-Monalisa Smile-

For this entry, let's share some bits and pieces of another  movie we watched in class; Monalisa Smile.

            The story basically tells about the journey of a teacher; Katherine Ann Watson (played by Julia Roberts) who grappled with challenges in teaching ‘History of Art’ at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, United States. She was graduated from UCLA School and later on left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles to start her career. Upon entering the first day class, Watson was flabbergasted, finding her students had already known all syllabuses just at their finger tips. It was even surprised that  dates, facts and events were all seem digested in their brain. They quickly responded to the slides shown even without being asked to do so. It was as if they had flipped through each page of  textbooks and  not even a word they had missed out. This situation brought misery to Watson. Her confidence shattered a bit as she was taken aback by her fast-picked-up students. However to her relief, everything was back on track. She gradually learned the appropriate way to tackle her brilliant students.   

            From that moment onwards, Watson encountered various experiences in dealing with her students. she started to delve in their whims and fancies. Some were already got married, some were truly interested in law, and some more got a contradictory view on several things with Watson. Betty; one of her students could not understand why her teacher still did not get married and speculated an issue about her in school's bulletin. Watson hold firm with her belief that marriage was not everything in life.

          Despite rumours about her, Watson course was gradually became popular and there was large demand for places the next year so the college invites her to return. However, the President and Betty's mother impose conditions on Katherine that she must follow the syllabus, submit lesson plans for approval and not talk to the girls about anything other than classes. Katherine decides to leave and heads off explore Europe which all her students overcome with sadness of loosing her.

          Definitely dealing with students is not as easy as ABC and this movie has somehow made up my mind on the real world out there I ought to face when becoming a teacher.Many strategies and approaches should be tested on in order to suit our students' level of proficiency.