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Yes, I'm cooped up with Shelter in Place but wondering why almost all movies that portray high school classrooms (fictional) always portray English classes. I'm a Spanish teacher - but you rarely see physics teachers, math teachers, social studies teachers, etc. Just wondering.
Yes, I'm cooped up with Shelter in Place but wondering why almost all movies that portray high school classrooms (fictional) always portray English classes. I'm a Spanish teacher - but you rarely see physics teachers, math teachers, social studies teachers, etc. Just wondering.
Because English classes were probably the favorites of authors and screenwriters. Assuming the OP is correct.
Yes, I'm cooped up with Shelter in Place but wondering why almost all movies that portray high school classrooms (fictional) always portray English classes. I'm a Spanish teacher - but you rarely see physics teachers, math teachers, social studies teachers, etc. Just wondering.
Probably because they don't want to lose their audience. Not many people will sit through a physics discussion with any attention.
On TV from Room 222 to Head of the Class and maybe later it seemed to me to be history/social studies or a coach. That way the show had a reason for the stars to comment on current political/social issues. Later on Joan of Arcadia we had the chemistry and physics teacher being the breakout supporting character from that school.
In the movies my guess is English for two reasons, the subjects will be on books that are in the public domain thus free to use and secondarily inspiring the students to write about their own lives is the ultimate goal of the cinematic teacher.
I suspect movies about inspiring English teachers just have more mass appeal. I would have loved to have had an inspiring English teacher since English or Language Arts was always my least favorite class through all of school. So I like movies that portray English teachers actually trying to get their students interested in what they are teaching.
Spare Parts is about an engineer turned interim science teacher. It's based on a very interesting true story, but if you aren't really into college engineering competitions, it probably looses some of its charm.
Drumline heavily features a band director, but I'm not sure how interesting it is to non-band geeks. Roger & Ebert gave it a better review, but my husband sided with the more negative ones along the lines of pass on this movie if you think football fields are for football.
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