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Lean on Me is a movie based upon a true story, which begins in 1967 at an urban high school called East Side High in Paterson, New Jersey. All of the students were well behaved and the school itself was in remarkably good condition. It was you’re by all appearances a model school. Within East Side High, there was a teacher named Joe Clark. He was very passionate about his teaching and methods and was very committed to his students. He taught in a unique way that made learning more enjoyable. However, the other teachers in the school were not too fond of his style or curriculum. They all had a meeting and voted on whether Joe Clark should be transferred to a different school. He was soon transferred. The movie skips twenty years ahead to 1987. You first see a visual of the school. It is completely trashed, graffiti everywhere, broken glass, and garbage in nearly every corner. The students were then shown walking through the halls dealing drugs, fighting and completely out of control. They refused to follow not only the school’s rules, but also rules of common courtesy toward other human beings. In addition they showed no respect cursing at teachers and talking back to them. They simply refused to do school work