Waiting For Superman was a very interesting movie which made us realize that Charter Schools were an option. I was surprised how hard it was to get into the Charter Schools. I think the lottery is so unfair because there could be a kid with so much potential who is unable to reach their potential because they lost in the lottery. There are some kids going into the lottery who already have an ok education and for them to take a spot away for a kid who will most likely fail in school if they don’t get into the Charter School seems unfair.

After watching this movie my group decided to follow up and look more into the movie. We found an article that disagreed with what was said in Waiting For Superman. That went against Charter Schools. It said that everyone who was doing anything less that perfect was expelled which ended up making their graduation rate seem really good. If you get rid of all the ok students and bad students and only keep the amazing ones, it’s gonna say that all your schools children were amazing when really you had just given up on everyone else. Also, if some people are taken into Charter School that the other kids are left behind. The government gives tons of money to Charter School so if all that money was just given to the regular public school, maybe all the kids would have been doing better. I think it is possible that there are people who thrive in a Charter School environment but I also believe there are people who may not learn as well in such a strict environment. I think it is unfair to leave children of whom Charter Schools don’t work for with no other options. Many kids need to be encouraged to do their best work and a regular Public School does not necessarily do that. Some Public Schools can do the opposite by beating up and harassing kids who do well.