You just got schooled! This phrase hasn't been said in Gordon Korman’s Blockbuster book “Schooled” yet it is very appropriate because many of the major characters have been schooled in very ironic ways. To be schooled means to be taught a lesson just phrased in a more slang like way. The root word of schooled is school which is derived from the greek word “skhole”. The suffix is ed which refers to past tense and is originated from old english. To summarize the meaning of schooled is to be taught lesson in the past. One of these characters who has been included in this chain of schooling is Capricorn Anderson. Capricorn Anderson is a 13 year old boy who has been isolated from the outside world for his whole life but after his hippie grandmother is injured because of this he is forced to join the outside world. An example of Cap being schooled is on page 180 it
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Kasigi. Mr. Kasigi is the careless principal of Claverage middle school who I believe should be fired since he is letting all of this bullying occur upon Cap in the beginning of the book. An example of Mr. Kasigi getting schooled is on page 151 it states,” If these checks were bouncing, it meant the money in the Student Activities Fund was gone!”. The schooling here is Kasagi who had just came from a successful meeting with an included a job offer only to return to find out that the fund was completely gone leaving no capability for a Halloween school dance which, makes him not only look bad in front of his students but also his superiors. Even after this event Kasigi stays the same personality wise and is considered to me as static.
To conclude this is why I believe that “Schooled” is a very appropriate title for this book because many characters are schooled or spoken or taught a lesson. The characters I had included are Mr. Kasigi, Cap, and Zach Powers. My question is have you ever been schooled? If so why? And by
Kasigi. Mr. Kasigi is the careless principal of Claverage middle school who I believe should be fired since he is letting all of this bullying occur upon Cap in the beginning of the book. An example of Mr. Kasigi getting schooled is on page 151 it states,” If these checks were bouncing, it meant the money in the Student Activities Fund was gone!”. The schooling here is Kasagi who had just came from a successful meeting with an included a job offer only to return to find out that the fund was completely gone leaving no capability for a Halloween school dance which, makes him not only look bad in front of his students but also his superiors. Even after this event Kasigi stays the same personality wise and is considered to me as static.
To conclude this is why I believe that “Schooled” is a very appropriate title for this book because many characters are schooled or spoken or taught a lesson. The characters I had included are Mr. Kasigi, Cap, and Zach Powers. My question is have you ever been schooled? If so why? And by