Waiting for Superman

I am so glad that we got to watch this movie. I was absolutely amazed and at the same time appalled at the way the education system works in the country right now in regards to firing teachers. I couldn't believe the footage from the student that carried a camcorder around in his backpack. Even worse than seeing teachers do absolutely NOTHING during a class period and even mock the students about it, and seeing other kids physically harassed there was nothing the school could do to change the situation. There is no way to fire a teacher with two year.

Thats another thing that I had no idea about before watching this movie. I had never heard of two year. This is a completely ridiculous contract that ensures that all teachers who have taught past a certain number of year cannot be fired without going through this huge process that costs the schools more money than if they hired another teacher and allowed the terrible one to leave with pay.

I could go on and on about the things that I learned in this movie, lemon dance, lottery, unions..... The one thing that I concluded form the movie is that we need a drastic change in way the education system is run before we can begin expecting our students to improve their scores. We need good teachers to help create great learners.