Just watched the movie Precious. It happens more than we think. No wonder students are failing clas

[demtenjeep]

I am sure that was an extreme case, but I am equally sure that our kids deal with a lot of situations like this.


Yet, it is the teacher's fault that they don't make AYP.

[hayu_lol]

1. What happens? You forgot to tell us...

would be nice to have a synopsis.

[demtenjeep]

2. I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't seen it yet

it is well worth the watch

[etherealtruth]

3. The world can be a hideous place for some children

None of it of their making.

[demtenjeep]

4. exactly

I liked it when that teacher said "LOVE did NOT do this to you"

That was awesome and powerful

[etherealtruth]

5. Very powerful and very true!

[demtenjeep]

6. here is a slight synopsis

Claireece Precious Jones endures unimaginable hardships in her young life. Abused by her mother, raped by her father, she grows up poor, angry, illiterate, fat, unloved and generally unnoticed. So what better way to learn about her than through her own, halting dialect.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929632/

[demtenjeep]

7. so have you seen this movie?

I hadn't even heard about it until the Oscars