Criticism of Davis Guggenheim's documentary Waiting for... ". His documentary explores the tragic ways in which America's public education system is failing the nation's children and explores the role that charter schools and education reformers could play in offering hope for the future. Statistics show the dropout rates of our nation's students, declining science and math scores, and school closures due to lack of funding, but the numbers fail to represent the names and faces of children whose entire futures are in jeopardy. game due to the inability to implement change. Bianca, Emily, Anthony, Daisy and Francisco are five students who deserve a better education opportunity. By investigating how the current system is actually hindering their education rather than strengthening it, Guggenheim opens the door to considering possible options for transformation and improvement. Guggenheim uses certain cinematic elements such as interviews and cartoons, to influence an emotional response from viewers and manipulate their opinion in favor of arguing against his portrayal of unions. A short clip of a Milwaukee high school classroom shows students playing, sleeping and teachers relaxing. at their desks reading the newspapers. The response in the interview with Howard Fuller shows the exasperation, disappointment and ferocity against the actions of these teachers. Fuller fired those teachers but then forced them “to rehire them with one year of back pay because of a provision in the teachers contract called “tenure,” a specification of teachers unions. (Mandate is a status granted to an employee indicating that the position of...... middle of paper ...... seems like a strange game to me” and Kamras responds without a comment but only with a drooling look on his face face.Guggenheim, the cunning technique of using certain cinematic elements such as interviews and cartoons, to influence an emotional response from viewers, manipulates their opinion in the anti-union argument. The overall reaction leaves viewers horrified by the education system and eager to make changes by raising the standards of teachers, education and the entire system. The beaming light of hope at the end of the tunnel may be small but it exists and will grow as more and more people fight for higher education requirements, rates of lower dropouts, “remove barriers to change,” and schools produce more college-ready students Works CitedWaiting for Superman Davis Guggenheim Paramount Picture, 2010.

Topic > Criticism of Davis Guggenheim's documentary Waiting for... ". His documentary explores the tragic ways in which America's public education system is failing the nation's children and explores the role that charter schools and education reformers could play in offering hope for the future. Statistics show the dropout rates of our nation's students, declining science and math scores, and school closures due to lack of funding, but the numbers fail to represent the names and faces of children whose entire futures are in jeopardy. game due to the inability to implement change. Bianca, Emily, Anthony, Daisy and Francisco are five students who deserve a better education opportunity. By investigating how the current system is actually hindering their education rather than strengthening it, Guggenheim opens the door to considering possible options for transformation and improvement. Guggenheim uses certain cinematic elements such as interviews and cartoons, to influence an emotional response from viewers and manipulate their opinion in favor of arguing against his portrayal of unions. A short clip of a Milwaukee high school classroom shows students playing, sleeping and teachers relaxing. at their desks reading the newspapers. The response in the interview with Howard Fuller shows the exasperation, disappointment and ferocity against the actions of these teachers. Fuller fired those teachers but then forced them “to rehire them with one year of back pay because of a provision in the teachers contract called “tenure,” a specification of teachers unions. (Mandate is a status granted to an employee indicating that the position of...... middle of paper ...... seems like a strange game to me” and Kamras responds without a comment but only with a drooling look on his face face.Guggenheim, the cunning technique of using certain cinematic elements such as interviews and cartoons, to influence an emotional response from viewers, manipulates their opinion in the anti-union argument. The overall reaction leaves viewers horrified by the education system and eager to make changes by raising the standards of teachers, education and the entire system. The beaming light of hope at the end of the tunnel may be small but it exists and will grow as more and more people fight for higher education requirements, rates of lower dropouts, “remove barriers to change,” and schools produce more college-ready students Works CitedWaiting for Superman Davis Guggenheim Paramount Picture, 2010.