Synopsis
Once out Marine Louanne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer) arrives at an inner-city highschool within East Palo Alto, California, she finds a class of hard, street-caring children, exposed around gangs & doses, whom Johnson quickly dubs a "rejects from hell." Her at first meek demeanor, little stature & whiten skin earn her a nickname "white bread" from her students. Determined to keep close at h& the children trust and respect her, she quickly changes her presentation, wearing leather jackets, teaching karate to her students and cursing in the classroom. Creating her have curriculum for her "socially challenged" but otherwise highly brightly class, she starts with the two review college-level texts, uses Bob Dylan lyrics to teach poetry and rewarding them by having trips to amusement parks.

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A film was according to a avowedly story by Louanne Johnson, ''My Posse Don't Run Preparation, & follows themes noticed within similar motion picture, like The Blackboard Jungle, To Sir, with Love and Stand and Deliver''. A MPAA rated the film R for profanity.

Music

A rap-based music score was written by Wendy & Lisa, who also wrote one of the theme songs, "This Is The Life." The movie also featured the hit hip-hop song "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio.

Cast and crew
Michelle Pfeiffer - Louanne Johnson George Dzundza - Hal Griffith Courtney B. Vance - George Grandey Robin Bartlett - Carla Nichols Beatrice Winde - Mary Benton John N. Smith - Director Ronald Bass - Screenplay Louanne Johnson - Author of ''The Posse Don't Clean Homework

Television Series
Inside 1996, a television spin-off aired on ABC starring Annie Potts as Louanne Johnson. Although a Dangerous Minds'' TV series was critically acclaimed, it merely lasted 1 year & Xvii episodes were produced.