To Sir With Love is film made in 1967 that reflects racial tensions as well as social issues within a school in the slums of London. African American engineer, Mark Thackery, starts a job at a high school in London. This job turns out to be way more than he expected. The students were rude and had very little manners. After attempting many teaching styles, Thackery decides he must teach the students how to be proper adults and in turn, gains their respect.
The film begins by addressing the social status of the children by showing them dancing in a very vulgar manner. They had no respect for any of their teachers. The girls were very provocatively dressed for the time period and the boys did not treat them with respect. After Thackery began teaching them how to be well mannered adults, the students began to dress better and use appropriate language.
Another issue that was addressed in the film, was racism. After one of the students lost their mom, none of the kids wanted to drop off flowers because they were worried about what people would think if they had gone to a colored person's home. After seeing and hearing about the racial issues with Thackery, they see that their actions were wrong and offensive. They all ended up attending the funeral.
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