Dangerous Minds is a movie that shows that a teacher who willingly goes beyond the scope of their job to show their students that they do not just see them as students but as people whose company they really enjoy can help gain their respect and trust. Sometimes it is the small things we do that makes a world of difference in one’s life. “They say I got to learn, but nobody’s here to teach me, if they can’t understand, how can they reach me. I guess they can’t, I guess they won’t, I guess they front. That’s why I know my life is cut of luck, fool”. (Coolio, 1995) These were some of the lyrics that played in the beginning of the film “Dangerous Minds” showing a glimpse of the poor neighborhood the underprivileged youths attending an inner …show more content…
Ms. Johnson had overcome many challenging obstacles in her life, but had never dealt with the challenges of trying to teach troubled teens. The lyrics of this song are an important factor to the movie, since Ms. Johnson had to learn about her multi-cultured student’s backgrounds in order to better understand them. The qualities that made Ms. Johnson superior, was that she went beyond the scope of her job in order to show her students that she didn’t just see them as students, but as people whose company she really enjoyed. Ms. Johnson gained their respect, when she went out of her way to go visit them at their house/job in order to encourage them to keep trying in school, and to see for herself the type of environment they lived in, since the students would comment “Come and live in my …show more content…
Parents/guardians are likely to influence long-range plans for their kids. One of her students by the name of Callie Roberts, was encouraged by her mother to drop out of high school and attend a parenting class, due to her being pregnant. The two brother’s in her classroom’s had a grandmother who took them out of school because she did not believe getting an education was important. The students were considered to be in stage 5 of Erikson’s Psychosocial Development “Identity vs Role Confusion” since they were not used to being in a structured classroom and following rules, they had to “adapt” to a new environment in their
...lms these students get away with murder and still go on to college. This simply does not happen in real life; therefore, looking to Hollywood films for the true colors of schools is not in the best of interests. We have to realize that directors produce these films in their vision of American culture. We as Americans always look to the American Dream of sometime “making it.” The films neglect to see the loser’s point of view, meaning Hollywood films only look to a positive ending because it is in our nature to believe in the American Dream. This book allows our society to actually look past the films fantasies and observe the true inequalities in school. Although Hollywood films do correctly show how urban, suburban, and private students behave in schools, they do not show the true outcomes of real life.
Then we meet the group The Steinmenauts from Steinmetz High School. The school looks rundown, the student population is mostly African Americans who have really seen the rougher side of life, and that is reflected in the school. The teachers seem to struggle to teach the kids.
These sets of lines express the frustrations of a mother who worked through a hard time, and is telling her son her story. She is telling her son this is the adversity she when through to become who she is today in spirit. ...
So the student might start feeling the pressure, that there is too much going on in his life and at home, because the parent is putting too much pressure to do better, but the student just can’t stay focused on their studies, and they eventually will develop low grades, he or she might just drop out of school, the parent might want them to work and go to school, that could be difficult for the student. A student needs to be successful in college to succeed, a parent needs to be more supportive, and maybe their child can finish college. Some first generation students will achieve their dream, finish college and pursue their dreams of becoming successful. I think the parents play a big part in their role in life.
The song lyrics above are from the soundtrack of the film Menace II Society and correspond directly to the hardships that people are given when growing up in the ghetto and when surrounded by a life of violence. Because they know nothing other than this aggressive and brutal way of life, they continue this violent cycle and rarely break away to begin a new way of life.
Loneliness and Its Opposite, My Dangerous Desires and Beggars and Choosers collectively address gender, sex, sexuality, race, class, and bodily capacity. Loneliness and Its Opposite examines the ethics of disabled persons fulfilling their erotic desires. My Dangerous Desires discusses growing up queer, in a lower class biracial familyl. Lastly, Beggars and Choosers challenges how race, gender, and class can impact one’s reproductive choice. Each category of these books define the value of a body, and unfortunatley, in today’s world, some bodies hold a higher value than others.
One of Miss Moore's defining qualities is her intelligence. Her academic skills and self-presentation is noticeable through her college degree and use of “proper speech” (Bambara, 385). Miss Moore also makes her intelligence evident from the methods she uses to teach Sylvia and the other children. Unlike planting them in classrooms, she takes them out on trips to show them the real world. Despite all the insults she receives from th...
The film The Notebook offers not only a form of entertainment but also different psychology concepts throughout the film. The Notebook is told from the point of view of an elderly man reading to a woman around his own age. He reads the story of two young lovers that come from differing backgrounds but fall in love. The young girl, Allie, is from a well-off family from the city that is visiting Seabrook Island for the summer. While the young man, Noah, is a poor country boy and that must work to make a living. They quickly fall in love but Allie’s parents disapprove of Noah due to his economic status. Once Allie leaves Seabrook, Noah writes her everyday but her mother hides the letters. The young lovers wait for one
...parents were much more successful in the working world encouraged him to complete many daily activities such as choir and piano lessons. His parents engaged him in conversations that promoted reasoning and negotiation and they showed interest in his daily life. Harold’s mother joked around with the children, simply asking them questions about television, but never engaged them in conversations that drew them out. She wasn’t aware of Harold’s education habits and was oblivious to his dropping grades because of his missing assignments. Instead of telling one of the children to seek help for a bullying problem she told them to simply beat up the child that was bothering them until they stopped. Alex’s parents on the other hand were very involved in his schooling and in turn he scored very well in his classes. Like Lareau suspected, growing up
Telling a child they have to be number one in every subject, leads them to believe anything less is unsatisfactory. These children who are disciplined too harshly will become insecure adolescents and anxious adults (Extreme Parenting). Kwan Lee is the father of a student who attends OCT. He says, “The children of ‘Tiger Moms’ are too programmed. They get into a good college, but they don’t know what to do next,” (Yi). Such children lack initiative because their decisions have been made for them by their parents (Extreme Parenting). This leads to feelings of unsureness during the college
Rosen, Christine. "The Parents Who Don't Want To Be Adults." Commentary 127.7 (2009): 31. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 13 Dec. 2013.
Would you have come out different if your parents used a different parenting style? If you are considered “cool” now could you have come out a nerd if your parents would have used a different parenting style? “Parenting style is one of the primary determinants of your child’s outcome whether he succeeds, achieves, meets the challenges, flounders, gives up, or runs from or fails in handling life.” (6) The purpose of this paper is to describe the outcomes, processes, labor, and techniques of parenting in a psychological point of view. Parenting styles are defined as the “manner in which parents express their beliefs on how to be a good or bad parent.” (4) Each parenting style has its weaknesses and strengths. All parents incorporate love and limit in their style of parenting. There are four different types of parenting styles: authoritarian, permissive, democratic, and uninvolved parents.
Non judgmental and Compassion was a message in this movie. If more people would have compassion for others we would live in a better world. It is important to be non judgmental because people never know what happens in a person's life to cause them to act out in a certain way. Mrs. Erin Gruwell’s students were separated along racial lines and had few aspirations beyond street survival. Many people warned her that her students were all criminals who couldn’t be taught. With all odds stacked against her, she accepted the teaching position at Wilson High School. Erin Gruwell saw more in the students than a future as criminals and gang members; she saw them as people who have lost their ways in life. Instead of turning her back as society had done, she held out a helping hand. She had compassion and was non judgmental toward the children’s actions and hatred for one another. Being judgmental...
I spent my high school years wondering why my parents weren’t fitting (this?) stereotype of being the (better word for ‘pushers’) of their children’s (child’s?) education. I wondered if it was something I was doing wrong that was preventing them from encouraging me in that way. It was completely impossible to understand what it was they wanted for my future. For me, I needed that support and validation. Some people, such as my sister, are the opposite, and have trouble comprehending why I have never reveled in the fact that my parents are (not strict).
The influence of the educational status of parents on the future goals of their children is one which this writer has often been curious about and reflected upon. There has been research on similar topics, which this paper will examine. ...