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What other 'teacher' stories are there?

posted 18 years ago by JoLeigh33
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"Music of the Heart"... "Dangerous Minds" um... what else?

I liked this movie. It seemed very different than most of the other movies. I watched it twice last night. I like this one because he teaches elementary school kids. I like his teaching methods too.

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I really like how he dealt with Shamieka (?) cutting in line and applying that to "We are a family" rule. He said he was proud of her for doing the right thing. And later on when he expressed to her mom that Shamieka has great potential. And there's plenty more but I'd be here much longer telling what I liked about this movie.
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I gave this a 10 out of 10. There's nothing I would change about this movie. It's amazing.

[–] wolverine_rahul2005 15 years ago

Good Will Hunting and Dead Poet's Society!!

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[–] sade_toofly 15 years ago

Lean on Me is the best one.

The Substitute
The Marilynn gambrell Story
Freedom Writers
Dangerous Minds
Music of the Heart

[–] angelofvic 13 years ago

One that hasn't been mentioned yet is the documentary TO BE AND TO HAVE:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318202
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[–] starline 12 years ago

Not yet mentioned...

Reaissance Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110971/
Mona Lisa Smile http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304415/
Akeelah and the Bee http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437800/

A Smile As Big As The Moon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2100380/
The Water is Wide http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0444706/
Conrack http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071358/

Not a teacher...but a mentor for a high school student...
Finding Forrester http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181536/

[–] angelofvic 12 years ago

Not yet mentioned:

GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
THE MIRACLE WORKER
THE PAPER CHASE
UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE
BORN YESTERDAY
CHRISTY
I HEARD THE OWL CALL MY NAME
PRESSURE COOKER

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[–] bdglms3 12 years ago

SPOILERS
Very good movie, but a little ridiculous that the whole class did SO well so soon--even beating the honors ckass. I wonder if that part was actually true like the rest was spposed to be. Summer School was much more believable.

Summer School--Mark Harmin & Kirsty Alley
Mr. Holland's Opus--Richard Dryfus
Take the Lead--Antonio Banderas

[–] angelofvic 12 years ago

The movie is based on what actually happened. The only thing changed was adding a love interest for Ron and making a composite character out of the boy who gets beaten (to avoid libel).
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[–] angelofvic 12 years ago

Not yet mentioned:

The Browning Version (1951)

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