This is the second movie that we had watched for Dr.Jaya’s class last week. The storyline of the movie is based on a true story of an energetic and creative teacher who leaves his hometown to teach in a New York City Public school. The lead actor for this movie is Matthew Perry.
I am impressed by the patience of the teacher towards his rebellious students. He set up rules for his class. One of the rules that impressed me most is “we are one family”. He wanted to create a friendly and loving learning environment for the students. From the rule, I know that the teacher is trying to build trust of the students toward him. Although it seems impossible to make the whole class to obey the rules at first, however the patience and the passions showed by Mr. Clark had changed the students’ character amazingly. It really shows me how important for a teacher to be patient.
This movie helps me a lot in my future teaching. I like the idea used by the teacher which he asked all the students come in front one by one to light up the candles on a big cake. This shows that they are united, they are in one family.
I agree with you that this is an excellent and extremely interesting film of a teacher in the New York City school system. While the movie is terrific and a joy to watch, it is unfortunately unrealistic. I give the movie A+ for effort because this is the way that situations like this should turn out but they don't.
ReplyDeleteYes, Clark gets it right by putting down the rules. Did you notice how quickly most of the class turned from being recalcitrant’s to ardent listeners? Unfortunately, this does not happen in 99% of our classrooms in the city.
In addition, teachers do not get the support of supervisors as at first shown in the film. The latter does an excellent job of showing the home environment of the pupils. Obviously, from dysfunctional homes, this type of environment is not at all conducive to learning.