Would you mind explaining why it affected you so? What exactly are you thinking about? Are you trying to solve the issues it discusses?
I haven't seen it yet so I can't comment much (though I watched the NBC specials and have read quite a bit about it), however from my understanding it covers just a thin sliver of the real problems within our schools that have existed for some time already. In addition, I haven't heard that it offers much in terms of solutions, other than one that isn't especially exhaustive or touches anywhere near the root of the problems. Instead, it seems to shift power from one bureaucracy to another and shift teacher focus even further from student development and learning to surviving evaluations on the teacher and student fronts.
Anyway, the movie isn't out yet where I live but I am very curious to watch it and see if this is true for myself.
On another note, do you think we'll see a spike in Y Combinator funded education related startups as a result of this? :)
I haven't seen it yet so I can't comment much (though I watched the NBC specials and have read quite a bit about it), however from my understanding it covers just a thin sliver of the real problems within our schools that have existed for some time already. In addition, I haven't heard that it offers much in terms of solutions, other than one that isn't especially exhaustive or touches anywhere near the root of the problems. Instead, it seems to shift power from one bureaucracy to another and shift teacher focus even further from student development and learning to surviving evaluations on the teacher and student fronts.
Anyway, the movie isn't out yet where I live but I am very curious to watch it and see if this is true for myself.
On another note, do you think we'll see a spike in Y Combinator funded education related startups as a result of this? :)