movie chalk

Chalk illustrates the charges that Freire & Gatto make in many ways,The movie Chalk is a story about the difficulties a teacher may be introduced to in our current educational process. Difficulties as diverse and boring teacher student interaction. Getting the students to pay attention in class. Or even getting the students excited about the class in general. In chalk there were several instances when teachers were having trouble engaging with their class. For example the gentleman who was a Software Engineer who said “after taking a personality, it was decided I would make a good teacher.” Obviously this guy has no communication skills at all. His class wonders about mentally while he does his best to capture their attention. The physical education teacher had to work extremely hard to even get her students off the bleachers the first day. I related to the boring & depressed atmosphere of the teachers lounge mentioned by Gatto in one of his writings. Several times there was a scene in the lounge, teachers we slouched on couches, complaining about their jobs and the students involved. It was a very direct representation of b both writings indeed.