Review Of The Film 'Waiting For Superman'

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In “Waiting for Superman” by Davis Guggenheim was very astonished to see how good teacher and bad teacher has a tremendous impact on student’s life and their education. This film was well made and charismatic where I learned a lot of new things. One of the things I learned from this film is how parents were always there to help and encourage their kids not to give up even though they have to face some obstacles and work hard to have the bright future. Therefore, parents were motivated that they were even ready to travel extra miles for their children education, especially when they knew they have a tiny chance of getting their children admission into that school. They could do anything for their children to achieve good education in good school.

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