EDITORIAL: A teacher's reaction to Waiting for "Superman"

Because I myself am a school teacher, I found that there was no way to write a movie review for the documentary film without wanting to jump into the first-person to share, analyze, and discuss my own impressions along the way. Still, I wanted my reviews to stand on their own as objective and with journalistic integrity. For that reason, I kept my thoughts and feelings on the topics out of the reviews and separated them for a follow-up editorial column after each review.

"Documentary Review", "Documentary", "Editorial", "Waiting for Superman"Don ShanahanNovember 13, 2010 Comments

DOCUMENTARY REVIEW: Waiting for "Superman"

From both story perspectives, the cracks and deficiencies of the American public school system are revealed and out on display in a very strong way. Waiting for "Superman" doesn't sugarcoat or hold its statistics and ugly findings back. Much about No Child Left Behind and educational funding is discussed. It is both sickening and fascinating to watch at the same time, yet all the while poignant.