Christopher Nolan is a very smart and creative director. In the hit series batman the film “The Dark Knight Rises” grabbed the audiences attention, and for good reason. In his opening seen of the movie Nolan already creates the readers to get a feel of what the theme of the movie is going to entail.…
“Waiting for a School Miracle”by Diane Ravitch is an article about the current Educational System. In the text we can see how the author is discontent with the current system. This is evident from the very first few sentences of the article, “Ten years ago, Congress adopted the No Child Left Behind legislation, mandating that all student must be proficient in reading or mathematics by their school would be punished.” From this sentence alone can see the differences between Diane and the system. Diane believes that the achievement if student must be appreciated collectively.…
In "Superman and Me", personal stories and repetition are two solid writing tools used by Sherman Alexie. While both of these writing tools differ in many ways; Alexie creates a similar response from his audience that creates a connection between the audience and Alexie. His essay was not just informative, but also emotional and through his use of personal stories and repetition, he allows the reader to understand the emotional journey he faced growing up on a reservation.…
The social and Political systems of each nation in the world always support its development as countries. When cultural bases in the country are well established, the political figures elected by the people would share their commitment to succeed. The United States of America has been the objective of a strong international criticism about the cultural preparation of its citizens. The ignorance that suffers the people they relate to, the dysfunction of their public education system, and people’s concern about the use of the media are some of the reasons that held responsibility for Americans’ lack of knowledge about the world and also the events around their society are the ignorance.…
The article Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie tell us the meaning of the reading. Explain how an Indian child developed his reading skills at young age. The article says "My father loved books, and since I loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well" (1). We can infer that he wanted to be as his father. They were fan of reading.…
1. Lois lane was introduced as a more adventurous woman compared to the stay at home wives.…
Have you ever wondered if you received the best education growing up? Can you recall a bad teacher that made you hate the class they were teaching? For some of us, having good teachers meant getting good marks in school. In "Waiting for Superman", Davis Guggenheim, demonstrates throughout his documentary on the importance of good teachers and schools, and how they have a tremendous impact on students and their education. We can make our students futures brighter, if schools get more involved in the education of their students. Rather than making decisions that are not in the best interest for our children's education, schools need to focus on providing better education for children. To stop so many schools from being failure factories.…
The film Waiting For Superman is a film directed by Davis Guggenheim that talks about the public school system in the United States.This film uncovers the many ways in which education in America has declined. Rather than following largely on statistics and expert opinions, Guggenheim focuses on five students whose names are Anthony, Bianca, Daisy, Emily and Francisco.Viewing the students struggles and triumphs in the school settings where there are no easy solutions to the issues that affect them.…
“Waiting for Superman” isn’t about a hero coming to the rescue and saving everybody. Throughout this documentary, made by Davis Guggenheim, there were interviews with little kids that would soon capture your own hearts. Dropout factories cover the whole entire country, but are Charter Schools the way to go? Public Education is incapable of meeting the challenge to educate everybody.…
Overall, Waiting for “Superman” exemplifies the qualities of both an interactive and expository documentary. It seeks to change the American public school system, change policies, and influences people’s beliefs through powerful voice-overs along with questioning and interaction with students and families who are directly effected by the school systems. The documentary is clear and concise in its job of representing epistemological issues that are major in American society and currently taking…
The year 1978 was an excellent year for film. Some notable movie titles that are still popular today are; the peppy musical Grease, The first Halloween movie, which has had numerous remakes and sequels the most recent having been released in 2009. Along with these classics there were two that stand out, Superman: The Movie and The Dawn of the Dead. Both these movies have survived into the twenty first century, becoming icons of the 1970's in both cultural significance and as a demonstration of the technological advances of the time.…
After watching the documentary “Waiting for ‘Superman,” I came to the conclusion that the home and neighborhood environment are critical factors in a child’s education and overall wellbeing. For example, when we examine the home environment of Anthony, Daisy, Francisco, and Bianca, we can see that most of these children live in low-income neighborhoods, and that their parents or legal guardians sometimes have to work two jobs to sustain their family. This constant struggle also has an effect on the child’s learning because when a child needs help with his homework, the parent does not have the necessary time or energy help them. As a result, the child starts to fall behind like Francisco, a boy who was in first grade and started to fall behind in school because he was not reading at his grade level. On the other hand, children that have better home environments like Emily, have a lesser chance of falling behind in school because their parents are able to provide them with the necessary tools and programs when they start to fall behind in class.…
In the United States there are over 2,000 dropout factories. These are high schools with a very high number of dropouts. Making sure all students receive the best education and excel in school has been a problem for a long time. Presidents after presidents have promised change in the education system and have signed documents in hopes it would make a difference, but there has been very minimal change. In the documentary “Waiting for Superman,” David Guggenheim stresses the importance of improvement of the current education system. He presents the issue by using the three appeals, the organization of the film, and cinematic techniques. With all of this, Guggenheim was able to create a strong argument on this issue with the education system of America. After watching this film, it was very clear that there needs to be change. It will take a very long time to fix the damage that has been done, but it will not only take time, but money, research, and most importantly the motivation and willpower to make the change.…
The documentary “waiting for Superman” deals with children with different backgrounds desperately trying with all their strength to become accepted into a charter school because the public school system is failing. The parents of the children are doing the best that they can to save them from the potential failure they could face in public schools. This reminded me of my parents, because they did all they could to get me into the charter school that I now attend, and I admit that before I did not want to enter it at all, but after I realized the chance I had and I loved it.…
“a continuing recession, escalating political polarization, rising racial/ethnic tensions, a growing national debt, and a widening divide between the haves and the have nots portend a future fraught with unprecedented challenges to and clashes over the form and substance of public education in America” (p.1).…