“BEYOND THE BLACKBOARD” Reflection

Beyond the Blackboard' tells us the story of a determined teacher. The story I think took place in 1980’s setting and follows a young, newly hired teacher named Ms. Stacey Bess who ends up teaching homeless shelter children at a school without a name. She finds the classroom to be not much more than a filthy shed with a few tattered books, one desk, several old mismatched chairs and a resident rat. Her students are sullen, unkempt, and even unruly and so are their parents all present a reality Stacey, nor any other teacher, were ever trained for. When the train passes along the building, the classroom shakes as if it’s about to give in, and then a resident rat comes out a hole in the floor making some kids to freak out and scream. The school head who hired her remains unreachable when she repeatedly tries to ask for help. But with these circumstances at hand, can an individual really make a difference?

Knowing a one’s job that much tough, I believe that most of the people engage in that scenario would have already simply quit after one day’s terrible and melancholic experience. In fact, it had me shaken out my very nerves watching the movie. But as an eye-opener, this teacher — Ms. Stacey Bess, not only made a splendid decision to go back to the homeless shelter (maybe she’s quite reluctant to admit to herself her first job being failed without yet trying to give her very best), made an outstanding performance as she fought for her students, transformed their attitudes and even helped them to have the proper education they deserve.

Originally told to just keep them under control and feed them a lunch, Ms. Stacey makes it her mission to teach, rather than just babysit the disadvantaged kids. At the start, the children timidly look at her like the teachers before her, who were essentially just caretakers for unwanted