YIA Documentary

Teaching in an inner city school is no easy task.  Often times teachers are unable, or incapable of motivating their students.  Many of the students in the YIA Documentary feel that their teachers fail time and again to connect with their students and rarely consider their students as a person and more as a burden.  This creates a culture where the students do not learn and the teachers do not want to teach.  The first issue is the type of teacher that is typically at an inner city school.  These teachers are often the least qualified to teach, often fresh out of college and inexperienced.  This is because an inner city teaching job is often the least desired position for teachers.  They desire to work in wealthy suburban school where discipline is minimal and parental involvement is assumed.  In an inner city school many of the students even in younger grades are not given parental guidance and therefore fall behind because the only means of an education they receive is during school hours.  These new or poor teachers are not able to motivate their students because they struggle with the concept of teaching.  Often times in the video the youth expressed the feeling that they were merely being spoken to when in classes rather than taught.
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM?
There is no one solution.  Many strides are being made to help students after school and provide them with the same opportunities that wealthy children are given.  There are still countless youth who are put at a disadvantage or left behind every day by poor schools and poor teachers.  But progress is being made to keep both students and teachers accountable for their role within schools.