The Connected Curriculum - Challenge #15

Re-evaluate Your Purpose for Teaching

"Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. Who is inspiring the youth in your neighborhood? Whoever does the inspiring becomes the role model and everyone else becomes spectators."
                                                                            -Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Unconditional” is an amazing heart and mind defying film, able to influence relationship and racial reconciliation. Built on the real-life story of Joe Bradford, Unconditional is a testimony to the impact one selfless person can affect the lives of others. The movie presents an accurate representation of the struggle against the hopelessness of the streets. 

Unconditional is about the world of "Papa" Joe Bradford (Michael Ealy) and numerous at-risk neighborhood children. The streets seem to call children to accept their impoverished station and embrace their impending future of crime and hopelessness, while Papa Joe quietly and lovingly goes about unwrapping his home to them as an alternative. His life crosses with a childhood friend, Samantha Crawford (Lynn Collins), at an extremely dark time in her life. Her husband has been killed and life no longer has a purpose for her. Samantha's attention is shook away from her hopelessness and latched on to an innocent child’s need for help.

The foundation of the film is to raise awareness regarding children who are frantically searching for hope, acknowledgement and value. This true story is about love—the real substance that involves sacrifice, pain, covering of shame and the extent of tolerance that is essential for America—not to accept sin and cultural erosion but to tolerate diversities and work out misunderstandings. Unconditional is more than a movie, it’s a call to act. As educators, we are in the ideal position to touch the lives of countless children each day.   When we chose the role as a teacher, we take on the additional responsibility for our deeds towards others. . . . .

Until tomorrow...

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