied with the wedding. Only Bernice truly understands Frankie's emotional conflict, as a mother should."
