The New York City school system is in a quagmire and no one has been able to solve the problems.
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I give the movie A+ for effort because this is the way that situations like this should turn out but they don't. While the movie is terrific and a joy to watch, it is unfortunately unrealistic. Reviewed by edwagreen 9 / 10 Ron Clark: This Teacher is in A Class of His Own ****Īn excellent, extremely interesting film of a teacher in the New York City school system. The story stays traditional and on the expected path. Both Brandon Mychal Smith and Hannah Hodson show some promising skills. Matthew Perry does a good job with some slightly more serious acting. There are some hokey stuff that is traditional to the genre. This is a functional white savior teacher movie. Julio is taking bets on how long the teacher lasts. Shameika Wallace is busy taking care of her 3 siblings. Tayshawn is a troubled kid from a bad foster home. Inner Harlem Elementary School Principal Turner (Ernie Hudson) dismisses him as being too nice but Clark pushes to teach the worst class in the school. He starts as a waiter where he befriends Marissa Vega. He wants to find a teaching job in Harlem. Ron Clark (Matthew Perry) gets results as an elementary teacher but he leaves his job in the small town of Aurora, North Carolina for NYC. Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 7 / 10 love the kids Through it all, he is supported by Marissa Vega, the beautiful waitress at the restaurant where he works part-time. And he has to overcome the self-fulfilling prophecy of failure to instill a sense of worth within the students. But even the best laid plans can be turned askew by unforeseen events, such as illness and the behavior of others outside of his control. But he also learns that he has to understand them, both individually and collectively, on their level to be able to get through to them before he can teach them the standardized materials. He quickly learns that it will be a battle of wills between himself and his disruptive students to see who can outlast the other. Clark, however, wants to take the most disadvantaged class. As Clark is white and "nice" looking, Principal Turner wants to assign him to the honors class, especially as Turner's job security depends on good test scores. He eventually finds a job at Inner Harlem Elementary School, where the students are segregated according to their potential. Instead, he decides to look for a teaching job at a tough New York inner city school where he feels he can be more useful. Ron Clark, still relatively early in his career, leaves his stable life teaching at an elementary school in his suburban North Carolina hometown, the school where he is appreciated by both his fellow teachers and his students for his innovative teaching methods which results in raising test scores.