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A 3 page paper which examines how “Lean on Me” starring
Morgan Freeman, presented some controversial issues regarding schools. Bibliography
lists 3 additional sources.
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3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAleanme.rtf
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also a very controversial film in terms of its approaches to teaching and more importantly, its approaches to disciplining students so that teaching and learning can take place. In the
following paper we examine some of the controversial approaches taken by the character of Joe Clark (a real life individual), who is played by Morgan Freeman. Controversy in Lean
on Me First and foremost it is important to understand that the environment in which Joe Clark finds himself is a very violent and dangerous environment where students who want
to learn, or have the ability to learn, cannot do so because of all the attention that must go into providing a safe environment. With that in mind the controversial
approaches implemented by Joe Clark may not seem quite so disturbing and be seen for what they are, necessary. "A former Army drill instructor, Clark views education as a
mission and refutes those who believe that the learning process is disrupted by tough discipline. He expelled 300 students for fighting, vandalism, drug possession, profanity or abusing teachers on a
single day during his first week as principal at Eastside High School, where he was known as the controversial, bat-wielding, bullhorn-toting principal who stepped in to create positive change" (Sutherland).
In this we see that the principal, wielding a bat, may be seen as a violent individual himself, thus not offering the students a good environment. But, he understood that
in order to face the violence and the attitudes of the apparent criminals of the school he needed to assume a position that was more threatening than theirs. Joe
Clark, the real Joe Clark, states, "If there is no discipline, there is anarchy. Good citizenship demands attention to responsibilities as well as rights...Every day, pride in self and school
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