" The Class"

The class is a movie it takes place in Paris, France. The movie depicts the attempts of a French teacher named Mr. Francis Marin he was helping the students who are seen as trouble makers and delinquents and put them in the right paths of life. In the movie, I can see that the struggles of the teacher who is caught in a very difficult situation as he tries to have authority and maintain order in his classroom. This movie reveals the teacher’s contemplation between earning the student’s respect, yet not allowing them to walk all over him. The movie takes place mostly in the classroom and in school campus, and deals with such as; respect, authority, race, culture and identity. I found it very realistic the way that the movie depicted the levels of power and confidence that the students of today’s generation can go to, meaning that, students today are not afraid to question or to challenge their teacher’s authority as what Esmeralda acts to Mr. Francis Marin; but Mr. Marin doesn't care about the attitude of his students because for him he is a teacher and his job is to teach his students even if those students have different behavior. Mr. Marin use the different methods for teaching but the most common method he used was the oral recitation; he uses oral recitation to evaluate students and to recite all the topics that they discuss. But, there was one student came to him and gives him a statement, “Sir I have learned nothing”. The role of a teacher is to nurture the students to impart knowledge, to motivate students to learn in order to them to become holistic person in a future.
    For me, as a teacher I feel bad, but in terms of their learning I will accept my weaknesses because he can’t say that all our expertise in teaching the students can learn. I am glad because he/she is honest that he/she didn’t learn from me. The teacher will reteach go back to the topic where students felt difficult. As a teacher you must ask the student what part or area of the discussion that we need to explain again.
    The movie ends with a very unresolved ending. As one student is expelled for misbehaving, other students still do not come to understand what respect is or why they should give it and or receive it in return and very few actually attempt to become successful in school. This movie demonstrates a little bit of every kind of student that we as teachers may come across in our teaching careers. There are those that honestly care about their education, those that simply do not see the point of going to school, others who are forced to be in school, and some who are not fortunate enough to go to school as they are not legal citizens. Above all I thought that this movie did a fantastic job at raveling how each of the above circumstances affects and inter- relates in the bigger picture of being in the classroom together.