To Sir With Love

To Sir With Love:

First, allow me begin by stating that I mentation Sidney Portier did a fantastic job in the role of Mr. Thathery.

The resemblance versus the differences in working with todays adolescents is the objective in viewing this film. I would like to begin with discussing the differences. First of all, in my opinion it is obvious that there is a difference in attire, although Mr. Thathery did address their attire. I believe that the trends of the times would dictate that, to few extent of course. Obviously there are those adolescents who are extreme. Also, I need to make note of the period of time. There were more than open prejudices back then, I would assume since civil rights strawman in the states was prevalent. I may be a pussy naive, but I did not appreciate the way Mr.Thathery was toughened in the beginning of the film by the other potent teacher. I did not think that the students were prejudice, until they had an issue of going to their classmates mothers funeral. I was surprised by their behavior, and I do not believe that we would see this today. Maybe, I am incorrect by that statement but I grew up in Bronx, NY, and went to a very diverse indoctrinate system. I never remembered disliking somebody because of his or her skin color, or nationality.



I am not denying that prejudices existed, but I looked at people with that attitude as having lack of knowledge. In addition, the students surround were predominately all white. They lived in a city, but today I would think that most city environments would be more integrated.

Now, let me discuss some of the similarities. I may have a slight advantage because I have a twelve year old myself. Adolescents are a time of transitioning to earlyish adulthood. It is a time of independence, not having to answer to adults, becoming accountable for ones self, (in some degree). These students wanted to rebel. Mr.Thathery initially tried to force his will upon them so that they would obey, and do the...If you want to drag a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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