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Lean on Me
The true story of Joe Clark, a principal at a high school in Paterson, New Jersey, where drugs and crime run rampant until he takes a tough, controversial stand to restore order
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First published March 1, 1989
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December 25, 2022
Again.... the book and the movie; You can't have one with out the other
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February 4, 2010I read Lean on Me on page 1 to page 57.
When I finished chapter 5, its characters remind me of another real story, which was happening in Richmond High School in California. This is a movie, and its name is Coach Carter.
The same thing between Joe Clark in Paterson School and Ken Carter in Richmond is their both black and they are teachers. Both of them have a different students but it is seem that they have the same problem with their students.
Joe Clark is a teacher who is a black people, Ken Carter is the same skin color, black, and he is a basket ball coach.
Both of them try to change the school that they teach from hell school to high school. Different stories, the same meaning.
I didn't finished Lean on Me yet, but I want to ask Mr. Clark and Mr. Carter a question, that is: how can they change their students and help their students from hell of their life? But I think I know the answer, that is the Love that Mr. Clark and Mr. Carter gave to their students, that is the most powerful weapon in the world.
When I finished chapter 5, its characters remind me of another real story, which was happening in Richmond High School in California. This is a movie, and its name is Coach Carter.
The same thing between Joe Clark in Paterson School and Ken Carter in Richmond is their both black and they are teachers. Both of them have a different students but it is seem that they have the same problem with their students.
Joe Clark is a teacher who is a black people, Ken Carter is the same skin color, black, and he is a basket ball coach.
Both of them try to change the school that they teach from hell school to high school. Different stories, the same meaning.
I didn't finished Lean on Me yet, but I want to ask Mr. Clark and Mr. Carter a question, that is: how can they change their students and help their students from hell of their life? But I think I know the answer, that is the Love that Mr. Clark and Mr. Carter gave to their students, that is the most powerful weapon in the world.
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