Freedom Writers: Should Miss G Be Put To Blame?

This is a question asked by Dr. Edwin as a reflection to the movie that we watched entitled The Freedom Writers. I think that both of them should be put to blame; Miss G’s husband’s inferiority complex and also her inability to juggle her responsibility as a teacher and wife. Patrick Dempsey (who is playing the character of her husband) was trying to act very positively in the earlier part of the story. however, it turn out to be not the real self because he was suffering a great loss because of his failure to be an architect like what he had been dreaming for. Miss G, in the other hand is a very successful and bright teacher but she seems to put extra priority on her career rather than her personal life. There are students who think that it is not wrong for Miss G to focus more on her teaching life; but real life is much more complicated than how it seems. I would rather regard her act as a very noble one but in the eyes of a very family person; she is actually being unfair to her husband. She often came back very late and did not manage to cook a proper meal for her husband; these are expectations that she need to pursue besides giving the students a real literature lesson. However, there are always different moral values behind every different story; Miss G’s character tells us (as future teachers) to never stop improving and learning from the students. Meanwhile other responsibilities should not also be neglected because as human beings; teachers would not be able to escape from expectations.