Connections between Chalk and other texts

Freire's concern with the modern education's style of teaching or the, "banking concept of education", involves a teacher narrating information to the students, for them to memorize in a mechanical behavior. The movie Chalk shows an example of Freire's concern when the first time history teacher is narrating to his students what history is, and demands that they memorize his interpretation of it.

Gatto's concern with modern high school was if high school had any relevance with educating it's students that attend. In Gatto's essay he asks the readers, "do we really need school", and then explains to readers how a, "considerable number of well-known Americans never went through a twelve year wringer our kids currently go through, and how high school is destroying the creativity of the children. Chalk portrays Gatto's concerns of the relevance of high school by creating a scene where a three year history teacher talks to one of his students after class, and scorns him that he shouldn't of been dancing, and should of been doing his history homework.

Rose's concern involves his belief that modern high schools should be focusing on making the young people become more engaged with education, rather then having teachers narrating to students in a mechanical matter. Chalk positively portrays Rose's concern by recording how a three year history teacher focuses on asking his students to be constantly engaged in his lessons, and how he constantly helped students struggling, because he believed that if his students failed, then he failed.

Black's concern involves how modern high schools are allowing anyone to work as a teacher, because they wanted to, 'help', without the basic qualifications that come along with becoming a qualified teacher. Chalk clearly emphasizes this point by following a first time history teacher who was previously was a computer maintenance technician, who wanted to, 'help', at the high school. Students quickly catch onto the fact that he is unqualified, and a first time teacher, and instantly begin disrespecting his authority.