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icepixieShowed my students Dead Poets Society tonight. Not many came (ohhhh, there's gonna be a quiz on Friday), but of those who did, I got more than a few "OMG, this is my new favorite movie!"s, which was gratifying. (Thanks for the suggestion, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vallentine!) I was sort of surprised that so many of them hadn't seen it before; as I recall, we watched it at least three times in high school, and perhaps even once every year. I think we may have watched it in middle school as well. I must tell them about watching that movie with my fellow Pezzers and then going out and yawping into the night at Kenyon.
ETA: I just looked up the movie on Wikipedia, and...one of the boys grew up to play Dan Rydell on Sports Night! Ha! No wonder he looked so familiar! (Also...seriously, that was Ethan Hawke? I had no idea.)
vallentine!) I was sort of surprised that so many of them hadn't seen it before; as I recall, we watched it at least three times in high school, and perhaps even once every year. I think we may have watched it in middle school as well. I must tell them about watching that movie with my fellow Pezzers and then going out and yawping into the night at Kenyon.ETA: I just looked up the movie on Wikipedia, and...one of the boys grew up to play Dan Rydell on Sports Night! Ha! No wonder he looked so familiar! (Also...seriously, that was Ethan Hawke? I had no idea.)
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Date: 2009-10-10 05:51 pm (UTC)You're very welcome! It's a favorite of mine for a lot of reasons. I'm so glad that it hit a nerve with the students who showed up for screening.
Every once in awhile I have a longing to be Mr. Keating. I'll contemplate going to grad school and teaching English and being that teacher all the kids remember. Though I doubt I could ever truly be as life-changing and awe inspiring as Mr. Keating. But here's to dreaming, right?
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Date: 2009-10-11 12:53 pm (UTC)Heh. Yeah, I gave that a thought for about two minutes before I realized I so don't have what it takes and went back to being snarky and sometimes encouraging and probably boring but still fairly competent.