After he talks about his classmates, he introduces the audience to his teacher. He gives the audience a hint of what the teacher’s personality is like by saying that she “marched” into the classroom. Once the author says the word “marched”, the audience automatically thinks of a military officer. With this in the audience's minds, they can infer that the teacher is very serious, strict, and rude. This inference is then confirmed when the teacher says that the students who haven’t learned certain things before starting her class, don’t belong there. What his teacher said is ironic because teachers are supposed to help their students understand and improve in the things they are having a hard time with. They aren’t supposed to make their students feel like it is impossible for them improve in things that they aren’t good at. After the teacher is introduced, she makes her students introduce themselves to class in French. Since the students were still learning French, they all gave simple answers due to their limited vocabulary. With every response the students made, the teacher would use sarcasm to mock it. As a result, her sarcasm made the students go through “an occasion of shame”. This is ironic because teachers are supposed to be encouraging their students not emotionally breaking them down. With this, the audience feels like the same would happen to David, but it acted as a motivation for the author to improve at understanding
After he talks about his classmates, he introduces the audience to his teacher. He gives the audience a hint of what the teacher’s personality is like by saying that she “marched” into the classroom. Once the author says the word “marched”, the audience automatically thinks of a military officer. With this in the audience's minds, they can infer that the teacher is very serious, strict, and rude. This inference is then confirmed when the teacher says that the students who haven’t learned certain things before starting her class, don’t belong there. What his teacher said is ironic because teachers are supposed to help their students understand and improve in the things they are having a hard time with. They aren’t supposed to make their students feel like it is impossible for them improve in things that they aren’t good at. After the teacher is introduced, she makes her students introduce themselves to class in French. Since the students were still learning French, they all gave simple answers due to their limited vocabulary. With every response the students made, the teacher would use sarcasm to mock it. As a result, her sarcasm made the students go through “an occasion of shame”. This is ironic because teachers are supposed to be encouraging their students not emotionally breaking them down. With this, the audience feels like the same would happen to David, but it acted as a motivation for the author to improve at understanding