I liked this movie when I was in high school, and thought that Morgan Freeman was effective as a principal who was trying to make the lives of the kids better.
However, as an adult, it seems that this movie was all about "Kids won't learn unless you threaten them. If a teacher is doing poorly, they should be fired immediately. It's my way or the highway." Seriously, if my job ever had a jag like "Mr. Clark" come in and run the place as a dictatorship, I'd be looking for a new job THE SAME DAY.
Also, there are some serious stretches of credulity here...
***SPOILER ALERT*** Mr. Clark is arrested for chaining the school doors shut, and is thrown in jail??? Not just any jail, but one that looks like its from a 1920s William Faulkner tale, with a cot and a sink and a washcloth. He wouldn't have just bonded out and gone home?
Also, Mr. Clark hires fascist security guards for the school? Doesn't he need to PAY them, and wouldn't this capital expenditure need to be approved before any checks are written?
However, as an adult, it seems that this movie was all about "Kids won't learn unless you threaten them. If a teacher is doing poorly, they should be fired immediately. It's my way or the highway." Seriously, if my job ever had a jag like "Mr. Clark" come in and run the place as a dictatorship, I'd be looking for a new job THE SAME DAY.
Also, there are some serious stretches of credulity here...
***SPOILER ALERT*** Mr. Clark is arrested for chaining the school doors shut, and is thrown in jail??? Not just any jail, but one that looks like its from a 1920s William Faulkner tale, with a cot and a sink and a washcloth. He wouldn't have just bonded out and gone home?
Also, Mr. Clark hires fascist security guards for the school? Doesn't he need to PAY them, and wouldn't this capital expenditure need to be approved before any checks are written?