Saturday, November 14, 2009
LEARNING
Today's movie was the French drama/documentary
Entre les murs / The Class (2008)
Palme D'Or winner at Cannes, this dramatization of the book of the same name is full of life and shows, in a realistic way, I presume, the realities of classroom life in a multi-ethnic middle school. 13 and 14 years old
I was pleased to see that the film is really about the teacher and goes outside the classroom to show what happens "off stage". Teacher meetings, talks with the principal, loose times in the teacher's lounge.
I enjoyed watching this very much. The participants are not actors. The teacher is the guy who wrote the book.
Many of the issues of educating kids who are growing away from the pedagogy are the same as here, I think. Add globalization. Whew. And kids still learn and want to learn.
There are warts here as well. The Teacher is not perfect.
I will give this a 3 out of Netflix5.
