The films we have watched (Stand and Deliver, Mona Lisa Smile, Waiting for Superman, and Chalk)
all revolve around students and education. The films showed many contrasting aspects of students from different cultures, backgrounds, and environments. It seems that in the films it showed many of the students being disobedient and leaving it up to teachers to partake in being the responsible ones and trying to figure out ways to have their students get along with them and their peers. It looked as if the students were being disobedient because the material they were learning was boring. For example, in Chalk, Mr. Lowrey is a first year teacher teaching history and he appeared to be nervous and very unsure of what or how he was going to teach his class. His students built off of his energy and quickly took advantage of him and the situation. I think as a teacher you need to be confident, take charge and know what the plan of action is for your class. Teachers should have an agenda and I think the agenda would help the students be prepared for that day's lesson. I think that students relate more to teachers who are engaging, fun and social. Students challenges in K-12 education today is not being able to relate to their teachers and being able to turn to their teachers for help. Teachers should reach out to their students and let them know that there are resources out there to help them if needed and they shouldn't feel embarrassed about it. Since the U.S. is ranked so high in confidence, students a possibly ashamed to ask for the help they need. Students may also face troubles at home and I feel like this effects their education. Worrying about what is going on at home and then going to school and not understanding the material can be frustrating, especially for a young adult. They are going through changes with their body, changes at home, and on top of that school work. Resources should always be made available to students and I think they are not providing enough of that in schools.
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