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1、-[1]CriticsonUSPublicEducationRightfromstart,thenewdocumentary,"Waitingfor'Superman,'"hasapointofview-anddoesn'tholdback."Youwakeupeverymorningandyouknowkidsaregettingareallycrappyeducationrightnow,"saidDCSchoolsChancellorMichelleRhee.“Soyouthinkmostkidsaregettingacrappy
2、educationrightnow?”"Idon'tthinktheyare.Iknowtheyare."ItisaharshandunflatteringlookatthestateofpubliceducationinAmerica.Itfollowsfiveschoolchildren-desperatetogotobetterschools.Butwithlimitedopenings,theirfuturesdependonluck.“Forthesekids,theonlychancetogotoagreatschoolde
3、pendsonwhethertheirnumberispickedinalottery.”Itcouldbethemosttalked-aboutdocumentarysince"AnInconvenientTruth,"perhapsbecausetheysharethesamedirector,OscarwinnerDavisGuggenheim."Expertswillsaythemovieispro-this,oranti-thisbutparentswhoseethemoviewillsay,‘Ijustwantagreats
4、choolformykid’,"Guggenheimsaid.HetoldKatieCourichehopeshisfilmwillprovokeaction."That'swhatthismovieis-awake-upcall,"Guggenheimsaid."It'snotworkingforeverykid."GuggenheimfeaturesGeoffreyCanadaoftheHarlemChildren'sZone,who'sshownit'spossibletocreategreatschoolseveninpoorn
5、eighborhoods.Thisweek,theDepartmentofEducationannouncedgrantstoreplicatehissuccessintwentymorecities."Wecanactuallyfixthis,"Canadasaid.Butcriticsofthemovie,likeBronxprincipalBarbaraFreeman,sayitunfairlytargetspublic-schools,theirteachersandunions."Ithoughtitwasalittlesla
6、nted,becauseIthinktherearealotofgreatpublicschoolswithgreatteachers,greatadministratorsandgreatfamilies,"Freemansaid.Noneoftheeducatorswespokewithtodaythoughtthatthestatusquowasworking.Theyagreedonwhat'satstake-helpingkidstorealizetheirdreams.MichelleMiller,CBSNews,NewYo
7、rk.[2]FromHomelesstoHarvardEveryonehasbaggage,butLalitaBooth'sisheavierthanmost.CBSNewscorrespondentMichelleMillerreportsBoothcanlaughnow,butasayoungteenshenearlydestroyedherlife.RaisedinAshville,N.C.,therebelliousteensaysherproblemsallbeganwhenherparentsdivorcedandshewa
8、ssexuallyabusedbyafamilyacquaintance."Thatledtosubstanceabuse,stayingoutallnightlong,andrunningaway,"Bo
