Review of The Country Teacher of Ban Nong He Yai (2010) by Lanning : — 04 Jan 2009
Although the music may seem a bit dated, To Sir, with Love is not. A timeless tale about coming of age, and one of the best in the "How I stumbled into teaching" genre. Sidney Poitier is excellent as the supremely sensitive teacher of students who are in great need a sensitive teacher.
I was just watching a program that dealt with, among other things, teaching Nathaniel Hawthorne to today's generation. One thing I kept thinking is that you actually have to love a piece of literature in order to teach it.
If you do not love it, your students surely never will. Good teachers are born, not made. No amount of education, no bag of tricks, can make a good teacher out of someone who is not passionate about teaching.
Judy Geeson should have had a bigger career.
This review of The Country Teacher of Ban Nong He Yai (2010) was written by Lanning : on 04 Jan 2009.
The Country Teacher of Ban Nong He Yai has generally received positive reviews.
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