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. This film was released on March 3, 1989. Lean on Me was Morgan Freeman’s first major motion picture film where he stars as the lead role. This movie is loosely centered
Lean On Me was a dramatic, action movie made in 1989 that was based on a true story. This is a story about a school in Paterson, New Jersey. This school has less-than-average basic skills test scores and it faces the possibility of being taken over by the state. The mayor asks the school superintendent for help. He suggests that they hire Joe Clark as the school principal. Clark agrees to be the principal. When he arrives, he realize that the school is about to go under. He shakes things up by reassigning
Many people are given the opportunity to overcome challenges that can change their life. In the movie Lean on Me, the students and faculty of the inner city school Eastside High School, located in Paterson New Jersey, are given such opportunity. Over the years Eastside High has created a horrible image. When mentioning Eastside High to the residents of Paterson New Jersey, they will give a look of discuss. People believe that Eastside High is a lost hope. The students’ behavior are unbelievable,
Everyone faces challenges. Through these challenges we all need someone to help us overcome them. My song is called “Lean On Me” by Bill Withers. “Lean On Me” talks about friends and why we need them. This song represents my year because it’s all about overcoming challenges, becoming wise, and always being there for others in general. These three things are important traits. In 8th grade, we had to face challenges, but we also had to learn how to overcome them. I’m going to share how the song relates
that education is. Based upon a real story, Lean on Me, displays a wonderfully crafted example of what can happen when the majority of a student body doesn’t appreciate education. It was only through the efforts of Joe Clark, a stern principal dubbed “Crazy Joe”, that Eastside High was able to get back on track to the great school that it once was. Illustrating, sociological concepts such as utilitarianism, class consciousness, and social order, Lean on Me calls viewers to reflect
Classical, Behavioural, Quantitative and now the Modern Approach to Management. The Modern Approach states that there is no one good way of management. A successful organization utilizes all the types of management. A good example of this is the movie Lean on Me, starring Morgan Freeman as Joe Clark, the protagonist of the movie. Joe is a very talented teacher, who takes a lot of pride in his work, but due to certain events (budget cuts), he has to make some very key decisions upon his future at East Side
Lean on Me is based around the experiences of Joe Clark who became the principal of a East side high school which has been filled with violence, drugs, and abysmal academic performance. Joe “Crazy Joe” Clark is given the daunting task of bringing student's test scores up to the minimum acceptable level within one school year or the school will be taken over by the state. It was obvious education there had not been taken seriously, seeing the reputation for violence and lack of ability. Fighting
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
Lean on me is a good film especially for school administrators and people who are thinking of becoming an administrator some day. It gives us a lot of insight in handling different challenges faced by administrators. There were a couple of interesting points that struck me while watching the movie. I especially liked the line at the start of the movie – “Discipline is not the enemy of enthusiasm”. This line is very true. It doesn’t mean that when discipline is established in school, the students
and will stop is theway these young people destroy themselves. I will return them their hope.I pledged myself to showing them how to fulfill their better dreams. (Clark & Picard, 1989, p. 18) A full Account of the controversial, debatable film, Lean On Me, focused on many elements of students educational experience and outcomes. The primary location in the film was at Eastside High School which was located in a poverty-striken area. The conditions of the area was filled with an uproar of drugs, gang
this scenario is real for many young ladies. Could somebody have said or done something that would have prevented this from happening to you or someone close to you that you know? Your friend, your parents? How about your school? In the movie “Lean on Me”, the character Kaneesha portrays a student that finds herself pregnant. Her high school, Eastside, failed in seizing its opportunity to teach her about “safe” sex, using contraceptives, and to inform her about the realities of being a teenage
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
or race the students are. In many schools today a major problem is that the students are not the ones, failing, but actually the teachers failing the students. Even though the movie Lean on Me highlights the negatives in our school system, the lack of funding making teachers jobs harder, lack of motivation to Lean on Me might highlight many negatives in our flawed school system but there is positive message behind the story of Mr. Clark and the students of Eastside High. Mr. Clark succeeded in the
utmost respect to because of the way they have impacted their life. Well, I give all my respect to my mother because of the not only impact, but the power this woman has had in my life since I was born. My mother has been here to uplift me when skies were grey for me, kept my head on straight when I felt like giving up in life, and she has made sure I was straight and had everything I needed even when she did not have a dollar to spend on herself. All because of my mother I had the knowledge on how
My core competency is analytical thinking. Relating this to my Industrial Engineering course, I believe that my core competency lies within the field of Lean Manufacturing. I believe that I have the ability to solve problems in a quick and effective manner. I am able to identify issues, and areas for improvement, by analyzing relevant information no matter how complex the problems are. I follow an approach where I look at a complex system, such a production system, and break the system down into
Rehan Jalali has released his latest product Pretty Lean, it’s a fat burning supplement. When I came across the notification of his release I thought to myself, “Why fat burner?” I have made many trips to the store to purchase my supplements and I have always seen fat burners. I would read the ingredients they had listed on the back and noticed so many ingredients, some of them which are pretty harmful to your heart and even your brain. I noticed that they didn’t inform you as to how many milligrams
I, Naveenraj Kalyanasundaram, am applying to the University of _______at _________________for the admission to the M.S. program in Industrial Engineering. My aspiration to work at the frontiers of analytical and scientific technology leads me to apply to your esteemed university. I have compelling reasons to believe that I would be successful as a graduate student in the field of Industrial Engineering. When my father brought home our first scooter, I was just a kid then. As a curious kid, I wanted
about peace, diplomacy, nuclear disarmament, and civility, it behooves me and others amongst society epitomizing agape behavior patterns to fabricate a better world by attaining a vast amount of diverse cultural knowledge. People tend to respect cultural differences from their own once they gain understanding regarding varying others; this leans towards fabricating a harmonious planet. A chance to travel aboard will afford me an opportunity of expounding my personal knowledge about other counties’
I believe one of Sheryl Sandberg’s non-negotiables as a leader is that she expects her employees/colleagues to “lean in” or be present and not to sit on the sidelines waiting for opportunities to come their way. “Whenever I meet with partners today, I feel empowered to voice my thoughts with a sense of purpose” (Leffler, 2016). This empowerment was realized at the start of Libby Leffler’s opportunity to work with Sheryl Sandberg in 2011. Sheryl had invited Libby to a meeting with Facebook partners
render ROI using SCOR, Lean or Six Sigma. There is already a natural link between Lean and Six Sigma at the program and project execution level. The model integrates the Balanced Scorecard, SCOR model (Supply Chain Reference model) and Six Sigma DMAIC (define, measure, analyse and improve) methodology in a two-level framework. This is a strategic-level cycle, developing focused projects to generate maximum business benefit, and an operational-level cycle, applying Six Sigma and lean tools in a DMAIC cycle