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Lean On Me


            Lean on Me is a movie based upon a true story, which begins in 1967 at an urban high school called East Side High in Paterson, New Jersey. All of the students were well behaved and the school itself was in remarkably good condition. It was you"re by all appearances a model school. Within East Side High, there was a teacher named Joe Clark. He was very passionate about his teaching and methods and was very committed to his students. He taught in a unique way that made learning more enjoyable. However, the other teachers in the school were not too fond of his style or curriculum. They all had a meeting and voted on whether Joe Clark should be transferred to a different school. He was soon transferred.
             The movie skips twenty years ahead to 1987. You first see a visual of the school. It is completely trashed, graffiti everywhere, broken glass, and garbage in nearly every corner. The students were then shown walking through the halls dealing drugs, fighting and completely out of control. They refused to follow not only the school's rules, but also rules of common courtesy toward other human beings. In addition they showed no respect cursing at teachers and talking back to them. They simply refused to do school work and there was a major lack of discipline because the teachers had no control over the students. The majority of the students appeared to be chronic delinquents. Chronic delinquent offenders are youths who start their delinquent careers at a young age, have serious and repeated brushes with the law, and build a career in crime; these youths do not age out of crime but continue their criminal behavior into adulthood. (Juvenile Delinquents, 60).
             The conditions that existed at East Side High were hurting the reputation of the mayor who was running for .
             re-election. He knew that something had to be done to turn this school around. He then decided to bring back Joe Clark because they new that Joe possessed the qualities that were needed to get the job done.


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