TO SIR WITH LOVE

In your opinion - would reading the novel or watching the movie encourage or discourage someone in the teaching field? Why?

(Your Opinion: Encourage and why? or Discourage and why?)

In your opinion - did you like or dislike the movie and why?

(Your Opinion: Liked it and why? Disliked it and why?)

List some of the ways the students disrupted the class.

1. interrupting, 2. slamming desk tops, 3. constant talking

Prior to To Sir WIth Love becoming a movie it was what?

An autobiographical novel, written in 1959 by E. R. Braithwaite.

After Potter tried to "beat-up"/attack the PE teacher what did Sir suggest that Potter do?

Apologize to the PE teacher.

Explain why the following scripture is an example of why Sir wanted Potter to apologize: "Get rid of all bitterness, rage, and anger... forgiving each other, just as Christ forgave you". Ephesians 4:31-32

Christ has forgiven you/us - therefore you/we should forgive others as well. Also - so that you/we do not become/stay bitter and angry.

After Buckley fell, how did the PE teacher respond?

Complacent, he didn't care. He left without even checking on Buckley.

What did Denim do to challenge Sir in PE class?

He challenged him to a round of boxing.

Why did Sir accept the challenge?

He knew that Denim would continue to ask/challenge him if he didn't accept.

What was the principal's initial response when Sir asked if the students could go on "an outing"/to the museum?

He said, "No". "The best of students are inclined to show-off (on outings)".

Why would two rude students coming into his room change Sir's mind about changing jobs?

He saw the need to show/teach love and show respect to them - as he did in his/the graduating class and wanted to help make a difference in their lives too.

Which Chapter in the Bible is known as the "Love Chapter"?

I Corinthians 13

In the movie, who's Mum/Mom died and how did the students respond?

In the movie, Seals' Mom died. The students collected money in order to buy flowers for her funeral.

What does "There is no form of punishment, corporal or otherwise" mean?

It means that there are no consequences given to the students when they act-up.

What did the PE teacher want "Fats"/Buckley to do that he couldn't?

Jump over the vault.

How does the following scripture explain what God says about different races and ethnic groups "mixing"? Mark 12:30-31 "Love your neighbor as yourself".

Mark 12:30 - 31 means - God does not look at the color of someone's skin - He looks at the heart. He wants us to show love to everyone/our neighbor.

What was one thing Mr. Thackeray said about rebellion?

Rebellion should be done peacefully - not with violence.

After the boxing challenge, what did Sir offer Denim that was very unexpected?

Sir offered Denim a teaching position as a PE teacher - teaching boxing.

What was Sir's response to Denim when he said it was "not fair" that Mr. Westin did not have to change?

Sir said to Denim, "That's just one thing you'll have to put up with as an adult" - Life is not fair.

In the movie, who was Sir?

Sir was a teacher named Mr. Mark Thackeray.

What was the language that the local people spoke?

The local people spoke "cockney" and "cockney rhyming slang".

Where is the setting of the movie?

The setting is at a high school on the East End of London.

Why was Mr. Thackeray not able to teach his students?

The students constantly disrupted the class.

How did the other students feel about Sir's suggestion to Potter?

The students did not agree with his suggestions. They got angry.

Why did the students treat their teachers with no respect?

The students treated the teachers with disrespect because most of them came from violent homes where there was little or no respect.

How did the students treat their teachers?

The students treated them rudely and with no respect.

List some of the reasons the students could not go to the museum on their own.

They could not go because they had to 1. cook, 2. clean, 3. grocery shop, 4. take care of younger siblings

Why was it not a good idea that the girls deliver the flowers for the funeral?

They couldn't deliver them because It was "frowned upon" when/if white's "mixed" with "coloreds".

How did most of the teachers at North Quay feel about the students?

They did not like the students or respect them. They constantly complained about the students.

In the movie, Sir was offered a job in engineering that he was going to accept - what made him change his mind?

Two rude students ran into/ "bounded" into his room; snatching things out of his hands and speaking with disrespect.

Who speaks the "cockney" language?

Working class Londoners.