This movie is based on a true story of a principal at Eastside High, a multicultural school located in New Jersey. During the movie there were two assemblies which took place, which show an effective change of the behavior and attitudes of the students and teachers. he environment of the first assembly was a riotous and the teachers weren’t visible, where as in the second assembly the students were calm and the teachers were visible. This was a result of the changes done over the past school year in the attitudes and behaviors of the students and teachers to overcome this change from the first assembly, and the second assembly.
During the first assembly, the students were misbehaving, foolish, and they were ignoring teachers. When Joe Clark had walked into the assembly, the scene was chaotic! There were many students crowded around smoking, arguing, fighting and so on. Also, in the first assembly it seemed like the teachers didn’t really care about the students, and did not take much control over the students. Most of the teachers weren’t seen in the assembly. In the first assembly, there had been a group of about 300 students who Joe Clark had referred to as “educationally hopeless underachievers, and parasites” these students had been expelled.
These groups of students were trouble makers threatening Joe Clark, mocking him, and talking back to him. After he had expelled them he made it clear that he wasn’t here to play any games, and that he had been in control of students and teachers. During the assembly Clark had demanded respect from his students and the teachers, if respect wasn’t given then Clark had simply removed the offender from the school. This had set a tone mood and a shocking expression from the students and teachers. In addition there had been a dramatic change witnessed from the attitudes and behaviors of the students and teachers from both of the assemblies.
While the second assembly was going on it had seemed as if Mr. Joe Clark had been urging the students to pass the skill test in order to prove themselves and the rest of the world that they deserve an education. Mr. Joe Clark had also mentioned to the students about what the state of New Jersey thought of Eastside High. He had remarked that people had thought they were “ghosts” meaning spirits raised from the dead; he also said that the public had thought Eastside High students aren’t worthy of receiving an education. This remark had made Eastside High motivated. The atmosphere of the second assembly had been strong. It had seemed like Eastside High came together as one, where as in the first assembly it had seemed as if they didn’t care about school and so on. The teachers had stood by their students, they had been seen, and they had looked as though they were ready to motivate the students to pass the test. They had looked troubled, and scared of the students. In the second assembly, the students had seemed inspired, calm, and discipline.
In conclusion, there had been a change between the first assembly and the second assembly, where the students felt inspired and motivated to show the world that they deserve an education like everyone else. This change couldn’t have happened without Mr. Joe Clark’s assertive and strong-willed personality, and motivation to change the school.