Learning from movies

After watching eight movies, it is a learning experience. I’ve seen how some teachers really cared for their students. Most of them were patient, hard working, creative, and believe in their students’ ability. The students in the movies were look down upon by society as troublemakers and worthless, thus, they feel they are useless and not good for anything. But, the teachers that thought differently gave these students hope and started to respect the teachers. For instance, in “The Ron Clark Story”, Mr. Clark was a patient and creative teacher who was devoted in his profession. He was not willing to give up on his students and encouraged them to become more than what they can achieved. This is something as a future teacher should learn; believing in your students and not have a preconceive notion could make a huge different in teaching and learning.

Besides that, some of the techniques used by the teachers in the movies were quite useful. For example, in “Finding Forrester”, it remind me of free writing where the student would copy sentences from the book and can start forming his own words when he feels confident in it; this is something that is useful for students with low proficiency. By giving students the confident first instead of crushing them is more helpful as they will feel they are capable in writing.

These movies are to inspire us in becoming a better teacher. We should learn a thing or two from these teachers. We might not be confident when we first started out as teachers but with time and experience, we can improve and inspire our students to learn. That is the purpose of a teacher: to educate and inspire the younger generation.