"Lean on Me"
I'm watching the last half hour of "Lean on Me," and it's making me cry a little bit. Nothing hysterical or anything, but I had a relatively good week, and somewhow I feel more like a teacher this morning than I have all year. There's something, too, about seeing young kieds in movies. I have never interacted with children before. I don't even know how to hold a baby. It seems that for the first two months of school, I was just bewildered by my students' behavior. "Why are kids so dumb?" I'd ask myself. Now it's a different question, more along the lines of "Why are kids kids?" Kids are silly. But they aren't dumb. They may not know what's best for them yet, but one day, they will. It's up to the teachers in their lives to set them on a straight course, to be the role models they will remember for the rest of their lives. Something tells me I'm going to get better at this - in spite of my concerns or self-doubts. I'm learning, just like the cherubs.
At this point in the movie, the principal, Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman), is on the steps of the county courthouse, and his students have gathered in the streets to protest his imprisonment for chaining the exits at school. His assistant principal has just delivered test scores to him, and he is reading them over the bullhorn to the crowd. One kid ran out of the crowd to give him a huge hug. I'm biting back the tears...
awwwww.
At this point in the movie, the principal, Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman), is on the steps of the county courthouse, and his students have gathered in the streets to protest his imprisonment for chaining the exits at school. His assistant principal has just delivered test scores to him, and he is reading them over the bullhorn to the crowd. One kid ran out of the crowd to give him a huge hug. I'm biting back the tears...
awwwww.