Posted on 01/27/2011 4:29:19 AM PST by iowamark
Pardon the vanity, but Dennis Miller on O'Reilly last night mentioned this movie on US education as the best of 2010. It looks like it was made by the director of Algore's movie so I would expect a left wing bias.
Has anyone here seen the movie?
How does one "direct" a slide show narrated by a piece of wood?
I heard it’s good, but this director’s word is tainted. There were all kinds of lies in “Inconvenient Truth.” Even though the message here is more along what I agree with, that doesn’t make it accurate.
It has a very left-wing presentation but it’s very anti-union in the actual content.
It’s definitely worth checking out.
I just saw it. The thing that kind of surprised me was that I had a strong emotional response when that girl at the end won the lotto. It was almost like watching a lotto to see who doesn’t have to be poor the rest of their life.
My major disappointment with the movie was that it did not touch on home schooling and it’s product.
I’ve gone on record for well over five years that public schools should be abolished. It is a 19th century paradigm that, in this world of google, the internet, etc., has outlived its usefulness. And there is a growing awareness in the US that a college education may not be the panacea everyone makes it out to be. Kinda like owning your own home.
And I think the teachers unions should be abolished. Contracts should expire and cash strapped districts should pull an “air traffic controller” on them. It’s not as if the closure would really hurt any of the students. ;)
Isn’t this the same guy that directed AlGore’s piece of crap “An Inconvenient Truth”? Hard to take anything this guy’s name is attached to seriously.
..actually the same guy,.. but,the film itself was very good.
It exposed the corrupt unions and waste. The hollywood snub was conducted from the White Hut I’m sure...
I just saw it. I felt bad for the kids, but it seemed like I had seen it before. Ignored “urban” culture, which I blame for much of what ails the schools.
“The Cabal” may be better. Similar take, same topic.
Do you have a link for that? I can’t find it.
A comparative review of both: http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2010/10/review-waiting-for-superman/
The onther nice part about the movie (and an odd compliment to it, on this forum), is that there isn’t a single conservative voice in it. Every single one of the people who are ‘qualified’ as experts are liberals...
The film is making its way to tv. I just watched it on pay per view. It is no threat to conservatives but the liberals are outraged. They hate it more than they hated George Bush! I live in New Orleans and feel its principles could work miracles.
Let’s get out of the prison business and into the smart education business. Please watch the film if you get the opportunity.
Just watched it tonight. Awesome documentary.
My local TP had a trip to the movies to see this. Will infuriate and sadden you at the same time!
Definitely not left wing.
If you'll forgive this exceedingly delayed response, having just seen Waiting for Superman tonight, I am in total agreement with your appraisal of the film. It accurately depicts the monkey wrench the unions have thrown into our education system. He exposes the utter failure of the tenure system and how it has reduced what was once the premiere education system of the world to among the worst among developed nations.
As posted elsewhere in this thread, I think the director started off with liberal notions and then was smacked squarely in his belief system by reality. Another film where that's the case is Warren Beatty's Reds from the early 80's. Intended as a paean to the Bolshevik revolution as witnessed by John Reed, this film turns to be an indictment of the failures of Communism (especially in an unforgettable scene played by Jack Nicholson as Eugene O'Neill).
Well, I was certainly behind the curve in seeing Waiting for Superman, some six months after its release. But, better late than never, I'm glad I saw it. And anyone who's possibly interested in the Wisconsin teacher's situation should view it.
The only way to change it is from the inside out.
BTTT....must see
BTTT
Wouldn't it be great if people like Rush would seed to money to open a few magnet schools in the poorest of cities????
Excellence in Education magnet schools.......Rush are you listening?
I think it took Bill Gates testifying before Congress in 2009 that American school graduates didn’t have the knowledge in math & science to be hired by companies like his. I think this spurred the film maker to get involved
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