A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students (or "pupils") under the supervision of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. Schools surrounding should be comfort enough for the students to enable them get a proper education and successful in their life. The behavior of the students should be good enough where they should respect their teacher who provides them knowledge and teacher should guide and lead their students to good way. They also should provide adequate knowledge to students so they able to survive and successful in their later life.
Lean On Me is about a school in Paterson, New Jersey, is ridden by many problems like drugs and gang violence. The major problem, however, is the imminent threat lurking on the school, of being overtaken by the New Jersey state government, unless the students improve their score in the basic skills test conducted by the state itself. The movie begins with a sequence where the students go rough with the principal because he tries to intervene to stop a fight. The mayor asks the school superintendent for help, following the brawl. He suggests that they appoint the controversial Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman) as the school principal, who had served in the capacity of a teacher at the East side High some 20 years ago.
When Clark arrives, he shakes things up by expelling scores of rogue students and calling the teachers incompetent. He also fires those teachers who disagree with him, with one of his firing orders reversed by the Superintendent himself. A lot of people despise Clark him initially. However, with time, his effective, though a bit extreme efforts of saving the schools gains the respect of some of the teachers and the students. Clark is arrested in the later part of the movie after the mayor and some of his opponents conspire against him. The entire student body, at this juncture, rallies behind him and demand his release. In the end, Clark wins, with the students passing their basic skills exam.
This is one of the best movie where its really shows that the successful of the administration and scoring of the students in exams is all depend on the way how the principal lead the school.
Yes it's true that students need a comfortable school environment. This school in this movie was in a mess when Morgan Freeman (Mr. Clark) came as a principal. He had to be strict to make changes to the school even if some seem to be extreme like expelling hundreds of students who are into gangs and drugs, scolding and expelling teachers. One thing I like in Mr. Clark is that he treats everyone as an equal. He only thinks he is powerful but he becomes a father figure to all the students eventually. The love of the students towards him shown in the end of the movie where when he gets arrested, one whole school comes and asks them to release him because he is the best principal they have. So Karthik are you going to be a principal like him? Well, good luck. :)
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