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Though there are similarities in his life at the head of the class to his experiences as an undergraduate, the contrast between student and teacher is clear from Connor’s description of his new role...
Black plays Dewey Finn, a guitarist whose ambitions for his amateur band far overshadow his merely adequate musical abilities. After a typically disastrous bar gig, Finn is thrown out of the band, rendering him even less capable of paying the rent that he owes his substitute teacher roommate. But the God of Rock, to whom Finn seems to pray regularly, has bigger plans for his disciple and grants him a subbing job at a prestigious private school. Posing as his roommate, he assumes the responsibility of educating a classroom of unusually well-behaved fifth graders, who he discovers...
Kinetic and quirky, In July is the grueling geographic saga of Daniel (Moritz Bleibtreu, who last appeared as Lola’s significant other in Run Lola Run), who suddenly decides to quit his mundane job as a physics teacher and travels to Istanbul in search of his dream girl. He shares most of his European travails with Juli (Christiane Paul), a vibrant young woman who predicts Daniel will soon find his one true love. In German, Turkish, Bulgarian, and Serbo-Croatian with English subtitles. 8 p.m. $8 students. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston...
...when I had turned myself in for smoking at my boarding school. He praised my honesty while not shirking his parental duty to admonish the crime. A group of us had been huddled in a closet smoking cigarettes. I had actually just exited the closet when the teacher came and busted everyone else. I'd got away with it, but my classmates' glaring looks shamed me into confessing my sin. Of course, I didn't tell my father those details. I made myself out to be a budding George Washington, whose crime was a Marlboro Light instead of a cherry...
...Thank you for dispelling some of the myths about dyslexia. As a special-education teacher and language therapist, I have witnessed the pain and frustration of many bright and talented students as they struggle each day with the printed word. Early identification and intervention are the key. With the right teaching, dyslexic students can learn how to deal with written language and grow up to contribute their gifts and talents to the world. Martha G. Steger Taos...