Precious

“Glitter-Less And Glorious”
I was very touched with the movie “Precious” shown in the class today. This movie is about Mo’Nique as a single mother who hates and blames her daughter for the lack of love in her life. The daughter, nick-named Precious, is played by newcomer Gabourey Sidibe in one of the year’s strongest performances as an overweight pregnant teen trying to have an education despite every social obstacle she faces. This is a special film filled with a winning spirit.
In my opinion, this story actually tells us the need for being care for every students especially if they behave abnormally and score badly in class as they might have some big problems and might need helps. Supports to these kind of students is very important in order to make them relieve and be positive in their life.

The Position Paper

Today we were quite shocked as suddenly Dr. Jaya wanted to hear our titles on our position paper. He wanted to hear our ideas! For those who already have the ideas, they are save… but for those who don’t?
I looked at CT and Iema. They said they don’t have any idea yet. So am i. thus CT took out the texts needed to do the position paper. After a brief summary of ‘Merry Maid” and “The Great Injustice” texts by CT, out of nowhere, we got our ideas! When Dr. Jaya asked us about our ideas, we can answer it well and Dr. Jaya seems to agree with the ideas… Oh….. I am so relieved…. ^_^

CHALK

“Life in the trenches of that most honorable and frustrating profession...teaching. It's the start of a memorable new year at Harrison High. The self-conscious Mr. Stroope is convinced that his time has come - this year he will be furnished with the golden title of "Teacher of the Year," if only his smarter students would stop using words that he can't understand. Peek into Mr. Lowrey's History class and you'll see that he's struggling to even call himself a teacher. Woefully inept due to a complete lack of experience and social skills, he earnestly stutters his way through class. The only interaction his students offer him is when they steal his chalk. Men aren't much interested in the spunky and officious Coach Webb, but "not all P.E. teachers are gay" and she pines for some romantic company. Her once best friend, the newly appointed assistant principal, Mrs. Reddell, doesn't seem to have time for her either, as her new power post is all-consuming; battling egos, enduring teacher conferences and her lighthouse-obsessed boss. Coach Webb wonders if her former confidante has forgotten just how hard teaching really is.”
That was the summary for the next movie I watched in my EDU 3231 class. The movie shows us the need of being care and sincere in teaching, professionalism, a good value in teacher to be a role model to students, knowledge and etc

Mr. Vahid teaching us

Today I came early to class. And I was shocked as I saw Mr. Vahid enters the class with Alicia and Emily. It has been a very long time that I haven’t seen Mr. Vahid in class. And today, he came and taught us how to produce an effective argumentative writing. He said that this topic was his research topic. Thus, he wanted to share his findings to us. He makes a very big help to me in drafting my idea for my position paper.

And more surprisingly, that day Dr. Jaya treated us with KFC! I was so happy. A lot of thanks to Dr. Jaya and Mr. Vahid ^_^

Finding Forrester

In Finding Forrester, Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), a young African American high school student at the Bronx, is invited to join an exclusive private high school because of his high tests scores. Jamal goes and asks William if William could help improve his writing skills. William made a deal that if he helped Jamal with his writing, Jamal would keep William's identity a secret, never to take the writing that he does out of his house, and never ask anything about William's family.

Throughout this movie, Jamal and William get to know each other better and they become friends.

Overall, Finding Forrester is a great movie that interlace with the theme of friendship. The time Jamal spent with William made them trust each other to keep promises, such as Williams'.

From this movie I learned that we should never hesitate or think too much in writing. One only just writes without thinking too much on what they want to write. At a teacher, one also shouldn’t feel intimidated if the students are better that you. We can learn with each other right?

Lean On Me

Lean on Me is based on the true story of Joe Clark, a man singularly responsible for turning a rough high school into a nice, clean place of learning. But his methods aren't exactly orthodox...
Morgan Freeman stars as Clark and he spends most of the movie yelling at people. Most scenes feature Freeman either berating students or teachers, usually with a bull horn in hand. I particularly enjoyed one sequence that has Clark screaming at a kid to jump off the roof of the high school, because if he keeps on doing drugs, he'll be dead soon anyway and at least this way is quick and painless. If that's not motivation, I don't know what is.
Joe Clark shows up and begins cleaning up the school. This kind of principle that we might want to have, even not entirely, but at least the same enthusiasm in doing his job, they believe to the students, and also always know what to do in certain circumstances.

Akeelah and the Bee

Today I’ve decided to watch “Akeelah and the bee movie.” I watched on the YouTube to recall what I have learned from the story. The story is about an eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life which is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. Despite of being a smart girl, her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of -- but only if she can overcome her insecurities and her distracting home life. She also must get past Dr. Larabee's demons, and a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers. There are many things she has to face to be a successful girl.
This movie actually teaches me how to teach. From the movie, I learned that there are a lot of efforts needed to help people to make a real life. The most important things that I have to gain are determination, encouragement, braveness, and knowledge. From the character of Akeelah, I know that I have to be determined in doing my job and completing my tasks. I can’t surrender easily despite the challenges that I will face later. Besides, I will always give encouragement to my students and help them as much as I can, just like what Dr. Larabee did to Akeelah. I also have to be brave, as I will need it to live in this challenging profession. And of course, knowledge is a must in everything. Thus, I’ll need to learn more to gain all these.