too many stupid clichés!

Rating: 1/10 (27 May 2008)

This movie makes me sick! Every worn-out cliché ever said or written about teachers is here....he's infatuated with a sexy jail-bait student and almost runs off with her (that actually DOES happen), he likes his students better than his own son, he has a loving but frumpy wife, bla..bla...bla! And of course, as a young teacher, he vows he'll only teach until he becomes a famous musician. Predictably, he ends up being a teacher for 30 years! And of course, he's the "noble" teacher who inspires his students...one of them even becomes Governor! Hey, couldn't SHE have pulled a few strings to let him keep his job? Or, being the Governor, she could have personally gotten him a NEW and better teaching job! What a bunch of crap. I hate these "noble teacher" movies.