My boys no longer go to your school and that will be that. I saw what they brought home – poetry and all that. A waste of time – they have more important things to worry about. I don't raise doctors or lawyers (Smith, 1995). parenting school” to learn more about caring for babies. This discrimination is practiced under the guise of being best for all students by claiming that "pregnancy is contagious", but it actually creates an environment that reduces their chances of graduating from high school (Smith, 1995). . Perhaps the film Dangerous Minds places too much emphasis on Louanne's character as the children's savior and sensationalizes the idea of ​​"gang life." However, it nevertheless manages to draw attention to important social factors that can influence the lives of children growing up in poverty, and how these factors can affect who we become. I see the film as a way to begin to break down the dominant views that obscure the issue of poverty in the United States, to begin to open the way for debate and reflection on the steps that might lead to social development..