teachers

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teachers

The day the teacher went bananas

1987
A class's new teacher, who leads the children in a number of very popular activities, turns out to be a gorilla.

Mrs. Peloki's substitute

1987
Mrs. Peloki's substitute experiences the second grade class at its most difficult.

Everything beautiful in the world

2008
Toward the end of the disco era, seventeen-year-old Edna refuses to visit her mother, who is in a New York City hospital undergoing cancer treatment, and barely speaks to her father, who finally puts her in psychotherapy, while her crush on an art teacher turns into a full-blown affair.

The trouble with Liberty

2003
Val, eager to make friends with Liberty Hayes, begins to have doubts about the stylish new girl when Liberty accuses a favorite teacher of sexual misconduct.

Chill

2006
An artistically talented young man with a physical disability decides to fight for what he believes when a spirit-crushing new teacher arrives at his school.

In the deep heart's core

2002
Michael Johnston discusses how he reached out to inspire his teenage students at a rural school in the Mississippi Delta.

The cat ate my gymsuit

1998
When the unconventional English teacher who helped her conquer many of her feelings of insecurity is fired, a junior high student uses her new found courage to campaign for the teacher's reinstatement.

Educating Esm?

diary of a teacher's first year
1999
Presents the diary of teacher Esme Raji Codell's first year in charge of a fifth-grade classroom in an inner-city public school.

Louis Braille

1989
On t.p.: The inventor of a way to read and write that has helped millions of blind people communicate with the world.

The thread that runs so true

1958
Describes Stuart's experiences as a school teacher for twenty years, until he became a sheep farmer.

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