“The best teacher are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see.” In the movie Pressure Cooker the culinary instructor Mrs. Wilma Stephenson portrayed exactly that. Pressure Cooker is a documentary film based on a high school in Northeast Philadelphia in a lower class neighborhood. Mrs. Stephenson loved her children but indeed had a funny way of showing it. Mrs. Stephenson treated her student like they were her children and she wanted to make sure that they succeed in life. She inspired the achieve their goals in life by giving them the opportunity to prove society wrong and anyone else who doubted her babies (as she would say).
Three senior at Frankford High School in Northeast Philadelphia in themselves in the kitchen …show more content…
He is the man of the house. Tyree mother is depending on him to go to college and make something out of this his life to get her and his sister out of the hood. Along with culinary. Tyree also plays football and is honestly great at the sport is ultimately has two ways out of the hood. Next, up we have Erica. Erica is a cheerleader at school. Erica has a lot of responsivity on her plate. She has the responsibility on the she takes care of the sister which is blind, chores around the house, responsibilities at her church and also Mrs. Stephenson class. Erica dad push for her to the best that she can be no matter what. Last but not least Fatoumata she Is an African negative and she found her way to the states to get a better education. Once she arrived in the states she appreciated the public transportation and the free lunches at school. Fatoumata said back in Africa she had to walk 10 miles to school and ten Miles back twice a day ; they also did not have free lunch they had to get food the best way that they knew how. Fatoumam parents did everything in their power to try and break her down by not coming and showing her support nor did they let her go to prom but indeed she was strong and still
Three senior at Frankford High School in Northeast Philadelphia in themselves in the kitchen …show more content…
He is the man of the house. Tyree mother is depending on him to go to college and make something out of this his life to get her and his sister out of the hood. Along with culinary. Tyree also plays football and is honestly great at the sport is ultimately has two ways out of the hood. Next, up we have Erica. Erica is a cheerleader at school. Erica has a lot of responsivity on her plate. She has the responsibility on the she takes care of the sister which is blind, chores around the house, responsibilities at her church and also Mrs. Stephenson class. Erica dad push for her to the best that she can be no matter what. Last but not least Fatoumata she Is an African negative and she found her way to the states to get a better education. Once she arrived in the states she appreciated the public transportation and the free lunches at school. Fatoumata said back in Africa she had to walk 10 miles to school and ten Miles back twice a day ; they also did not have free lunch they had to get food the best way that they knew how. Fatoumam parents did everything in their power to try and break her down by not coming and showing her support nor did they let her go to prom but indeed she was strong and still