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3. A teacher should teach about humanity
According to the National Council of Education Research and Training 2006, the aim of education is to make children capable of becoming active,
responsible, productive, and caring members of society. In order to achieve the aim of education which makes the students caring about members of society, a
teacher should teach about humanity. The humanity issue in the movie is related about racism. When Erin has to face a conflict against society, she decides to
teach about humanity in diversity in order to make the racism issue decrease. As seen in the movie that the students of Erin originally are gang members. They hate
other people who come from different gang. In the class, the students sit based on their race. They do not want to sit near people from different race. They even hate
Erin. With her effort, Erin tries to teach about humanity. She teaches about humanity in diversity. She talks about humanity in the middle of teaching. A
lesson about humanity is important in order to make the students respect each other.
What can be learnt from the characteristics of Erin is that having characteristics as a good leader, Erin succeeds in uniting the students become one
family. According to Woolfolk 1980, a teacher should use the power of the group of the students to promote the individual growth. A teacher should be able
to lead a group of students. In the story, Erin shows that she can lead the students who hate each other to respect each other.
In the story, Erin must face conflicts against her students. Having conflicts with the students because of the racial issue, she never gives up in teaching about
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humanity in diversity. Even though there are many obstacles in teaching the students, Erin never gives up teaching the students about humanity in diversity.
She is not afraid to teach about humanity in diversity even though the students may hate her more.
4. A teacher should be sincere
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