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Hugh Jackman , the audience must be familiar with this name. The tough guy on the screen, the real life gentleman, the evergreen in the film industry, and the owner of the title of "the world's most sexy man".
There are so many masterpieces! You can act, sing, and dance, you are an all-round artist!
In "Les Miserables", Jean Ajean, who bears the burden of humiliation, P.T. Barnum in "The King of Circus", has a comeback, and Robert Angel, who has a higher heart than the sky in "Deadly Magic".
The cousin's favorite is his interpretation of "Wolverine".
This role has accompanied the audience for 17 years. The cousin saw the university from elementary school.
And Hugh Jackman has also become the record holder for the longest time playing a superhero.
After bidding farewell to the role of "Wolverine", Hugh Jackman has been challenging himself over the years, trying different types of roles. At the Toronto Film Festival last year, his new work "Bad Education" held the world premiere. I have to say, "The film world trembled three times as soon as Uncle Wolf shot." He did not disappoint the audience who supported him.
Up to now, 93% of Rotten Tomatoes is freshly certified, and the audience’s popcorn index is 85%. It is ranked 16th in 2020 must-see movies on the MTC website.
Enough acting as a good gentleman and superhero, this new film is a big breakthrough. What he brought to the audience was a real person-Frank Tarson. Who is this person? Full US corruption case in the history of the largest high school campus school district central figure, the greed, that is 11 million. In order to bring himself closer to the character image, Hugh Jackman self-destructed his image and gained nearly 20 kilograms in weight, specially looking for a language teacher to learn the New York accent.
But the main gimmick of this movie is not real people and real things, but the "badness" of the American education system involved behind the real people and real things. 】Under the gorgeous packaging is the core of American education that has long been ruined.
What lies behind the glamour is that there is no absolutely fair education system.
"Bad Education"
Bad Education2020.4.25 United States
Frank Tarson (played by Hugh Jackman) is the district supervisor of Roslin High School on Long Island (its status is equivalent to the principal).
Treat people with kindness and politeness. I will greet students proactively when I see them, remember their names and family backgrounds, and even dream of a university.
Waiting for work and taking up a career has raised the entrance rate of Roslin High School to the fourth in the United States, and the goal is to aim for the first in the United States.
Harvard, Princeton, Yale and other prestigious schools have become places for graduates of Rosslyn High School. Such an excellent enrollment rate has also promoted the development of local communities, and the sluggish real estate industry has been rescued. Parents and managers all expressed satisfaction with Frank's work, and also specially came to give him gifts to express their gratitude. "Education savior" and "regional celebrity", these two words are perfect to describe this good principal.
There is always a dark side behind the glamour. This "fourth in the United States" key high school is facing the challenge of a public relations crisis. It's not a rosy news, it's not a personnel change, and it's not a student cheating.
It's a "greedy" word. The school received a report that relatives of the deputy director used the school's public card to purchase a large amount of decoration supplies.
The deputy superintendent of the school, in a high-level position, is unscrupulous, and this is not the first time she has acquiesced to her relatives to use the school's public card to satisfy their own desires.
Frank, who learned of this, was also shocked. His ear was a complaint from the school board, and his small abacus was also fast.
What to say, what to do? Is he aware of this?
The school board members decided to call the police, and this matter must be handled impartially.
Frank stopped them, and if they called the police, Roslin High School would have nothing.
Once in the newspaper, the school’s reputation will be affected, the student’s enrollment rate will also be affected, and the surrounding real estate industry will also be affected.
In other words, as the principal, Frank is worried about the future of the school.
Such wording also persuaded the school board, after all, each of them has invested in surrounding real estate. If it really affects their own interests because of a scandal, of course they will still choose to remain silent.
Once people have greed, they cannot stop, and desire will only dominate them deeper and deeper.
You know, the amount of 250,000 US dollars is just the tip of the iceberg. The deputy director of the school is greedy, far more than the book number.
But what about her attitude? When she got home, she blamed her ignorant son for poor work, and pushed the cause of her corruption to her family.
The daughter didn't want to go to public school, and the mother embezzled the school's public funds to make her happy.
The glamour on the outside is like a bubble, which bursts with a single poke, and there are also various visible run-downs inside the school.
The ceiling of the classrooms leaked seriously and no one repaired them. Many classrooms were forced to close, and one million yuan was spent on purchasing laboratory equipment.
However, the school insisted on building a "Bridge in the Sky" costing as much as $8 million to enrich the students' after-school life.
The student editor of the school newspaper discovered an unidentified flow of school financial expenditures while making a report on the "Bridge in the Sky" project.
Many companies that receive payments are "shell companies", and some don't even have shells.
The big tiger in the corruption case gradually emerged, and the true face of Frank's delicate skin was also quietly revealed.
It turns out that he and the deputy director of the school are grasshoppers on the same rope, and expelling the deputy director of the school is just to protect himself.
The students insisted that the corruption case be reported to the newspapers, and they fired the first shot to break Frank's true face.
All the talents reacted that in recent years, Frank's travels, plastic surgery, raising a lover, and buying real estate were all public funds from the school. After being exposed to the truth, he still took a mouthful of "for the good of the school, for the better of the world".
Greedy, but he was able to take the school from its namelessness to fourth in the United States. Greed, but he was able to drive the development of real estate around the school, and the school board members also made a fortune.
A thousand words, to him, his "greed" is justified, all to make the school better.
One yelled "for the family" and the other yelled "for the school", in the name of nobility, filthy reality. Both Frank and the deputy superintendent of the school were punished by law, sentenced and forced to pay off the stolen money.
But the decent members of the school board are still sitting in high positions.
What they care about is not how good the school can be, but whether the school can bring essential benefits to themselves.
After the scandal broke out, they wondered whether the surrounding real estate they invested in would be affected. What they care about is whether the school budgeting can proceed smoothly and whether the financial statements are well done.
The movie is called "Bad Education". Is it because the people are broken, or is the education system already broken to its roots? Frank's salary is completely unrelated to his ability to work. With the salary of basic faculty members, he has to do ten times more work than them.
Just like what he said, his strength can completely go to the Wall Street in New York to be a top class.
However, he chose to stay in Long Island, a high school that no one knew before, and worked diligently for 12 years to make the school "the fourth in the United States." Greed is to make yourself better. Only when you become better can the school be better.
The screenwriter of the film had met Frank himself during his childhood, and he said that Frank always had words to encourage children.
Let every student believe that he has the ability to realize his dream, he is full of enthusiasm for education.
When the incident broke out, his image in his heart collapsed.
Although the director focused his main camera on Frank at the center of the storm, the portrayal of the school board members and parents was lightly described.
But what the director actually wants to criticize through the work is not just Frank and the deputy director of the school who were sanctioned by law. But the American education system, which has long been rotten, is the education system that has collapsed and torn from top to bottom.
In 2019, a scandal in the education industry shocked the United States.
The parents of 33 college applicants were accused of paying more than $25 million to Singer, a prestigious school application consultant, between 2011 and 2018.
Part of the money was used by Singer to fraudulently exaggerate applicants’ entrance exam scores and bribe university officials.
Among these parents are celebrities in the entertainment industry, celebrities, and financial predators.
Lori Loughlin, who relied on the popularity of the American drama "Full House of Joy", bribed US$500,000 to allow her two daughters to successfully enroll in the University of Southern California as specialties in sailing sports.
But in fact, her two daughters knew nothing about sailing.
"Desperate Housewives" starring Felicity Hoffman was accused of spending $15,000 to modify her daughter's exam answers.
The Frank corruption case mentioned in the movie is the largest high school corruption case in the United States, involving a total of 11 million U.S. dollars (2002).
This case that occurred last year was called the "largest" college admissions fraud case in history by the U.S. Department of Justice.
From basic education to higher education, from principals to admissions officers, from teachers to parents. In the past 20 years, the core of education in the United States has still been "education based on money."
According to BBC News, among the 60% of the lowest income group, less than one in every 50 young people actually attends an elite university. Among the 0.1% people with the highest income, this proportion is 40%. Take Brown University, a prestigious Ivy League school. Studies have shown that the median income of parents of Brown University students is US$204,200. Among them, 19% of students come from American families whose income accounts for the top 1%.
According to the New York Times, this extreme illegal case shows that obtaining a place in top universities through money is becoming an increasingly common practice.
The Washington Post commented that it is not a big secret in the United States that the rich use their power, influence, and money to gain an advantage when their children are enrolled in school.
The British "Guardian" said that it was not only Singer and his clients that had problems, but also the entire American education system.
But after public opinion reports, case investigations, and court sentencing, will this situation disappear?
Can the education system return to normal?
Ironically, Frank, after he went to prison, can still receive the $173,000 pension from New York State.
Even if he used to be a "corrupt wolf" sentenced to jail, he can still survive the loopholes in the bill. The privilege problem of American education is also growing under the greenhouse covered by loopholes in the bill, causing the people to lose their basic confidence in it.
Reference materials:
1. How deep is the water for admissions in American universities: https://known.ifeng.com/a/20190320/45584850_0.shtml
2. American college admissions scandal: rich people "buy" their children into the Ivy League: https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20190313/college-admissions-cheating-scandal/3. American college bribery scandal: famous universities Is it really that important? : Https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-48251817
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