First things first, the movie made me cry. I rarely cry, so that's something. So it was definitely emotionally moving, and no wonder given the focus put on taping the experiences of several elementary or middle school age children, Anthony, Daisy, Alexander, Bianca and a high school girl whose name I don't recall.
Second of all, the verdict of the documentary was BAD TEACHERS. Teachers that aren't trying their hardest to help their pupils, teachers that lean on union contracts, teachers that are in it for the money, that are tenured, that would prefer not to risk merit-pay reform. The parts of the film that struck me the most were these:
