Grillos first experience with an American teacher affected his outlook on life and education because after that experience grillo became shut out of reality, would get in trouble at school more often and became defiant.
Grillos first time in school affected him deeply because after being treated badly by his first American teacher he became more shut out of reality. Grillo would be seated away from the whole class because he didn’t speak English and the teacher never knew what to do with him. Grillo explains that he was treated like this regularly and it eventually became a routine, we this to be true when the story reads “I just stayed in the back of the class, building blocks. It got so every morning I would put my lunch and coat away, and walk to my my corner where I stayed the whole day long. It forced me to be more withdrawn.” Due to the lack of care and constant isolation, Grillo eventually became lost in his own mind, which made him hate school in various ways and made him become shut out of reality. …show more content…
After this incident Grillos attitude got so bad that his parents got a call from the school that if he skipped class or proceeded with trouble anymore he would be expelled. As a result of Grillos behavior Grillo was put into classes for troublemakers and “ would be isolated from the rest of the school population and forced to pick up trash and clean graffiti during the rest of the school year.” Grillo became a troubled student in school after his experience in middle