In my best attempt to save myself some time, instead of breaking down how I feel about this writing, I will simply break down what it contains. Wysocki first emphasizes text and it’s change over time, and the significance of it in different mediums, magazines, books, games, web etc. She segways into describing a game that has a different intention than a more conventional game where leveling or annihilating your opponents is not your intent. The game gives you a view as if it were your own and trusts you with the task of rebuilding a garden that has been destroyed. You rebuild through problem solving and listening to different audio files with philisophical characters. She then speaks of a book written by Mark C. Taylor. He covers a span of subjects from skin and tattoos, to skin in regards to fashion and the clothing we wear. The final subject she covers is websites intentions, in regard to their audience. She speaks of a helpful tutorial in Word where the voiceover is female, and seemingly white with no obvious accent. She brings all of these elements together in a way that emphasizes the importance of how different items are presented to us, and what we need to do to break them down. Basically, this way of thinking about material can make you more effective at engaging and keeping your audience’s attention.  

Dr Ishtiaq Hussain, Dr Hafiz Inamullah, Dr Naseer u Din. “An Analysis of Teaching Behaviors That are Ineffective in Teaching Learning Process.” www.articlebase.com. 25 Feb. 2011 web. 5 Sept. 2007

“Teacher is a Prophet, teacher is an artist, teacher is a friend, teacher is a citizen, teacher is an interpreter, teacher is a builder and teacher is a believer” (Hussain). Dr. Hussain adds this quote in the beginning of his article outlining what he feels a teacher should embody. Straight out of the gates, he represents not only the importance of the teacher, but illustrates a teacher as needing to be better than others. In the general tone of this article, you come to understand that Dr. Hussain feels that there is only one effective method of teaching. There also is very strong bias to a specific personality type that a teacher should have. This was an easy bias to pull out of this reading because it bullet points specific characteristics, which he feels the “best” teachers will have.

1. Teacher must be an ideal person.

2. Teacher is a personification of the reality.

3. He is co-worker God in perfecting man.

4. He is the priest of man spiritual heritage.

5. He is perfactor of mind.

6. He is the maker of democracies.

7. He is the apostle of peace and progress.

8. He is the philosopher, friend and guide.

9. He is the compendium of all virtue.

10. He is the spiritual symbol of right conduct.

11. He possesses the best spiritual qualities of mankind (Safiullah, 2001).

While reading through this list, there was a very real sense of how a persons interests, culture, and faith will mold their beliefs. This article was written on two different schools located in Islamabad City. This is important to note because when you look at the characteristics highlighted needed for effective teachers there is an emphasis on religion. The United States, is founded under a creed written on our money, in God we trust. While this was a huge factor and belief when we first established our country, a spiritual leader would be one of the last factors that would be noted as a good teacher here in the United States. After this breakdown of the personality type, that is the model of the ideal teacher, he continues with examples of instances where teachers should be better than their peer groups. I will just name a few for the sake of space.

· They are more friendly than the average adult.

· They are more cooperative and agreeable than the average adult.

· They are more restrained than the average adult.

· They are more objective than the average adult.

· They are more tolerant than the average adult (Mohan, 1992).

         He goes on further continuing to list additional characteristics that teachers have that are more appealing than their fellow adults. It is obvious through these examples that he does not feel like the intelligence, or content given is as important as the individual. There is an obvious feeling that if placed in a room of teachers, and given the opportunity to chastise them for their shortcomings the emphasis would not be on test scores. The emphasis would be on the classroom being an environment where learning is flourishing, and encouraged.

         This article was written in a very academic manner, there is no signs showing interest to entertain. The boarders are straight white, and the text is the same font throughout. There are a few advertisements, littered throughout the rest of the page. The advertisements have little to nothing to do with the content of the writing, which is indicative of a database, which collects a broad genre of subject matter.