(HW 49)

My contribution
Since our class is irresponsible we lost our film so no contribution. -_-

Analysis
By watching Section A's film, I see that the students and teacher are on the same level. At first the teacher tries to instill knowledge into them by teaching even though the class is out of hand. The teacher continues to try as well as hear the students out. The next day the teacher dies to self and just waits on the kids. The teacher eventually starts to get back at the students and goes around to each "clique" i guess and points out what they do. Such as the "prom girls" only knowing stuff about prom.

Compare and Contrast
Freedom Writers and The teacher film have many differences. In Freedom Writers the teacher never gave in to the kids rather kept trying no matter the circumstances. But in the teacher he gave up in a sense as to not teach the next day rather bash on the kids for what they are doing. The teacher film was more of a try but fail on the teacher and student part where Freedom Writers began as a try fail but turned out to be a win win situation.

Some thoughts....
I fee school is what you make out of it rather than all the pressure on the teachers. Yes, there has to be some type of pressure on the teacher but they can only give so much. I think that any level of school is pretty much the same but when you are younger it is more the teachers job and as you get older it is more of your job. With age comes responsibility so it becomes you more than the teacher.

Extra Credit.... The Class

Summary
The movie "The Class" is the typical movie such as that of Freedom Writers where the teacher has class full of children who are behind and disrespectful but in the end go away with something. This movie gave both sides of the story. The side where the teacher is struggling and the side where they show the students and cliques. There always one really troubled student that teachers always talk about and try to reason what they can do to "save" him.

The movie begins where the teacher are greeting each other and welcoming the new year. As each teacher speaks about themselves and how long they have been there they as well say what they teach. One teacher said he teaches algebra to the advanced placement students while the other one said he teaches 2+2 and maybe some multiplication. It didn't catch my attention that these students are doing 2+2 but they are in Junior High school. From the beginning you can tell that these kids are struggling and have no interest in school from the way they act.

To address question number two, if the teacher should be held responsible for the damage done to Souleymane my answer would be no. I don't think Mr.Martin is responsible. There is only so much that a teacher can do for you that at a certain point when you are not meeting them halfway enough is enough. In this case, I feel like Mr. Martin could have handled the situation better or used a different approach. Mr. Martin was quick to jump in there face which should not be tolerated and his not tolerated at SOF.

Some comparisons I can make to the movie is when the principal was at the front door greeting the students as they walked in. It reminded me of Mr. Marks and how everyday people walked in but no one payed him any mind. They way the students walk in the classroom would resemble any other classroom not only at SOF. In the movie, the teachers compared the students to i believe Wei. Without hesitation I thought of Kinory and how he compared SOF to Beacon saying that we cant top Beacon.

There were many contradictions in this movie such as Esmaralda and another girl being class respresativies. I thought that in order to represent your class you would have to be a leader. Esmaralda is a leader in the sense that her classmates follow her. But she does not respect Mr. Martin

In conclusion, there was no savior in this movie rather showed the viewer how the students act up and how a teacher can react on the same level. This movie had no affect on me because in the end Souleymane was the one getting expelled. I believe in second chances not to say that a second chance would have changed Souleymane but it would be worth a try. In the end and in my opinion no teacher should be held responsible for a students behavior rather the parent should be more involved with there child to help them better themselves.

(HW 48) treatment...

School is a wide range of things. I feel like at School of the Future we have a lot to be grateful for. Compared to many schools i would say we are top at safety. I thought that we should do the opposite of SOF and get our "bad side out". I thought of doing a mock of the movies we have seen such as Freedom Writers except make it a twist where higher authorities would get involved and it would be chaos. Then Andy (or teacher) would save one person from becoming what they were going to be before the "savior". I think everyone should play roles they normally dont. So Victor could be a gang member and so on. I think it would be a nice turn around.

(HW 47) Class Film...

Just some ideas...
Setting- of course in school duh! but a mixture of different "cool" places. The hallways, maybe after school outside or at lunch, and in classrooms. We can have where the class does what the teacher wants him or her to do but there is one child who does the opposite or can not be reached.

Plot- the one kid that is sort of an outcast or cant be reached will eventually give in and become apart of his grade.

Character- we will all be in it or those who want to be. To make this more fun we can have people play the opposite role of what they are now.

Theme- trying to reach that one kid who finally gives in and wants to feel and be apart of the grade.

Lastly, we can have cool music playing in the background during certain scenes.

(HW 42) research and thinking...

Part A:
Arata, Catalina. "Highschool drinking and its consequences." Health Care Industry (2003): n. pag. Web. 16 Mar 2010. .

I thought this topic would be intresting due to freshman being stupid and following the crowd. Highschool or teen drinking is very common in todays society. Whether you are at a party, a friends house and now as crazy as it sounds SCHOOL! what in the right mind of these teens would think that it is okay to drink in school? Some parents are even okay with there teenagers drinking as long as they are "responisble". But how can you be responsible when you are under the influence?Many teens due to drinking get involved in sexual activities, driving, arguments, and dont even remember what happened that night. When I went away to Spain I was surprised what I saw teenagers doing. The legal age for drinking in Spain is 16. Most if not all teens drink. They even drink wine at the dinner table with the family. What's the rush to drink other than that yourt friends do it? and in Spain it's legal?

(HW 41) research on schooling...

Who, Alan. "How to be cool." 20 things you need to know about being cool (2009): n. pag. Web. 8 Mar 2010. .

This article gives a list of 20 things someone would need to know in order to be cool. Personally, this list is basura. The first "rule" doesn't even give any hint as to cool. It states that whatever people think is "invalid". But if i follow this rule what if what the way i talk, what i wear, or act like doesn't fit in? This list doesn't show exactly what cool is. It gives a general list from one person perspective of cool.

Hernandez, Fabiola. "High School Sterotypes." (2007): n. pag. Web. 9 Mar 2010. .

I thought outside of SOF what highschool upstate would be like. I thought able highschool sterotypes and how it can affect us. This article goes through different types of people. I feel like this is only seen in the movies not in real life. When it comes to jocks at SOF i feel like we just know whos condsider "nice" in a sport. But rather in a big school they are the "star" quarterback yada yada. I feel like there are different perspectives depending the school.

Benavides, Idalia. (2007): n. pag. Web. 9 Mar 2010. .

After reading this article, I thought back on my college process and how much of a drain it was and still is. The counselors get you started in Junior year stressing about college essays, choices, and more. But why so early. I have two different views. One I feel like it was great to start early because by the time my Senior year came I knew where I was applying and what I needed. So by starting in my Junior year helped me to be ahead of the game. But i also feel like it made me stress to much about college and made me think about the desions i was making when college wasnt near.

(HW 40) school interviews...

Mia Janae- What aspect of school do you like and dislike?
Honestly, I look forward to seeing my friends at school. School is pretty light now I get out at 12:30 everyday.

Arianna- What aspect of school do you like and dislike?
I don't like that we are seniors and we get out at 3:10 but I like that we don't have to take regents.

Kati- I dislike everything.No, I'm kidding.I like that we can be outspoken and that we do exhibitions which will help us in college.

Lauren- Right now i dislike that we have exhibitions because I am behind. School is a drag most of the time because Ive been here so long I want to leave. But I enjoy that I can come to school and see friends.

Jessica- I don't know I like that i get to see my friends. But i dislike that we have a lot of work. We are in school all day, don't do anything but when we go home we have a lot of work.