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something entirely different
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:04 pm
by E.B. White
For a professional development workshop I do from time to time on the portrayal of teachers in films, which film do you believe presents the best/funniest/most accurate (choose one or all - or something else) portrayal of a teacher? Maggie Smith in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie? Jon Voight in Conrack? Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Ray Walston in Fast Times at Ridgemont High? I would be interested in hearing any and all opinions. Thanks in advance.
Re: something entirely different
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:27 pm
by pikefish
Matthew Broderick in "Election."
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:10 pm
by heyteach
Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver. Unlike Pat Conroy and some other real-life teachers-who-wrote-books-that-became-major-motion-pictures, Escalante stayed in the classroom many years.
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:57 pm
by samuraiwriter
Mark Harmon in Summer School. Or... more realistically, Carl Reiner from the same film.
Summer is almost here! :)
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:39 pm
by ISRGuest
Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal"
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:52 am
by gengrant
My personal favorite:
Tom Berenger as Jonathan Shale in 'The Substitute.' Every educator should stand up to thugs and corruption the way he did.
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:36 pm
by ichiro
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Best teacher
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:01 pm
by steventon
The best? Robyn Williams in Dead Poets Society....
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:43 pm
by intl_teacher
Sydney Poitier -- To Sir With Love
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:14 pm
by Trojan
How about Richard Dreyfuss in "Mr. Holland's Opus"? He plays a man who wants to write music and reluctantly takes a job as a HS music teacher. His temporary job turns into his lifetime career. Hard not to cry in this one.
Pay it Forward
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 5:04 pm
by dmdam0905
Pay it Forward with Helen Hunt.