The Breakfast Club Movie Analysis

The Breakfast Club is a simple but beautiful 1980’s movie about a group of teenagers that end up realizing they are all going through some tough situations. While The Breakfast Club was made for entertainment purposes, it can be a great learning tool. Just from studying the movie, a student can realize they should not judge a book by it’s cover. For a student-teacher, this movie is a great tool in observing what happens when teachers decide not to invest their time into their students. Analyzing the teacher in the movie could open a potential teacher’s eyes too what they could end up doing wrong and how that could end up harming a student. Take John Bender for an instance. From just a glance, most assume John is just a troublemaker waiting to be kicked out of school and according Richard …show more content…
Richard Vernon’s behavior management strategy is about as useful as fork in a sugar bowl. In one scene, Vernon gives John eight detentions for him talking back to Vernon. Students should face the consequences of their actions, and if detention is something the school does, then Vernon is not in the wrong for handing out a detention. However, as a teacher, Vernon should have a cool and calm conversation with John, instead of threatening him. Vernon ended up looking a fool in front of the students by letting John get to him. A teacher who does not respect his students will never be given respect in return. Vernon’s use of essays during detention is a good idea, but the topic of the essay isn’t so good. Instead of the students writing about who they are or who they think they are, the students should write about the reason why the are in detention and what lead up to the event that landed them in detention. Through that essay, Vernon would have chance to understand that his students are facing some difficult times and they need an adult to show them the right path, not throw them in detention and ignore that there is a deeper