The movie "lean on me" opens with a brief sequence demonstrating a man named Joe Clark beginning at a well-run Eastside High school in Patterson, NJ in the 1960s. Soon after he gets fired. It proceeds to 20 years later, with Clark pretty much cheerfully instructing in a decent school in a pleasant neighborhood. We get a redesigned take of Eastside High, which has turned into a generally minority secondary school, where roughness, medication managing and intimidation are unavoidable truths that apply to everyone. Zero learning happens with the whole school receiving very low scores on a basic skills test. John Avildsen, the executive, demonstrates the damnation of Eastside High with hallways resembling a cross between a jail uproar and a Hells' Angel rally. “Crazy” Joe as some called him seemed to be the …show more content…
only man equipped for turning this circumstance around. He returned back to Eastside high with a striking attitude. Mr.
Clark’s first solution was to call an all-school get together, assembling all the druggies and troublemakers in front of an audience, and expel them all at once. He then starts to stalk the school hallways, authorizing his own particular rule of dread. Throughout the movie Clark makes both wrong and right decisions. He is a truly grieved man since his wife left him in the past. As the motion picture advances, Clark experiences an identity change; developing, and beginning to figure out how to be sentimental toward others. Nevertheless, Clark’s stubborn and outrageous personality still cleans up Eastside High. The school eventually passes a state capability exam, so the school can stay under neighborhood control and not be assumed control by the state. "Lean on me" is around a disciplinary procedure. The film's most heartfelt scene has Clark in front of an audience at a pre-exam enthusiasm rally, raging and raving and driving the school melody, as though the test were a football game. You can't breeze through a test just on the grounds that your spirits are high. Clark's rule of open embarrassment somehow impacted this whole school test scores and school
dynamic. "Lean on me" has been generally sneak-reviewed, as a major aspect to promoting methodology. At times I was somewhat irritated by Clark's identity. However, when I think of the fact that Clark truly exists, so this is a "genuine" story I have a better acceptance. Also that wild secondary schools like Eastside need a solid overseer to whip them into shape, and Hollywood makes so few movies like this that it's an obligation to bolster them, regardless of what I truly think. However, the reality of the matter is that extreme schools need tough educators. "Lean on me" needs to be taken as a genuine, even respectable film around an excellent man. He dealt with cultural diversity, analyzed educational developments and changed the school environment in order to have better success. His aggressive attitude and speeches somehow enhanced the student’s motivation to learn and do better for themselves. Clark continuously showed concern about the students, becoming an acting father figure. The respect he demanded from the children they were not receiving within their home environments. His empowering speeches also brought unity within the school. Students began to push each other to accomplish a common goal. He also listened to the students more then he listened to the faculty, he ensured student safety. Joe Clark changed the whole system of Eastside High making it a home away from home for most.
“Fremont High School” an essay written by Jonathan Kozol presents a high school in need of transformation and support with educational advancement. Kozol writes about the limited educational opportunities available to the students that attend this lower class institution. Kozol addresses the overcrowding of this institution and lack of consistent staffing. The purpose of Kozol 's essay is to illustrate that lack of opportunity based on social class is an active crisis in the United States educational system, whereas addressing this crisis in the essay, Kozol would hope to achieve equal opportunities available to all socioeconomic class institutions.
Another instance where the plot creates ideas about the film’s diegesis is during the scene when Dean and Veronica are killing Kurt and Ram in the woods. After the second gun shot, the camera goes inside of a police car where two offers are smoking marijuana. This gives the idea that law enforcement are idiots and have no control. A third example of the plot creating ideas about the film’s diegesis is in the conversations youth have with authority figures. For example, the two conversations Veronica has with her parents on the back porch are nearly identical. This shows that in the film’s world parents and other figures of authority are morons and are not given respect at all. The film’s narration creates the idea of the stupidity of popularity while advocating for the social justice amongst peers in a high school setting. The story of the film is told through the actions of Veronica as she tears apart the social hierarchy at her school through a series of murders which leads to putting her on top of the social ladder. After this, Veronica befriends Martha Dunstock. By doing so, she destroys the social hierarchy at her school, bringing social justice to all
Lean on Me is a movie that focuses on an abrasive and tough principal that has been called to whip the underprivileged inner city school of Eastside High into shape to avoid being run by the state as opposed to the local school board. This movie brought about the controversial character of Mr. Joe Clark was played by Morgan Freeman.
The first student we meet is Nate Marshal from Whitney Young Magnet High School on the west side of Chicago. The school uses standardized test scores and grades to determine who gets in. The kids that go there are smart, and eager to learn, which is a stark contrast to most of the other schools we see. A good school however does not prevent Nate from seeing the bad side to Chicago. He takes the camera crew to an area around his neighborhood where he points to places he’s gotten jumped, or seen a dead body.
By showing his authority, through methods of discipline, he shown the students of Eastside High who’s in charge, Mr. Clark’s methods may be a little unorthodox but they do work. By using his methods of discipline, he was able to show the students who’s in charge and what he can do to either help or hinder them. As was shown in the movie the first way he had shown what he could do was by expelling all of the drug dealing and misbehaving students. From the evidence shown, Joe Clark was a highly controversial principle of Eastside High; walking through the halls, bullhorn and bat in hand driving away the drug dealers and thugs of the school, as well as suspending over 300 students on his first day at the school. What the evidence shown here is showing that even on his first day of work at the school he had brought his A-game getting rid of all students who wouldn’t help the other students.
Joe Clark was a former elementary school principal and teacher at Eastside high 20 years. Once hired as Eastside High principal, Clark was determined to change Eastside High around and make a difference in the community and the students live. When entering Eastside, Clark could see that his goals would not be easy to accomplish. Walking through the halls of Eastside High, Clark could see students misbehaving in the classrooms and hallways, teacher struggling to maintain order in their own classrooms, administration unable to enforce control over the students, students using profanity and disrespecting the teachers and each other. After seeing what was going on in Eastside High, Clark began to enforce his rules in a matter of days.
The film is based on a true story that took place in Virginia in 1971, in which two schools are integrated into T.C. Williams High School. The school also hires an equally successful coach to replace the previous coach, but many see it as just another form of integration, but many undermine the fact that he’s an excellent coach regardless of his race. As Coach Boone moves into the neighborhood, he faces direct as well as indirect displays racial discrimination. It’s truly unfortunate that seems to have adapted to this kind of ‘lifestyle’. When tryouts for the school’s football team are held, only black students tryout, the previous all-white team will only stay on the condition that their old coach stays as well. Racial barriers between the coaches and especially the players is
Today I, as a freshman, witnessed probably the biggest plot twist of all time at Mount Juliet High School. Everyone was running to the gym for the year’s final pep rally, which we all call “moving on up”. Everyone wanted to be at the front of their class for this pep rally. With all this excitement running up to the pep rally, it was fairly easy for this fight to take place.
The students are showing more respect for the principal throughout the movie. Joe Clark creates a school song, which teaches the students respect and how to be an active member in the community. Joe realizes that he is getting through the students when he makes a group of students to sing the school song he is astounded by how talented and gifted his students are. The inside of the school has changed. The walls had graffiti and some of the lockers didn’t have any doors. The school now is very decorative. The school has color on the walls and beautiful murals. There are signs and words to motivate the students. For example, there is a painting that says how many days until the state exam. Another way he has changed the school is that he has created bonds with his students. He knows all the students names and greets them in the hallways. He also makes sure that if a student has any problems than he should come to him. Lastly, he has changed the teachers. He made the teachers realize that they need to care more about the students and get the help that they need. They need good teachers to make an impact in their learning. In summary, Joe Clark has turned the school around and totally changed the cultural and climate of the
He said that he’d been scared to tell his mother he was kicked out of school. Clark then looked into his paperwork and noticed that he was expelled for smoking cocaine. He brought Sams to the roof and explained the consequences of crack cocaine. Although he let Sams back in school, Clark made it obvious that if he messed up in any way, there would be problems. Then, another expelled student intrudes the school and gets in an altercation with another student. When Mr. Clark rushed in, the expelled student pulled a knife on the new principal. Those were just some of the problems that he had to deal with. Knowingly breaking the fire code, he ordered all doors be chained shut in a serious effort to keep drug dealers out. He fired the music teacher for arguing with him in front of students and suspends a coach/ English teacher. Later that day, he has a meeting with Dr. Napier (The person who suggested him for the job) reminding him to stop with his crazy antics or his efforts will be in the wrong spotlight. Practice test scores come back and they are not where they need to be. Mr. Clark then gets into action. He makes new student policies, dress code guidelines and a strong disciplinary system. Broken lockers and furniture was fixed also. Walls were repainted. Security kept out all drug dealers. Over the school year, Crazy Joe became a father
To me the primary leader is Joe Clark in Lean on Me. The reason why I would say he is a leader because of the way he took charge of a broken school system. Mr. Clark set in his mind to fix it. The system that I’m referring to is the low privilege school system. The students who go to Eastside High are in low income area and with that the schools in those areas do not get the funding or respect that is needed. These schools are already known for low test scores or high drops and the expectations for them to fail is already there. So, for someone to come in and shake things up in an unusual way is very different and unexpected for the teachers and students there.
"At Lincoln Elementary school, there were three types of kids, the really bad kids, the really good kids, and the really smart kids. Nick Allen wasn't any of them, because he was a kind of his own, and everyone knew it. Was Nick a troublemaker?" We'll leave that for you to decide. "One thing's for sure: Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and he knew what to do with them. Lincoln Elementary needed a good jolt once in a while, and Nick was just the guy to deliver it.”
Going into a test knowing if you don’t do well you may not graduate is scary. Many students get anxious when taking these tests because their future may depend on it. Protesters of the exam believe that the tests have the potential to create more dropouts, cause school districts to go bankrupt, and shift the educational control from local districts to the state (“Senate Committee Weighs…”). By putting this pressure on the students, we may cause unintentional harm to many children and school districts. The stress that the Keystones are causing is a lot to add to students that are already trying to balance school, homework, extracurriculars, and other things. Jeff Taylor, assistant superintendent of curriculum in the North Hills School District, believes that students are "over-tested," already (Daniels). Students are tested endlessly whether it’s for a class, the SAT, or even to get their license. Adding a test that may affect a child’s ability to graduate is unnecessary pressure. Some may argue that this exam is making sure a student’s diploma had meaning (“Pennsylvania on Track…”). This is not the case. A students academic success should not be based on a few tests (“Pennsylvania on Track…”). Students face enough pressure in high school as it is, let alone having to worry about passing even more tests to get the diploma. For example, in the biology class you got many tests and chances to show your knowledge. The Keystone exam for biology is one test, and if you don't pass it, you may not be able to graduate. By adding this extra pressure to students, Keystones are causing more of a disturbance than anything beneficiary. Students should be able to focus on their studies and strive to learn something new everyday, not worry about the Keystone that is hanging over their head on top of the other tests they have throughout the school
Critics of the test believe that the exams are full of problems because they are so costly and are unfair to poor districts (“Some Phila. Students…”). Many people do not know that they are able to get out of the testing. However, supporters of the test believe that opting out should not be an option. To them, the keystone is a benchmark used to determine if you have actually earned a diploma or not. How does a few test determine if one has earned a diploma? It doesn’t. Governor Wolf does think that testing is one way to show the effectiveness of teaching, but he also believes that we shouldn’t rely on solely testing (“Protesters Speak Out…”). People need to be made aware of their rights. These test are not what is best for all students, but they determine the fate of all students. Give all students a fair chance. If it is not fit for a student, don’t force them to take it. The Keystone is said to be a standard for all students, but if a student doesn’t take it, it cannot account for them. It is a skewed test that is damaging to test-takers across
Because I got into this program, I went to Romig instead of Steller, isolated from all the people I knew. I went to the eggshell white prison that all these authorities said had the leading education in Anchorage. How could this education be ideal? The wide hallways that echoed my footsteps were a huge shift from my old school’s inviting powder blue carpets. Reeking of poor hygiene, this continued to be something I didn't look forward to taking part in, and it certainly wasn't going to be entertaining. Students were aggressive, as if each one I came across was ready to fight. The endless gazes made me self conscious, unconfident; a feeling I thought I was immune to. Being in a school that size made me feel like a number in a system, and my individuality was lost. Aquarian Charter School was so isolated, so peaceful, to the point where everyone felt exceptional. Unfortunately, Romig left me with a dreary sense that I was indistinct from everybody else.