Episode Detail: The School Teacher - Americans
A portrait of Harlem high-school teacher Gerri Feemster, who was laid off because of city budget cuts during the filming of this program. Laments Gerri about her special-education pupils: “They are going to suffer more so than myself because I am going to look after myself one way or another.” Figuring out how to do that starts with a trip home to her mother in South Carolina. Desmond Wilcox is the host.