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I was absent for a few days while our class was in the middle of production, however the first day i was in class. Being as though i am not a natural born actress i wanted to have one of the smaller parts, i guess you could say i played an extra (just another one of the students). In one scene i walk in on the first day of class excited to see everyone and catch up after summer break, In another scene we are listening to out drug addicted teacher (however we do not know that he suffers with a problem yet) speak, he seems to be a very intelligent and have a interesting take on most of everything he talks about. In the scene not all of the students are engaged some are in their own world throwing paper balls at each other or talking in small groups. Later on in the film four students pass by his classroom after hours to discover that their teacher Jake Westwood is taking cocaine in the back of his room on his desk.

The film could be interpreted in many different ways, we were talking about what it means to be a "super-teacher" and i think the movie passes along the message that we are not as happy as we might all seem. In this movie the students would have never probably guessed the problems the Jake suffered from... but if someone needs help, help them out! At certain points in the film i assume it gets very serious and seems to have a deeper emotional meaning, all the students seem to act very sympathetic towards Westwood. The students turned out to be his strength, he realized he had to make the change to better his life and with the support of his students he did so.

Compared to the other films ours was a little different, but after a certain point there are not many more "original" stories lines. Ultimately our class film was trying to show how students taking a stand can help a teacher/mentor and provide strength for them to overcome obstacles. This was a little different because unlike most films about teachers, the students are all trouble makers and the teachers get stuck teaching kids that they have to babysit. Our film was a little different because the teacher was the taboo one who needed all the guidance and direction he could get, because he could not provide the help he needed for himself.

Our film connects to reality and our life in general as students because lots of times the teachers try and make everything better, they want to be looked up like the heroic figure. The target the kids who they know need help so that evetually the students will obay the athority figure because they were being nice and treating them like they were special. But sometimes teachers need help, its just not as obvious a thing.