Lack Of Education Rhetorical Analysis

The movie starts off with Ms. Johnson being interviewed for a job at a high school. Ms. Johnson is surprised because she is hired of the spot, but she soon finds out why they were in such a rush to find a teacher for the class. When she walks in her new classroom, she sees something she is not expecting: a wild group of students who obviously didn’t care about school. Ms. Johnson was put in a situation where she could give up, like most of the other teachers, or try to reach out these students. She chose the latter and figured out how to get to the students. She was able to do this by getting to know the students individually, making the material relatable, and encouraging them to do their best. Despite the push back she got from some of the
When asked why they go to school, most students will say to please their parents or to have a good career. What they don’t realize is that school is more than just that. School is about building good people and to make you your best person. It all depends on what the teachers do to encourage their students. If the teacher isn’t interested in what they are teaching, the students will not have the drive to learn either. Gatto talks about this when talks about how the school likes the create robots. If they are engaged with what they’re learning then, “ well-schooled kids have a low threshold for boredom; help your own to develop an inner life so that they’ll never be bored” (Gatto, 2017). When children are challenged and have room for abstract ideas, they have motivation to learn. When their education has meaning, it gives their future meaning. This is evident in the movie when Ms. Johnson goes against the school curriculum and makes learning more relatable to the students. She uses references to their neighborhoods, drugs, and shock factors to get their attention and make it stay on what she’s teaching. For example, on her second day of teaching, she changes her whole method. Rather than wearing formal teacher attire, she wears a leather jacket and matching boots. She starts off the class by asking about karate. Although it had no relation to what she was supposed to be teaching, she was able to get the students to open to her. She achieved more on the second day then any other teacher tried the year before her. She is perfectly exhibiting the way teachers should be interacting with their students. Like Deiro says, “The most powerful and effective way teachers can help students overcome the negative influences in their environment is by developing close and caring connection with them” ( Deiro, 2005, pg. 3). If a teacher plans on teaching their student something they