warn . small plot detail reveal . i can find virtually nothing positive to say about this film . it be write so badly that every character be a caricature and yet it seem to take itself seriously . it be poorly cast and especially ralph macchio ( all baby face and 5 foot nothing of him ) a a streetwise tough . plot element be all drawn in black and white and with every situation almost immediately escalate to some extreme climax . most egregious of all ( plot element about to be reveal ) it have perhaps the most gratuitous and contrived nude scene in the history of semi serious film . one can just imagine the filmmaker say and we need jobeth to shed her top . hmmm . i have get it . early in the film and let give nick some ridiculous dialogue about bar yourself in the hallway . then jobeth can use that line on him later and really bare herself in the hallway . yeah and that the ticket . i will give the producer credit for tackle a weighty subject in 1984 and one that prove all too weighty in the late 90 with event like columbine . however and the execution be dreadful . this film could have be a dark comedy in the vein of heather and a campy political statement like network or a serious examination like brubaker . instead and it try to be all of these thing and end up be none of these thing . teacher get an f .