Editor's note: Roland C. Warren is the president of the National Fatherhood Initiative, a nonprofit organization that works to engage fathers in the lives of their children.
(CNN) -- The performance of America's public schools is embarrassing. That is the message of the compelling documentary "Waiting for 'Superman.' "
The film's title is intended to be a metaphor: America's schoolchildren wait for a savior to come and fix a system that prevents kids from achieving their potential, in the same way people would wait for Superman to arrive at the last minute to save a runaway school bus about to plunge off a bridge.
However, being as focused on responsible fatherhood as I am, I want to stretch the metaphor a bit further.
As you may recall, the "real" Superman was born on the planet Krypton. Just before his home planet is destroyed, Superman's father places him in a rocket and sends him off as the planet's last survivor. The rocket lands on Earth, where the little boy is found by a Kansas farmer and his wife, who raise him as Clark Kent. He discovers that as a Kryptonian, he has evolved powers while on Earth. He decides to use these powers to help people, fight crime and make the world a better place.
It's no secret that in America today, many families live in neighborhoods that are being ravaged daily by crime, poverty and drugs. In their desperation, parents place their children in a "rocket" called the public school system, which is supposed to lift children out of hopeless situations to a better future.
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