HW 49

For my class film, we did a scenario where there was a student being bullied and one of the other students steps in to save the bullied student from the bully and stands up to the bully. Back in the classroom, the teacher is trying to get the students attention unsuccessfully and nobody is listening to him and keeps talking back and throwing things around. Students just keep walking out of the classroom and keep talking back. After a while, the teacher silences the students and starts talking to them about why what we are learning is important and plays a song for us that resonates with what we are learning. The hero student talks back to the teacher saying what he is teaching them is stupid.

I was one of the students in the classroom not listening to the teacher. The teacher gives me a piece of paper and tells me to write my ideas and thoughts on it but i roll my eyes at him and say no.

This story is different than most because there really isn't a hero student in the other films but it's similar to other super-teacher films because the students misbehave and treat the teachers very badly and it takes a while for the students to finally start listening to the teacher. The part where the teacher (Andy) gives us the paper to write things on is similar to "Freedom Writers" where Hilary Swank's character gives her students a notebook to write their problems out. The teacher tries to connect to the students.

I think that "saving" students is something every educator wants to do because I can imagine that it does feel really good to help young people who are in trouble and make their adult lives better. Saving people is a good thing and if a higher authority, which is in this case a teacher, is able to better someone's life, it is a big accomplishment. Teachers who do this are regarded as very good teachers ad have films made about them. I think that teachers who are able to actually able to teach students life skills and not just math, science, etc, that is very important because book smart won't get a person anywhere without life skills. I think it's admirable if a teacher helps students who are in dire need of help more than teachers who just are able to connect with students who are well off but just don't want to focus.