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E.B. White · Post by **E.B. White** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:04 pm

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.

pikefish · Post by **pikefish** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:27 pm

Matthew Broderick in "Election."

heyteach · Post by **heyteach** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:10 pm

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.

samuraiwriter · Post by **samuraiwriter** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:57 pm

Mark Harmon in Summer School. Or... more realistically, Carl Reiner from the same film.

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ISRGuest · Post by **ISRGuest** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:39 pm

Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal"

gengrant · Post by **gengrant** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:52 am

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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ichiro · Post by **ichiro** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:36 pm

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steventon · Post by **steventon** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:01 pm

The best? Robyn Williams in Dead Poets Society....

intl_teacher · Post by **intl_teacher** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:43 pm

Sydney Poitier -- To Sir With Love

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:14 pm

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.

dmdam0905 · Post by **dmdam0905** » Wed May 20, 2009 5:04 pm

Pay it Forward with Helen Hunt.

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