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This 3 page paper uses the 1984 film “Teachers” as a springboard to discuss major issues facing the U.S. educational system. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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In recent decades, however, American public schools have been declining, and accusations are flying that they are no longer effective. This paper considers four themes dealing with education today, as
identified in the movie "Teachers." Discussion Teachers was filmed in 1984, and even then schools were in trouble. The film depicts life at the fictional John F. Kennedy High School,
and for a change is shot from the teachers perspective (Maslin, 1984). This makes it a standout from the run of "school" movies out there, that usually show us the
antics of the students. Maslin finds the film uneven, especially when it interrupts itself to make a joke when she apparently feels the director should be addressing the serious issues
facing schools. But other reviewers find the film extremely funny, though it is a very black comedy: they call it a "muckraking movie" that "zaps the errors, inadequacies and structural
deficiencies of one troubled high school" (Brussat and Brussat, 2007). The reviews themselves tell us what the important themes facing education are. "John F. Kennedy High School is an overcrowded
and underfunded urban institution which has just been hit by a lawsuit because a diploma was awarded to an illiterate student" (Brussat and Brussat, 2007). A student bites a teacher;
a gym coach "has sex with three students"; a boy is shot and killed; and the school, which at times seems like a lunatic asylum, actually hires a mental patient
as a substitute teacher (Brussat and Brussat, 2007). Here is a rich field of themes to discuss: structural deficiencies, underfunding, overcrowding, bullying, crime on campus, inappropriate conduct, and terrible hiring
practices. Its difficult to narrow it down to just four, but lets consider underfunding (because nothing can change unless there is money and support to help the change); bullying (which
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