Cultural Undertones In Waiting For Superman

Figuring the Ways of the Educational World Trying to figure out what is wrong with the education in the United States is like finding a needle in a hay stack. There are so many different strategies to take when trying to solve this problem. Most that have attempted have failed to do so or just don’t have the understanding to do it. For this reason, the concept of Superman coming to save us was created.
The main problem with this is that not all education systems are the same throughout the United States. Each state has their own theories and ways of creating a better education. This also causes different problems for each state which makes it harder for the department of education to solve. Although it is hard to solve this, the lottery
The main undertone that comes to me is race. In the movie “Waiting for Superman” it shows many different races that have struggled with school except one, the average white American. Families like the Esparza and Hill family showed good examples of these cultural undertones. The movie portrays that the only schools that are having problem are the ones in the ghetto or in undeveloped cities. The problem with schools in undeveloped cities is that it is hard to find teachers that are actually willing to put their full potential in teaching these students. It is not like any other teaching position where students have the ability and the supplies to learn. It is the teachers’ job to drive these students to become successful and to learn that not everything comes easy. By the means of ability I mean that the students’ parents are not always there to help their child with the needs of success. For example, there are many broken families where single parents have to work many hours just to make a living. And adding a good school for their child is just a harder task for them to complete. Numerous parents in these cities also face problems with drugs and crime. Over half of the schools face difficulty with drug addiction and crime in broke down cities. This plays an enormous part in the students drive to graduate from school. It may seem like all of the students drop out but really there is a majority of kids
It showed me how our education system worked and how it is controlled. I would also recommend it to someone that is wanting to be a teacher in the near future. This movie will show them the other side of education. The side were teachers are blamed for student success rates and how hard it is to become a good teacher. I feel like teachers have a good concept on why they want to become a teacher but they don’t really know what it takes. If this movie can open my eyes to our educational world then I am sure it can do the same to anyone that watches