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Dimitri 2022-03-23 09:03:11
The passion and persistence of a teacher
In the film, Ron Clark left North Carolina to seek a job at an elementary school in the black district of Harlem, New York, in pursuit of the realization of personal values. But life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what the next one will taste like. By coincidence, as an excellent...
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Darron 2022-01-21 08:01:08
Passionate teacher
The film tells the story of a teacher who came to New York to teach that the worst of the school is the class. With the teacher's careful company, the souls of a group of stubborn children are awakened and succeeded.
No rules, no standards. Faced with children who can't even be disciplined...
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Principal Turner: I have an opening in grade 3. If your credentials check out...
Ron Clark: You have an opening right here.
Principal Turner: No. Last year this class went through six different teachers before Christmas.
Ron Clark: Yes. Nobody wants them, and I do. So what's the problem?
Principal Turner: Test scores are very important to me; it's how I keep my job.
Ron Clark: I can start right now.
Principal Turner: You can start on Monday.
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Principal Turner: These kids are at the bottom of the barrel.
Ron Clark: Don't talk about them like that.
Principal Turner: Now all I'm asking is for your students to pass.
Ron Clark: Oh every one of my students will pass.
Principal Turner: [inaudible, students commenting outside office] They can become someone else's problem.
Ron Clark: The problem isn't the kids. It's not even what they can achieve. The problem is what you expect them to achieve. You are setting the bar here. Why? Set it up here! They can make it.
Principal Turner: This community judges us by scores. Government funding judges us by scores. People who give me scores, they get my respect.
Ron Clark: Okay good. In May, they'll all test at grade level.
Principal Turner: [sighs] I don't see how that's possible.
Ron Clark: Excuse me. Did I say grade level? I meant above grade level.
