Lean On Me...

Hey, son... Put something in your head, not on it!

this is one of the best dialogue that catch my attention while watching the movie. i wonder, if i went to Eastside High before Mr Clark came in, i may be dead or become most wanted criminal by now. the story was really amazing; the message sent directly to my heart..

Entertainment value

Lean On Me is based on the actual incidents that happened in America where the blacks have been segregated and their education never gets better. then, a hero came and tried so hard to change the black's mindset and teach them how to learn. for me, despite of the values, this movie is just as same as other action movie; the hero appear to solve the crisis. finally Mr Clark changed his students and save the school from being taken by the government. and all the comic relief, there is so much fun watching this movie...

For me as a B. Ed TESL student

i quoted the lines above..it means a lot to me. with that simple sentence, i learned that no matter who and how you are, you need to have some 'things' in your mind if you want to be recognized. the 'things' need not be academic, it involve everything that is meaningful.

My teacher in the past

erm...i cant remember having teacher like that. however Mr Clark reminded me of my hostel warden, Ustaz Shu'ah. he is a very great man, as a teacher and also 'foster father' to us in hostel. during my time, he was very strict about the academic and welfare plus about our prayer. he knew that we were flying out during night. however, he did not punish us. if we couldnt make to surau during subuh prayer (tired of flying out) then he will become 'hulk'. when he had to transfer to other school, we all gave him a huge salute with tears in our eyes thinking of how fun we've been together with him...

Lesson to be taken

there is a number of good points that can be taken from this movie. 1. the discipline of Mr Clark. he wanted all the works to be done in time. he even suspended one of the teacher for not standing straight during the school song 2. i need to be ready to accept all my students no matter who and how they are. at first i thought Mr Clark is abandoning the white girls. actually he is not. then, in the first part of the movie, there is a scene where a female teacher being harassed by the students. so i think i need to be ready for all that. 3: ego below you feet. try to accept others way of doing things. they may be better than you.

the story goes like this...once upon a time...

as far as i can remember, i dont think my parents have told me any bedtime stories. however, i have heard some of children stories which were told by my parents to teach me lessons...one of them is 'THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN'

the story goes like this...once upon a time, there was a monkey who was drowning in the sea. a dolphin came and rescued the monkey. the dolphin soon brought the monkey to an island. then the dolphin ask

ed whether the monkey knew the island. the monkey lied to the dolphin saying that he is the king of the island. the dolphin then said that he could be king now since he is the only one creature in that particular island. then immediately the dolphin ran away from the island, leaving the monkey alone..-The End-

i like the story because the story is very simple and the events in the story is too little. it is a good point for children because children could not understand complicated story.

in that simple story, there are many elements in the story that make the story interesting.the first point is the author uses animal as the character of the story. children will be attached to the animals as they have sense of caring towards animal. then, it come to a twist ending where children could not predict that the monkey is actually lying. and one more point is that with this simple story, children could learn an important value in life which is do not tell lie.

as i mentioned before, the author uses animal as the character of the story which is attractable to children. the monkey is seen as a helpless figure while the dolphin as a helper and intelligent. as monkey lied to the dolphin, he knew and simultaneously pay off his bad behavior. children will see the dolphin as a very generous helper and the monkey as an ungrateful creature. thus, this portrayal of the characters make the story more interesting.

the plot of the story goes in traditional plot sequence where it starts from the dolphin helped the monkey and brought him to the island. the climax is when the monkey was caught lying to the dolphin. there was twist in the ending where the monkey was paid off of what he had done

overall, i think this story is really a very good story for children. in the story, the author inserted moral value in order to teach children informally. although it is not as popular as cinderella and snow white, this story have all the criteria for a good story...