Their struggle, combined with what was clearly their passion for the assignment, opened the ballet's heart, revealing a strange and profound ambiguity.
In the film, Brody plays Henry Barthes, a substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom without making any real connections until one assignment opens up a world of emotion and passion for him.
And that's going to be decided in the coming weeks as I look at the committee assignments open to me.
Suzanne had done everything she could: curled her hair, made up her face, donned her shirt and shorts and shoes and socks, packed her backpack, checked her assignments, opened the back door, cleared a path to the ironing board.
Miss Livingston was of the "old school" even then -- a teacher who brooked no idle chatter, one who could control a class of 38 girls with a single look, and one whose homework assignments opened up the world of words to me.
To evaluate students' understanding of course material as a basis for determining grades, we assess students in all CREATE classes using a combination of in-class activities; writing assignments; open-book, open-notes exams; and class participation.
