The political atmosphere in the country has become so polarized that spirited teachers — men and women who actually say something — will not survive hostile parents or a disapproving principal without the protection of tenure.
Regan, a free-spirited teacher who is well loved by her students, is tormented by cliquish colleagues who bad-mouth her and thwart her plans to form a gay-straight alliance.
This intelligent, sensitive drama casts her as Nathalie, a spirited philosophy teacher, daughter, mother and wife – roles that all become unstable before the summer's up, testing her long-held principles.
With strong performances from all the leads, including Zooey Deschanel as a spirited music teacher and little Bailey Madison as Jesse's youngest sister, May Belle, "Bridge to Terabithia" is able to handle adult topics with nuance and sensitivity.
Whether or not Casim Khan Mr. Yaqubb), a second-generation Pakistani immigrant living in Glasgow with his devoutly Moslem family, and Roison Hanlon (Ms. Birthistle), a spirited Scottish teacher in a Catholic school remain together, the movie leaves you with nagging worries about the future of any intercultural relationship once the passion cools.
Providing such an experience to teachers can open spirited discussions of methodologies and motivate the study of more cognitively appropriate pedagogies and activities.
25), by the German director Maren Ade, in which a free-spirited music teacher (Peter Simonischek) subjects his daughter (Sandra Hüller), an ambitious young executive, to practical jokes in front of her colleagues.
She's having a hoot... and even more so when she meets Carole (Cécile de France), a beautiful, blonde, free-spirited Spanish teacher, who is, unbeknownst to Delphine, hetero-inflexible.
The question of what it takes to be a good teacher has inspired a series of spirited data wars between T.F.A. and its critics.
Managed by PE teacher Danny Cowley, the Canvey Island side were committed and spirited in the wet and cold conditions, particularly in the first period, against a team 46 places above them on the football ladder.
One way teachers say they use blogs is to continue spirited discussions that were cut short or to prolong question-and-answer periods with guest speakers.
