"Waiting for 'Superman'" Conspicuously Absent from Academy Awards

It's not like Hollywood to shun Superman. But it did. No one in the Academy even nominated "Waiting for 'Superman,'" the movie. Of course, it won no Oscars. There was no way it would.

Education in America
"Waiting for 'Superman'" is a documentary about the educational system in America. It's broken. So is the Academy's Oscar Award if this film wasn't even acknowledged. It wasn't.

Instead we see Hollywood bestowing acclaim to the most ego-heavy individuals and productions expounding the values they hold most dear. Those values don't include a good education for our kids.

Documentary of utmost importance
The Academy has a category for documentary films. So, don't say that kind of film isn't considered in Hollywood. Rather, ideology-filled documentaries like Michael Moore's "Farenheit 911" grab the bronze statue for how well it popularizes Hollywood's far left agenda. They might as well rename the Best Documentary Award to "Best Political Propaganda."

It wouldn't be so bad if the subject were not one of such importance for Americans. 'Superman' exposes the abject failure of public schools. We may not see it. 'Superman' will show it. Mothers cry. Dads get mad. Students are disappointed when seeing the film. They're downright doomed to failure if they are minority students in city schools led by the nose of teachers' unions.

It's the system
Now, teachers reading this article will defend their particular school systems, saying it's not like what "Superman' shows where they are. To that, I'll acknowledge that there are indeed good teachers out there. They are not the problem. It's the union system that is. If you belong to a teachers' union, you are part of the problem, however, even if you're good.

Submit not to union pressure
You can refuse to belong to the union. To your "No I can't, I must be a member" I say, yes you can. They'll pressure you, refuse to hire, or fire you at the worst. But a refusal for union membership is within your discretion and right to choose.

Oh, they'll make you pay some fine, penalty, or whatever usurious thing they'll call it or make you do. You will, however, be able to hold you head high while declaring your aim is to help students, not teachers. To do otherwise is putting yourself first.

But back to the Oscars...
When we see films like "Waiting for Superman" waiting for recognition from people making a living by acting like others, we may wait a long time for such important films to be recognized at all. When we see the values Americans hold dear expressed in films, those films will be America's blockbusters.

Real life on film
"Superman" didn't express what Hollywood holds dear. It garnered no Award, nary a nomination. It wasn't entertaining enough. Actors were too full of real-life realities, too full of their crude naive selves, and too unknown for the Hollywood set.

"Superman" told the sad but true story of bleak futures some kids face because reality in American education failed them...while we choose to award and reward those who made it that way.

Go to see "Waiting for Superman" if you haven't already. See the video clip at the very least. Then spread the word among friends, relatives, and representatives in government that America's educational system must break away from the bondage of unionism, governments, and politics... for the kids' sake.