“Waiting for Superman” An Analysis of Thinking Critically Executive Summary The public school system in America has failed many people in our society. The money given to support education is at an all-time high. Many bad teachers are protected by powerful unions and these bad teachers could care less about low test scores. Students could accomplish anything‚ but instead bad teachers are causing many students to drop out. Lower test scores could be replaced with high test scores if bad
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Lacy Massara GOVT2306 1.) What problem is the focal point of this film? I believe this film had several focal points throughout. The link between education and crime‚ such as the example of 68% of all prisoners in Pennsylvania are high school dropouts. The fact that 33‚000 dollars a year is spent on a prisoner versus at max 9‚000 dollars a year on a student. Second would be that America is under educated ranking 25th in Math and 21st in science‚ despite No Child Left Behind. Third is that there
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currently the American educational system is focusing on its high achieving students‚ to try to make them even better. On the contrary‚ the problem holding America back from prevailing as a country is our students who are struggling. In the film‚ “Waiting For Superman”‚ directed by David Guggenheim‚ (2010) the topic of America’s academic standing compared
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Have you ever wondered if you received the best education growing up? Can you recall a bad teacher that made you hate the class they were teaching? For some of us‚ having good teachers meant getting good marks in school. In "Waiting for Superman"‚ Davis Guggenheim‚ demonstrates throughout his documentary on the importance of good teachers and schools‚ and how they have a tremendous impact on students and their education. We can make our students futures brighter‚ if schools get more involved in the
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The History of a Legend: Superman "Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman!" (Bridwell 11) These celebrated words have echoed for over six decades in American cultural and social society. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joseph Shuster‚ Superman was intended to fight greed‚ crime‚ injustice and abuse. The impact created by Superman‚ or better known to the average man as Clark Kent‚ extends
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its very foundations. Out of pure creativeness Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman A.K.A. Clark Kent‚ a superhero who was a sole survivor of the planet Krypton. Furthermore Clark Kent grew up with normal parents who found him during a meteor shower. As he grew older‚ his body started to experience superhuman strengths which lead to him defending the world from criminals. As a cultural phenomenon superman influenced the world with his heroism and all American attitude which created a sense
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Superman By: Austin Foster There are many superheroes. The fictional world is full of them. They often undertake many daring adventures; from saving damsels in distress to protecting the world from alien invasions. And for many‚ that is as far as they go. But a rare few manage to go beyond and become something more. That is what makes Superman so significant. More than just a man in tights‚ he has come to mean a host of different things to different people. However‚ there are three areas that
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“Different factors that can affect students’ performance” The documentary “Waiting for ‘Superman’ ” portrays teachers as both the solution and the problem in American education. The film notes the historic abuse and low pay that led to teacher unions and tenure‚ but argues that the nearly impenetrable job protections and uniform salary scales have hardened into detriments‚ assuring bad teachers earn too much and good teachers too little. Guggenheim‚ demonstrates throughout his documentary on the
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Where is Superman? Danielle Davis Wilbur Wright College On December 3rd‚ 2013 a man by the name of Ki-Suck Han was struck by a train in the late afternoon at the Time Square Substation. After having an altercation with Naeem Davis‚ a homeless man of the age of 30‚ Han was pushed down onto the tracks by Naeem Davis. Surrounded by several witnesses‚ Han seeing the oncoming train‚ pleaded for help and tried to lift himself off the tracks and back onto the platform. Instead of helping‚ those around
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Superman Superman is a pop culture symbol of strength and hope. Blair‚ Jeppeson‚ and Pucci cite Jencks as making a statement in regard to architecture that is equally appropriate to Superman: “Not only does [it] express the values...of a society‚ but also its ideologies‚ hopes‚ fears‚ religion‚ social structure‚ and metaphysics” (Burgchardt 608). It is the intent of this essay to show that the Superman we have grown up watching is also a postmodern object of rhetorical discourse which embodies
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