Precious

Claireece Precious Jones

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By reading this beautiful name, the reader might get the idea of a beautiful girl with a beautiful life. However, the reality for Precious is really opposite to that. She leads a poor life where she is abused sexually by her own father, being beaten by her own mother, and illiterate.

This movie is about Precious and her hope.

"dont lie to me, love aint ever done anything for me, it beats me down."

The sentences that had been uttered by Precious brings me close to tears.

From a teacher perspective, the first thing that a teacher needs to do is to make them feel loved by you. The teacher herself need to show the affection towards the students so that they will believe in you and open up to. As in the story, Ms.Rain had done a good job because she kept telling Precious how "precious" she is and make her believes that she is able to be loved.

Documentary

Freaky documentary on teachers

with the theme of

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"50% of teachers quit within their first three years"

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The first sentences shown on the screen really scares me. In that instance, I think I will contribute to that possible 50%.

This documentary is about four teachers with different challenges that they need to overcome. One of them having problem in teaching itself. He is inexperienced teacher who kind of awkward in teaching because he never teach before. So, he end up being bully by his students and go through the hard experience in getting his students attention.

Other than problems with teaching, these teachers also experience the problems with their peers (another teacher). This increase the tension among these teacher, and later affects their relationship with their love one.

From this documentary, I found that you need to have brave heart in order to be a teacher. It wasn't as easy as it may seem, because there are lots of challenges that you need to face. A teacher also need to have faith in their students so that they will achieve what you wanted them to achieve. One more thing that hinder some teacher from quitting is;

The Passion;

to be a teacher.

That is the one thing that i never have (T_T)

Finding Forrester

In this movie, the racial prejudice is once again been highlighted.

Jamal Wallace, able to attract the attention of a prestiges New York prep school because of his scores in standardized tests.

However, that is not the only thing that gives Jamal advantages. He is a good basketball player, which is the main reason for his acceptance to the school.

Later, Jamal befriend with a famous writer who lives in seclusion. Jamal's life in school is hard because plenty of students didn't like him because of his color. The situation get worse as his teacher also show the racial prejudice.

The moral value that I can get from this story is to never underestimate your students' ability. Other than that, both teacher and student are able to make some changes in each other's life. Jamal had gain skills in writing and at the same time he changes Forrester's life.

Crazy Joe

The movie "Lean On Me" is totally different from the movie that my classmates and I watched during the movie session.

Why is that so?

First of all, the previous movie shows the teachers with great manner and approach their students with appropriate way. Elementary school principal, Joe Clark a.k.a Crazy Joe is quit radical in handling his students. When he enters the school, he dismisses hundreds of students with drug problems. His action creates havoc in Parents Teacher Meeting as they view his action is too drastic.

Secondly, the previous movie shows teacher with good relationship with the person around them. Crazy Joe shows the different value in handling the people around him. He works according his wish without giving another person get in the way. As a result, his relationship with the person around him get worse. The school atmosphere is so tense that some of the teacher get suspended and quit their jobs.

In my opinion, Crazy Joe is too strict in handling this situation. He should have been more lenient with his staff because they are the important aspect in creating a school. However, we need different method in handling different situation. He had done the best that he can do in order to save the school. Finally, the school is saved and the students able to achieve the standardize results.

Ron Clark Story

I have another story of an honorable teacher!!

This story is about a teacher that turns down his stable life in order to challenge his ability as a teacher. He leaves the school in his suburban North California hometown, where he is appreciated by both his fellow teachers and students. He moves to a tough inner city school, where the students are segregated by their abilities. The principal suggests a class with good achievement but he wanted to teach the most disadvantage class. As expected, the teaching get tougher as the students refuse to learn. So, this teacher started to get to know his students by mingle around with them, get to know their background and share the problem that they faces.

Would you do the same if you were a teacher?

As for me, it is a really hard question. First of all, i am not that confident in myself as a teacher. So, instead of challenging myself to the limit,Ii would find the easy way out. I would stay at the school which provides me security I needed, and with the fellow friends that respect me. It is nice to hear this kind of story, where the teacher is willingly to sacrifices, but it took a lot of courage to become one.

little Bee queen

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same"

(Marianne Williamson)

"That I am not supposed to be afraid? Afraid of me...." (Aqeelah)

In this movie, once again the importance of the teacher has been highlighted. Dr. Larabee, an English professor plays a major role in motivating Aqeelah to achieve what she had achieved. At first, the traetment of Dr.Larabee seems too rough for this little girl. But, when I think back, that's the best way in handling this situation. The environment that surrounds this little girl really makes her afraid to outshine others. But, with lillte push from Dr.Larabee, she becomes stronger.

Extraordinary Women

"seeks truth beyond tradition, beyond definition, beyond the image."

The phrase above was quoted from the movie that I watch last thursday, Mona Lisa's smile. The movie is about an art teacher, Katherine Anne Watson, who inspires her students to break free from the traditional women's role (housewives). She receives various reaction towards her method of teaching because the Wellesley College is a conservative women's private liberal arts college. She uses the modern art to open up her students' eyes towards the idea of feminism.

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One of the scene that really catches my attention is the first day she entered the class. At first, all the students seems so nice and attentive. Later, when the teaching begin, the students starts to show off their knowledge. The students already memorize everything in the text book resulting the lost of interest among them. Katherine was speechless dismissed the class earlier than expected. I really hope that this WILL NOT happen to me later on. I am freaking out already.

To overcome this problem, Katherine uses the materials (modern art), to teach her students. Her students starts to learn something new from the new approach and getting closer to her. However, the college didn't accept her way of teaching by stating that she unable to follow the syllabus. Then, the college starts to monitor her class by asking her to submit the lesson plan before the class for approval. She quits her job.

From the movie, I realize that you have to sacrifice many things in order to become a great teacher. You may gain your students affection but there will always be the obstacle that limits you from doing the good deed.