"Arranged"

So, the first thing that my group did was present to the movie 'arranged'. I loved this movie and thought It would have been a great idea to share it with th class, and start off with this movie, seeing as how it was a smooth transition into our topic.
To me, one of the most memorable scenes was in the beginning, when both teachers are in the same class room, and the kids are wispering about how they two teachers are supposed to hate eachother because of their cultural differences (that becuase one was jewish and one was from palestine) that eachother wanted to kill one another. I thought it was very interesting and well-done how the teacher handled it, saying to the kids that she wasn't threatened or did she want to kill the other woman. Also, the exercise in class that showed the kids how everyone can put their differences aside and get along peacefully was an awesome way to show how these classroom situations should be handled. All that people need to do is keep an open mind.
Of course, like alot of the movies we have been watching about arranged marriages, the two women are at conflict with their family. Rochel is being pressured alot by her family to go through with this arranged marriage, while Nasria is also fighting with them about her religion, but almost to a lesser extent than Rochel.
Reading on some of the other blogs, I can now see how this story is actually quite western, and kind of a reach to have everyone live harmoniously and pro-peace and whatnot. However, I did like the movie alot and thought it was a good way to introduce our subject.