Waiting For Superman was an inspirational movie because of the drive that the kids and their parents had towards their education. There are a number of different things that goes on in the school system, that I was oblivious to and watching this film allowed me to not only be exposed but to think critically about the different opportunities kids were denied. Geoffrey Canada is an American educator and also a social activist. He worked hard for years to become and good teacher because he was deprived of good teaching as a kid. When he attended school he referred to the school that he attended in the Bronx as a “failure factory”. Geoffrey put a lot of time and effort into teaching and organizations that he founded, such as Harlem Children’s
