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Offline Janice

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Waiting For Superman
« on: February 17, 2011, 10:54:56 AM »


Waiting for 'Superman' is finally out.

Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems.

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The fate of our country won't be decided on a battlefield, it will be determined in a classroom.

IMDb review 7.3/10

This movie apparently goes after the AFT and NEA with a vengeance. Read the review from the link above. Im downloading now.

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Re: Waiting For Superman
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2011, 11:12:12 AM »
The DUmmies really hate this movie.
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Re: Waiting For Superman
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2011, 01:21:16 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on February 17, 2011, 11:12:12 AM
The DUmmies really hate this movie.
Truth is such a bite in the ass.
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Re: Waiting For Superman
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2011, 02:05:56 PM »
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKTfaro96dg[/youtube]

So getting a decent education is like winning the lottery in America?

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Offline NHSparky

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Re: Waiting For Superman
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2011, 08:57:27 AM »
Saw this movie on the plane coming home.  Talk about kicking the union in the nuts.
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Re: Waiting For Superman
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2011, 09:43:25 PM »
Ive watched about half of this thing ... pretty good.  :popcorn:

Too late to watch it all tonight though.
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Re: Waiting For Superman
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2011, 09:45:30 PM »
I spotted it in the Redbox at the grocery store.  I may pick it up later.
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