This movie is a tale of a young girl winning against all odds and become one of the year's biggest gems - a heartfelt and moving film about the champion in us all.
While Akeelah is a very bright girl, she's hardly a star student and seems afraid of acting like a bookworm around her friends and classmates. However, Akeelah's teacher sees genuine potential in her student and encourages her to enter the school's spelling bee, convinced Akeelah has the brains and the talent to win. Akeelah applies herself and emerges victorious in the local competition, but discovers the going gets tougher when she goes to a statewide bee.
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| Dr Larabee: Who's head is this? |
My favourite character in this movie is Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne) a strict English teacher who mentored Akeelah through the regional. Who is Dr . Larabee?
Dr. Larabee is a man of self-described "acerbic wit and sour disposition" who is on sabbatical from his position as chairman of the UCLA English department and so has a lot of time on his hands.He also can be seen as a stubborn taskmaster who questions Akeelah's ability and commitment, but in time he develops a respect for his pupil and helps her prove her talent as she climbs the ladder to the National Spelling Bee.
When you are watching this movie, try to ask yourself ,what you can do in the face of little or no support, being disadvantaged economically, and having poor educational skills. As a teacher ,we must help our students to reach their full potential. We need to step to the plate and encourage, support, and participate in our children and student's lives. I think this was an endearing film that could be watched by the whole family.
i've watched this movie several times before and yes.. i really like it. more over, i'm one of lawrence Fishburne's fans..hahaha
ReplyDeleteback to this story, the part that i like the most is when Akeelah finally realized that winning is not the main point..=) This movie also makes me think that every student has their own learning style. what we have to do is to recognize their talent and help them..