Waiting for Superman

So I have this friend who loves helping children. I mean really looooves helping them achieve their dreams and being a friend to them when they may not have anyone else to turn to. She viewed this documentary called "Waiting for Superman." She thought, why would there be a documentary about how broken the education system in America is because after all, isn't American the best at everything? W-R-O-N-G.

She decided to watch it anyway. She was aware of what this documentary called a "lottery school," which is a school that allows students to learn at a charter school seperate from public schools, with great teachers and endless opportunities to excel. She believes these schools are a great idea but was shocked at the amount of students trying to get into them in dozens of locations across the country in order to avoid ineffective teachers and extremely high dropout rates at their local public schools. And the fact that America now ranks 25 in math and 21 in science across the globe is just a little depressing.

Now almost every documentary should be taken with a grain of salt because of the extreme views they take in order to get their point across. But this documentary has some VERY valid points. If you care about the future generations that will run our country, watch this trailer or rent it! And the best part about documentaries...they're usually only an hour or so long so turn off the crappy-yet-addicting (my guilty pleasure as well so don't feel bad) reality tv show you're watching and fill your brain with some knowledge.