Dangerous Minds

Throughout much of the film Dangerous Minds, urban students are portrayed in a negative manner. The film starts out by showing the neighborhood as poor, there is graffiti on most of the buildings nearby, and the high school is very run down. (Bruckheimer & Smith, 1995) This setting represents a stereotype of urban schools that is all too often depicted in films. Urban schools are portrayed as “graffiti-ridden, dilapidated buildings with welfare students of color who are vandals and thieves.” (Beyerbach, 2010, p. 282) Like many other schools depicting urban schools, the students are seen as unable to help themselves. They are mostly students of color, and in the beginning they are depicted as troublemakers who can not be taught in a traditional…

The movie ‘Dangerous Minds’ is a movie directed by John. N Smith and released in the year, 1995. This movie covers the themes of choices, stereotypes, violence and reputation. It follows Louanne Johnson and how she was able to teach the program class at Parkmont High School. A significant event in the movie was Emilio Ramirez’s death which affects all the characters in the movie especially Louanne, Angela and Principal Grandey. However was Louanne accountable for the event of Emilio’s death? She…

towards education is there big problem to make progress. In all of the three films Dangerous Minds, Freedom Writers and Walkout the schools are racially discriminate, they let the student’s look like they are lacy, violent and so on, because no one beliefs in them to have a successful life. The movies Freedom Writers and Dangerous Minds have something in common, in both of them students have problems with their attitude and behavior in and outside the classroom, they reject to get an education.…

Unfortunately, these aren’t the only facets of Walter White. As the series progresses the power fantasy of Walter White can become dangerous. Walter’s power fantasy becomes dangerous once he begins to use that power on people who are also powerless. Walter bullies and intimidates his wife, poisons a small child, does nothing as a drug addict over doses, manipulates Jesse Pinkman his longtime partner into murdering a man, and ultimately is the reason Jesse winds up becoming enslaved by a white…

high school system. Urban high schools are known for failure because of structural racism, inequality. Urban high school films also conveyed the messages people are receiving, that urban high school doesn’t provide students enough education to be successful in life. In the films, Dangerous Mind, Freedom Writers, and Walkout all the urban schools portray inequality and for some people racism. In the films, Dangerous mind and freedom writer students faced challenges with their…

harming the victim even more. I have seen this in the form of a girl, eight years old at the time, who had gone through multiple sexual assaults. But the people she told about the molestation had done nothing about it out of respect for the girl and her family 's privacy. By choosing to "respect" this little girl 's privacy the people she told ended up harming her even more and allowed her molester to continue. As the years passed and the molestation became more known people started to speak up,…

The words “pizza taxi” may seem totally random to you, but to me and two of my best friends, Dani and Jaime, it’s a symbol of our crazy, unpredictable friendship. In the novel, How to be Bad, the three main characters, Jesse, Vicks, and Mel, resemble us in many ways; fears, personalities, beliefs, and relationships. My friends and the book crew of girls are perfect examples of how opposites attract. The resemblances start with Jaime, and Jesse being an uptight, thoughtful, “Christian Pants”,…

Dangerous goods are defined as any goods or substances that pose a risk to health, safety, property, or the environment. These goods are regulated internationally by IATA and the classification, maximum allowed quantities, documentation, packaging, marking, handling, and transporting of dangerous goods are published in the Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) (Sales, 2013, p. 74). The DGR classifies dangerous goods into 9 categories or classes of hazardous materials (HAZMAT): Class 1 – Explosives;…

La Marquise de Merteuil in Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton. She is a very interesting women to get to dig into for this scene. The play is based in 1780s France, this scene takes place October 1st. Merteuil is a well respected women who when her husband dies was left with vast wealth that she is able to use to entertain herself, if you will. She was married for a rather short time, she says in one line that when she began to tire of her husband, he very graciously died. She is…

The EPA has determined that the fundamental changes to the remedy described in this ROD amendment comply with the statutory requirements of CERCLA § 121, 42 U.S.C. § 9621, are protective of human health and the environment, comply with federal and state requirements that are applicable or relevant and appropriate to the remedial action, are cost-effective, and use permanent solutions and alternative treatment technologies to the maximum extent practicable. Because this remedy will result in…