Tuesday, February 03, 2004
Another depressing post about teaching or...
I wish I could say that this post marked the end of any discontent I might have about the teaching profession. Really I do. It would make my life easier and would definitely provide a cheerier tone for this blog. But even if this semester's classes seem better than my last batch on the whole, there are still some stubborn cases. Like the young lady who filled out the entirety of a graphic organizer on what science looks like, sounds like, etc. with "I don't know." and promptly put her head down...just like she did through middle school apparently. Or the young lady who barged out of my classroom without permission with about ten minutes left before the end of the day.
Nope...not going to harp on this stuff.
Instead...the long delayed answers to the movie quote contest from December. The winner, for those who care about such things, was a Scotsman from New Haven. I don't think he got 40 on his own, but if not, he came pretty close! Although, in fairness...he is a film major. They live for this kind of stuff.
Ok...here we go:
1. Gladiator
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
3. Citizen Kane
4. Duck Soup
5. The Princess Bride
6. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
7. The Empire Strikes Back
8. It’s a Wonderful Life
9. Doctor Strangelove
10. Memento
11. The Road to Morocco
12. The Usual Suspects
13. Lawrence of Arabia
14. Being John Malkovich
15. Shrek
16. The Karate Kid
17. American Beauty
18. Raiders of the Lost Ark
19. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
20. Stalag 17
21. Mallrats
22. Ghostbusters II
23. The Godfather
24. The Shawshank Redemption
25. Mystery Men
26. A Mighty Wind
27. Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
28. Army of Darkness
29. American Psycho
30. Back to the Future: Part II
31. Leon: The Professional
32. Pulp Fiction
33. Maltese Falcon
34. Home Alone
35. The Magnificent Seven
36. Pretty Woman
37. Silence of the Lambs
38. The Third Man
39. In the Heat of the Night
40. Forrest Gump
41. MASH
42. Planet of the Apes
43. The Untouchables
44. Blazing Saddles
45. Toy Story
46. The Matrix Reloaded
47. The Manchurian Candidate
48. The African Queen
49. Radio Days
50. Amadeus
There now...wasn't that better than another pessimistic post about the state of the American education system? I think so. I feel better already!
We'll see if that lasts throughout the day...
I wish I could say that this post marked the end of any discontent I might have about the teaching profession. Really I do. It would make my life easier and would definitely provide a cheerier tone for this blog. But even if this semester's classes seem better than my last batch on the whole, there are still some stubborn cases. Like the young lady who filled out the entirety of a graphic organizer on what science looks like, sounds like, etc. with "I don't know." and promptly put her head down...just like she did through middle school apparently. Or the young lady who barged out of my classroom without permission with about ten minutes left before the end of the day.
Nope...not going to harp on this stuff.
Instead...the long delayed answers to the movie quote contest from December. The winner, for those who care about such things, was a Scotsman from New Haven. I don't think he got 40 on his own, but if not, he came pretty close! Although, in fairness...he is a film major. They live for this kind of stuff.
Ok...here we go:
1. Gladiator
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
3. Citizen Kane
4. Duck Soup
5. The Princess Bride
6. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
7. The Empire Strikes Back
8. It’s a Wonderful Life
9. Doctor Strangelove
10. Memento
11. The Road to Morocco
12. The Usual Suspects
13. Lawrence of Arabia
14. Being John Malkovich
15. Shrek
16. The Karate Kid
17. American Beauty
18. Raiders of the Lost Ark
19. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
20. Stalag 17
21. Mallrats
22. Ghostbusters II
23. The Godfather
24. The Shawshank Redemption
25. Mystery Men
26. A Mighty Wind
27. Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
28. Army of Darkness
29. American Psycho
30. Back to the Future: Part II
31. Leon: The Professional
32. Pulp Fiction
33. Maltese Falcon
34. Home Alone
35. The Magnificent Seven
36. Pretty Woman
37. Silence of the Lambs
38. The Third Man
39. In the Heat of the Night
40. Forrest Gump
41. MASH
42. Planet of the Apes
43. The Untouchables
44. Blazing Saddles
45. Toy Story
46. The Matrix Reloaded
47. The Manchurian Candidate
48. The African Queen
49. Radio Days
50. Amadeus
There now...wasn't that better than another pessimistic post about the state of the American education system? I think so. I feel better already!
We'll see if that lasts throughout the day...
