Waiting For Superman Response

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Lucas Ancke December 1, 2012 English 101: 3 p.m. Prof. Amanda Ross Waiting for “Superman” Response Davis Guggenheim’s documentary, Waiting for “Superman,” follows five children trying to further their education when they felt like they were not receiving one that they wanted. Most of these children were living in poverty or close to it and could not afford a private school, so they were forced to go to bad quality schools. Guggenheim states that, some of these schools are considered drop-out factories, where over 40% of students don’t graduate. These schools are the reason that that bad neighborhoods develop near these already bad quality schools (Guggenheim). These schools’ bad records are due to their bad teachers. Tenure is a leading cause of why the education system is filled with low quality teachers, says Guggenheim. Tenure is a thing that is allowed to teachers that makes it so teachers are 100% job security for life (Guggenheim). To increase the quality of…show more content…
Charter schools care about scores and student learning. They do this by not putting students on tracks and holding them to the same standard (Guggenheim). Because of my luck in public schools, I never saw the effect that a “lemon” teacher had on student learning, but I see that the “dance of the lemons” that Guggenheim talks about is a serious problem that can be fixed with enough attention. The problem with charter schools is that, because of the limited space, there has to be a public lottery for students to be enrolled. Kids who realize that education is a way out of their rough financial situation have no other option besides charter schools at times. They are also more expensive, but Guggenheim says that, more than 90% of students from charter schools attend four year universities. This means that they are very effective in preparing students to further their education
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