Monalisa Smile

Does Mona Lisa smiles in the painting by Leonardo da Vinci?
It is hard to say because she does not give discreet emotion in the painting.
This movie,Mona Lisa Smile is an inspiring movie to give a picture to those who think not pursue further in life with education.The teacher, Watson is a courageous lady who wants the best for the female students who have a stereotype thinking that they should be a responsible wife after finishing school. The movie shows how stereotypical mindset the students have and how it affects them being in a traditional mind school. I believe the environment do make a difference in influencing students' mind about their role in life and society.

The brief synopsis of the movie :

Set in 1953, Mona Lisa Smile tells the story of Katherine Watson (Julia_Roberts), a new young art history professor at Wellesley College, an all-female campus with a prestigious reputation for academic excellence. Unfortunately for free-minded Berkeley grad Watson, her East Coast teaching stint comes during a less-progressive time that finds most of her students -- among them Betty Warren (Kirsten_Dunst), Joan Brandwyn (Julia_Stiles), and Giselle Levy (Maggie_Gyllenhaal) -- more interested in nabbing a good husband than achieving scholastic and intellectual growth. Watson challenges her students and the Wellesley faculty to think outside of the current mores of the community and redefine what it means to be a success; meanwhile, she tries to come to terms with her own heart's desires. Mona Lisa Smile co-stars Marcia Gay Harden, Juliet Stevenson, and, as Watson's conflicting love interests, Dominic West and John Slattery.

1. What do you think of the movie in the term of entertainment value?

The movie is well depicted through images of people and being able to see the scenarios. This movie gives a clear picture about how school and teachers might be in my future teaching career.It is surely inspiring yet motivating to be a open-minded teacher in future.Learning through this movie gives me the courage that I can make a difference in my students' life.

2. How does it affect you as you are taking B.Ed TESL course now?
As a future teacher and an motivated one in making,i find this movie to be inspiring for my profession. As i learn the various types of teaching environments and assorted learners from differing backgrounds gives a pictures for me to be prepared. We should cut away the traditional mindset that women are not to be learning with books but with the pan. As the era is to be modernized, the mindset changes. I might not go through the same issue but maybe similar which would require me to help students know their capabilities in life.

3.How does it affect you if you relate the story in the movie to the teachers whom you know in the past?

Teachers whom i knew in the past did not really have an open mindness about student's education.They were encouraging,they did support in a way but did not allow themselves to be part of their student's life.I felt my teachers kept a distance.In my opinion, teacher's should not only chalk & talk but be involve in what students think about many issues.

4.What kind of practical/theoretical lesson that you learned after viewing this movie?
From this movie,I learned being a teacher does bring a lot of differences in students' life. As for Watson, she managed to tell her students,though it was difficult at first attempt, that one should achieve success on one's desire and not what the society id expecting of them.