For the film my personal contribution was being in the film and trying to improvise with other people in the film also. I played the role of one of the four students who come to his classroom after a school dance and find out about their teacher Jake Westwood drug addiction to crack cocaine which later helps Jake realize that the drug addiction is not the way to go. The students and i go on about how we are proud of him for stopping and staying clean. In addition to his fanazcing ideas in history.
Honestly i do not really know exactly what the message of the film was but i think that the message was that if someone is seeking need, help them. The tone of the film is very serious at the same time sympathetic towards Jake Westwood. Showing how the students helped him and he did not relapse and how serious he took the situation especially when the four students were gathered talking to him when they caught him. He realized he needed change.
Compared to the other films it was different. This film was showing the students in the classroom taking a stand and helping the teacher. Unlike the other movies the teachers were stuck teaching rebelling teenagers who came from the ghetto and felt they were going nowhere. In the end the teacher was able to teach the students and they grew on each other. In the film we did in class the table were turned and the teacher was the one in need this time but in the end he could not do by himself.
This film connects to real life in school because lots of times teachers try to be the heroic figure (not all some) and try to help those kids in need. On the other hand that does not always happen and in reality the teacher needs help. The teachers who do not show much appreciation to the students is the reason kids nowadays the way they are because teachers do not allow themselves to open a relationship with a student.
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