Rhetorical Analysis of Waiting for “Superman” The movie Waiting for “Superman” is conducted in an effective and efficient manner which gave supported facts throughout the film. This documentary follows Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily who are all from different families, in different areas, and shows what they must go through in hopes for a better education. In addition to following each child, the viewer will see how some kids must got through what’s called “The lottery” in order
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Diaman Nichols Nichols-E2 Compton English 17 October 2013 South Carolina’s Strong-Council System vs. Strong-Mayor System of Government Many South Carolinians dwelling in, Columbia, the capital city, has been questioning the idea of changing the already existing form of government, which is a strong-counsel system, to a strong-mayor system. The feasibility of this particular implication
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In today’s society, adolescents are exposed to many different types of risk factors, protective factors, and even resilience. Risk factors are prevalent in adolescent behaviors, those including exposure to substance abuse and teenage delinquency. Such risk factors can be caused environmentally, interpersonally and individually. To alleviate risk factors, personal resources have come into existence through protective factors and even resilience to many hazardous situations among adolescents. Children
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After watching Waiting for Superman and reading What ‘Superman’ got wrong, point by point, both stances seemed to place themselves at the far ends of a spectrum that I found myself somewhere in the middle on for most of the issues brought up. Waiting for Superman is clearly the work of a non-teacher, as the reforms showcased in the film highlight radical change to teaching staff, the dissolving of teachers unions, and the placement of the child’s needs above the adults. What ‘Superman’ got wrong, point
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In 2010, Davis Guggenheim released one of the years most talked about documentaries, Waiting for Superman. His film was an eye opening, to many, look at the failings of the U.S. school system. The film follows five students across the U.S., who range in grade level from kindergarten to eighth grade, as they try and escape the public school system through a lottery for a chance admission to a charter school. Guggenheim lays the blame for the failing public education system at the feet of the various
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________________________________________________________________________ Waiting for Balance: A Review of Waiting for Superman Directed by Davis Guggenheim Paramount Vantage and Participant Media, 2010. Approximately 90 minutes. ________________________________________________________________________ Reviewed by Joseph Flynn, Northern Illinois University Introduction Waiting for Superman is the latest documentary by the Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim. Guggenheim also directed
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In her article, “Grading Waiting for Superman,” Dana Goldstein critiques the movie, “Waiting for Superman,” on their argument and points. She points out many unmentioned facts about public and charter schools that are not acknowledged by the producers of the film. She follows these holes with how it weakens the argument of the movie. She discusses how many people were excited and anxious prior to the release of the video. Goldstein also states how others debated reforms in public schools even before
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some of us, having good teachers means getting good grades in school. In the documentary, “Waiting for Superman”, it demonstrates the importance of good teachers and the impact they have on students. If schools get more involved in the education of their students, children’s future would be affected greatly. Schools main focus needs to be providing a better education for children. In “Waiting For Superman,” the superintendent was trying to do away with bad teachers in his school due to them not
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Waiting for Superman Watching the documentary Waiting for Superman was extremely eye opening and almost depressing. I feel that I have been blessed with a good education and so has my daughter. She was able to attend one of the best elementary schools in Stevens Point because of the neighborhood we lived in. Watching these parents have to play “the lottery” is a feeling I can’t even imagine. Before watching this documentary, I was unware that things like the lottery even existed. It is very obvious
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There are many claims in Waiting for Superman. One claim that they make is standardized testing is important for schools. What Waiting for Superman means by this claim is that they think all students should have to take tests and quizzes to see how they improve their learning and to see what they have to work on. Diane Ravitch would say that there is no need for testing the children. Diane believed that it was possible to succeed not just by test scores. “Is it possible that we succeeded not because
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