faux-realistic claptrap about student abuse

Rating: 4/10 (9 January 2016)

This movie to be has major contradiction at the heart of it: the direction which is realistic and and the character of Terrence Fletcher who is about the most unlikely and unbelievable persona I have ever seen on film. As a academic who has worked in three universities I have seen aggressive and bullying teachers who bully and Terrence fletcher, who lies, screeches and physically assaults his students repeatedly within the first 30 minutes of the movie, would have been fired within a few months of his first contract.
This movie is a child of our times where in American (and British) television and Cinema, antihero adoration has become the established norm (see "House" and "breaking bad"), yet presentation of role models or sympathetic lead roles is considered cliché. Movies are considered art as long as they make the audience feel something ANYTHING even if it's profound discomfort. When I watched this movie I felt like turning it off. So does this make it art? If it is then I would rather be low brow.