don’t have sex because you will get
pregnant and die there are the people
you’d actually want to be called a
teacher’s pet for don’t have sex in the
missionary position don’t have sex
standing up just don’t do it promise
okay everybody take some rubbers welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
good movie teachers I’m Professor
Charles Xavier for this list we’re
defining teachers as those who are
employed by some sort of educational
institution so big-screen faculty
members and principals may be included
as well just as long as they’re
memorable inspiring unique or have made
a difference to their students yeah
Daltry vengeance crimes of passion kill
the beat I’m not gonna rap you guys
again pandering and it’s been done
before in every bad movie you’ve ever
seen number 10 glen holland mr.
Holland’s Opus hi
glen holland i’m the new music teacher
the career of a teacher comes with its
ups and downs and this film exemplifies
that okay okay i wasn’t bad it wasn’t
that at all mr. Holland’s Opus follows
the career of the fictional mr. Holland
as he teaches music at a high school
okay miss lang um would you take it from
bar 37 please the drama really explores
the difficulties of teaching and going
after your own creative pursuits and how
mr. Holland’s struggles with what it
truly means to be an example for his
students my name is mr. Hollin this of
course is a title of courtesy I will
extend back to you mr. Ramesh as the as
the circumstances allow a hit with the
critics the 1995 Stephen Herrick
directed flick earned Richard Dreyfuss
both an Oscar and Golden Globe nod for
his performance
we are your symphony mr. Holland we are
the melodies and the notes of your opus
and we are the music of your life number
9 ms sharon Norbury Mean Girls I gotta
say watching the police search my house
really was the cherry on top of a
fantastic year having Tina Fey’s your
teacher sounds like one of the best
things that could happen to you as a
student shopping no no I’m just here
with my boyfriend and unsurprisingly she
really shines as the 12th grade calculus
teacher in this flick joking sometimes
older people make jokes my Nana takes
her wig off when she’s drunk your Nana
and I had that in common
as the coach of the mathletes she
struggles to get the kids to be
passionate about school and not
compromise who they are for other people
hey I hope you do join mathletes you
know
we start in a couple weeks and I would
love to have a girl on the team just you
know so the team could meet a girl it’s
even more interesting to see her give
advice considering her life is a bit of
a mess as a divorcee and part-time
barmaid at TJ calamities but that just
shows she isn’t perfect just like
everybody else I know how would I know
right I’m divorced I’m broke from
getting divorced the only guy that ever
calls my house is Randy from Chase visa
she’s also the voice of reason at North
Shore High and is definitely
underappreciated oh hi did you want to
buy some drugs number eight Minerva
McGonagall the Harry Potter franchise
welcome to Hogwarts as the
Transfiguration professor and deputy
headmistress at Hogwarts mcgonagall can
have the reputation for being something
of a hard-ass Harry Potter follow me but
really her main goal is to protect the
students from unsavory forces do what
you have to do I’ll secure the castle
she’s one too always have a sassy
comeback or comment and her considerable
wit is just one aspect of her charm
can you imagine looking on we’re gonna
go spice if we were light that was
bloody brilliant oh thank you for that
assessment mr. Weasley she’s at her
absolute best when she squares off
against the dreadful Professor Umbridge
which shows students that she’s not a
witch to be messed with are you
insinuating I’m really requesting that
when it comes to my students you conform
to the prescribed disciplinary practices
number seven Louanne Johnson Dangerous
Minds I’d like you to meet Carla Nichols
our assistant principal Oh Carla Louanne
Johnson I’ll wait outside
based on the autobiography my posse
don’t do homework bye Louanne Johnson
Dangerous Minds sees Michelle Pfeiffer
bring the real-life US Marine turned
teacher to life you’re a marine Oh
Maree discharged but yes telling the
story of a no-nonsense first time
teacher
encountering black and Latino students
from rival neighborhoods and gangs the
drama showcases her unorthodox
techniques like teaching the students
karate to get them to respect her okay
anybody else knowing karate what about
you
Darrell channel your mother karate once
she earns their trust she’s able to push
her students to new academic heights
thought maybe you got lost on your way
to class wanted to help you find your
way back
despite mediocre reviews the movie was a
smash box office hit
number six Erin Gruwell freedom writers
my name is Erin Gruwell welcome to
freshman English Hollywood couldn’t make
up a teacher as inspirational as Erin
Gruwell but it’s great to see her
adapted on-screen raise your hand if you
know what the Holocaust is Freedom
Writers is based on the book that the
real-life teacher wrote and in it she
recounts how she used the events of the
Holocaust to get her at-risk students to
write we’re gonna write every day in
these journals you can write about
whatever you want the past the present
the future you can write it like a diary
or you can write songs poems any good
thing bad thing anything but you have to
write everyday thanks to her teaching
skills the students are able to express
their own disappointment hopes and
dreams for the first time
misty we can fight this you know like
the Freedom Riders the film does a
particularly great job in showing how
dedication and time can pay off and
affect a student’s life we’re gonna be
together junior and senior yeah
number five Jaime Escalante Stand and
Deliver excuse me
my name is Jaime Escalante and I was
supposed to teach computer science we
don’t have computers also based on a
true life teacher this film follows
Jaime Escalante is classroom as he
prepares a group of underachieving
students to take AP calculus by their
senior year I want to teach calculus
next year his classroom is no joke and
he spends much of the film getting the
students to believe in themselves and in
his rigorous approach which forces them
to take multiple years of summer school
they haven’t had trig or math analysis
they can take them both during the
summit you expect our best students to
go to summer school from 7 to 12 every
day including Saturdays yeah that would
do it Stand and Deliver went on to earn
actor Edward James Olmos an Oscar nod
and has been preserved in the National
Film registry we the AP calculus class
we’d like to present this plaque to our
teacher hi man ah is skala
number four Dewey Finn School of Rock my
name is Dewey Finn and no I’m not a
licensed teacher but I have been touched
by your kids and I’m pretty sure I’ve
touched them there’s no reason why
school can’t be fun and Dewey Finn
proves this after he’s kicked out of his
band
Dewey pretends to be a substitute
teacher at an uptight private school he
ends up being an unexpectedly great
teacher showing his students how to let
go and using rock and roll as a way to
get a students to become better
individuals the School of Rock
and we shall teach rock’n’roll to the
world
he’s literally every kid’s dream teacher
since he teaches them to stick it to the
man and follow their dreams
Leonard sticking it to the man yes he
gives them awesome life advice about
things like living hardcore should get
to get you get you get you get you
you’re not hot car unless you live hot
car and then that’s where I want the
backup singers to be like well you’re
not hot no you’re not hardcore unless
you live hot lets you live on car but
the legend of the rent was way hotter
boom
number three miss Jennifer honey Matilda
Matilda’s teacher Miss Honey was one of
those remarkable people who appreciates
every single child for who she or he is
kind and soft-spoken Miss Honey is that
teacher that every kid wants to impress
while growing up I’m Jennifer honey I’m
utilities teacher in a school with a
sadistic dictator like principal Miss
Honey is Agatha trench bulls exact
opposite what are those my pigtails are
you a pink Amanda no it was trench bull
she encourages students to find their
voices support one another and use their
brains in unorthodox ways pretty soon
you’ll be able to do any multiplication
whether it’s two times seven for me very
good or 13 times 379 4927 and you can’t
forget how she encourages Matilda to
keep on reading
despite the disapproval of her parents
if you think watching some rotten TV
show is more important than your
daughter then maybe you shouldn’t be a
parent things work out even better when
Miss Honey is able to become the
school’s principal and change it for the
better
not 7 years old anymore and Trunchbull
number two mark Thackeray to serve with
love I don’t know how much you know so
we’ll start from scratch
inspired by the semi-autobiographical
book by er brathwaite this
Nome is one of the shining moments for
Sidney Poitier oh I’m sorry
bloody things don’t sleep the name is
Thackeray and they’re not bloody things
they were a pile of books after he loses
his job as an engineer he applies for a
job as a high school teacher in a rough
East End London school
my name is Thackeray I’m a new teacher
instead of giving up on his less than
enthusiastic students he engages them as
adults and gives them the opportunity to
be in charge of their own schooling next
we are all going to observe certain
courtesies in this classroom you will
call me sir or mr. Thackeray the young
ladies will be addressed as Miss the
boys by their surname he’s tough and
real with the students in a way that’s
fresh and captivating and that’s what
makes him so unforgettable so when
you’re principal interest will be girls
you will be much more attractive to them
with clean clothes clean shoes hands
face
teeth etc now any any questions before
we unveil our number one pick here are a
few honorable mentions so what are we
supposed to do without you when if I
read one more paper from one of your
classmates who talks about how hot she
is
in the bathtub her fake British accent
or is she still married to Ashton
Kutcher I’m gonna kill myself
hi oh I’m Roberto Gaspard dimitra’s
Dennis Roche our music teacher and
program coordinator is he I’ve never had
children
this your own
homes of George heaven number 1 John
Keating Dead Poets Society mr. Keating
should be the standard for all English
teachers both fictional and real Oh
captain my captain as a teacher at a
fictional all-boys prep school Dead
Poets Society sees mr. Keating using
poetry to get us students to not only do
better academically but also to think of
their lives in a new way we don’t read
and write poetry because it’s cute we
read and write poetry because we are
members of the human race and the human
race is filled with passion he’s
passionate and knows exactly how to
bring words to life
hasten point one particularly iconic
scene in which he gets the students to
stand on their desks and recite Oh
captain my captain Oh captain my captain
there’s no Street I won’t you sit down
go with a script based on the
screenwriters real-life school
experiences this drama truly felt
authentic and Robin Williams played John
Keating with subtlety and grace and he
bores
thank you do you agree with our list
which movie teacher do you wish you had
for more educational top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
all right chlamydia kick em
pregnant and die there are the people
you’d actually want to be called a
teacher’s pet for don’t have sex in the
missionary position don’t have sex
standing up just don’t do it promise
okay everybody take some rubbers welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
good movie teachers I’m Professor
Charles Xavier for this list we’re
defining teachers as those who are
employed by some sort of educational
institution so big-screen faculty
members and principals may be included
as well just as long as they’re
memorable inspiring unique or have made
a difference to their students yeah
Daltry vengeance crimes of passion kill
the beat I’m not gonna rap you guys
again pandering and it’s been done
before in every bad movie you’ve ever
seen number 10 glen holland mr.
Holland’s Opus hi
glen holland i’m the new music teacher
the career of a teacher comes with its
ups and downs and this film exemplifies
that okay okay i wasn’t bad it wasn’t
that at all mr. Holland’s Opus follows
the career of the fictional mr. Holland
as he teaches music at a high school
okay miss lang um would you take it from
bar 37 please the drama really explores
the difficulties of teaching and going
after your own creative pursuits and how
mr. Holland’s struggles with what it
truly means to be an example for his
students my name is mr. Hollin this of
course is a title of courtesy I will
extend back to you mr. Ramesh as the as
the circumstances allow a hit with the
critics the 1995 Stephen Herrick
directed flick earned Richard Dreyfuss
both an Oscar and Golden Globe nod for
his performance
we are your symphony mr. Holland we are
the melodies and the notes of your opus
and we are the music of your life number
9 ms sharon Norbury Mean Girls I gotta
say watching the police search my house
really was the cherry on top of a
fantastic year having Tina Fey’s your
teacher sounds like one of the best
things that could happen to you as a
student shopping no no I’m just here
with my boyfriend and unsurprisingly she
really shines as the 12th grade calculus
teacher in this flick joking sometimes
older people make jokes my Nana takes
her wig off when she’s drunk your Nana
and I had that in common
as the coach of the mathletes she
struggles to get the kids to be
passionate about school and not
compromise who they are for other people
hey I hope you do join mathletes you
know
we start in a couple weeks and I would
love to have a girl on the team just you
know so the team could meet a girl it’s
even more interesting to see her give
advice considering her life is a bit of
a mess as a divorcee and part-time
barmaid at TJ calamities but that just
shows she isn’t perfect just like
everybody else I know how would I know
right I’m divorced I’m broke from
getting divorced the only guy that ever
calls my house is Randy from Chase visa
she’s also the voice of reason at North
Shore High and is definitely
underappreciated oh hi did you want to
buy some drugs number eight Minerva
McGonagall the Harry Potter franchise
welcome to Hogwarts as the
Transfiguration professor and deputy
headmistress at Hogwarts mcgonagall can
have the reputation for being something
of a hard-ass Harry Potter follow me but
really her main goal is to protect the
students from unsavory forces do what
you have to do I’ll secure the castle
she’s one too always have a sassy
comeback or comment and her considerable
wit is just one aspect of her charm
can you imagine looking on we’re gonna
go spice if we were light that was
bloody brilliant oh thank you for that
assessment mr. Weasley she’s at her
absolute best when she squares off
against the dreadful Professor Umbridge
which shows students that she’s not a
witch to be messed with are you
insinuating I’m really requesting that
when it comes to my students you conform
to the prescribed disciplinary practices
number seven Louanne Johnson Dangerous
Minds I’d like you to meet Carla Nichols
our assistant principal Oh Carla Louanne
Johnson I’ll wait outside
based on the autobiography my posse
don’t do homework bye Louanne Johnson
Dangerous Minds sees Michelle Pfeiffer
bring the real-life US Marine turned
teacher to life you’re a marine Oh
Maree discharged but yes telling the
story of a no-nonsense first time
teacher
encountering black and Latino students
from rival neighborhoods and gangs the
drama showcases her unorthodox
techniques like teaching the students
karate to get them to respect her okay
anybody else knowing karate what about
you
Darrell channel your mother karate once
she earns their trust she’s able to push
her students to new academic heights
thought maybe you got lost on your way
to class wanted to help you find your
way back
despite mediocre reviews the movie was a
smash box office hit
number six Erin Gruwell freedom writers
my name is Erin Gruwell welcome to
freshman English Hollywood couldn’t make
up a teacher as inspirational as Erin
Gruwell but it’s great to see her
adapted on-screen raise your hand if you
know what the Holocaust is Freedom
Writers is based on the book that the
real-life teacher wrote and in it she
recounts how she used the events of the
Holocaust to get her at-risk students to
write we’re gonna write every day in
these journals you can write about
whatever you want the past the present
the future you can write it like a diary
or you can write songs poems any good
thing bad thing anything but you have to
write everyday thanks to her teaching
skills the students are able to express
their own disappointment hopes and
dreams for the first time
misty we can fight this you know like
the Freedom Riders the film does a
particularly great job in showing how
dedication and time can pay off and
affect a student’s life we’re gonna be
together junior and senior yeah
number five Jaime Escalante Stand and
Deliver excuse me
my name is Jaime Escalante and I was
supposed to teach computer science we
don’t have computers also based on a
true life teacher this film follows
Jaime Escalante is classroom as he
prepares a group of underachieving
students to take AP calculus by their
senior year I want to teach calculus
next year his classroom is no joke and
he spends much of the film getting the
students to believe in themselves and in
his rigorous approach which forces them
to take multiple years of summer school
they haven’t had trig or math analysis
they can take them both during the
summit you expect our best students to
go to summer school from 7 to 12 every
day including Saturdays yeah that would
do it Stand and Deliver went on to earn
actor Edward James Olmos an Oscar nod
and has been preserved in the National
Film registry we the AP calculus class
we’d like to present this plaque to our
teacher hi man ah is skala
number four Dewey Finn School of Rock my
name is Dewey Finn and no I’m not a
licensed teacher but I have been touched
by your kids and I’m pretty sure I’ve
touched them there’s no reason why
school can’t be fun and Dewey Finn
proves this after he’s kicked out of his
band
Dewey pretends to be a substitute
teacher at an uptight private school he
ends up being an unexpectedly great
teacher showing his students how to let
go and using rock and roll as a way to
get a students to become better
individuals the School of Rock
and we shall teach rock’n’roll to the
world
he’s literally every kid’s dream teacher
since he teaches them to stick it to the
man and follow their dreams
Leonard sticking it to the man yes he
gives them awesome life advice about
things like living hardcore should get
to get you get you get you get you
you’re not hot car unless you live hot
car and then that’s where I want the
backup singers to be like well you’re
not hot no you’re not hardcore unless
you live hot lets you live on car but
the legend of the rent was way hotter
boom
number three miss Jennifer honey Matilda
Matilda’s teacher Miss Honey was one of
those remarkable people who appreciates
every single child for who she or he is
kind and soft-spoken Miss Honey is that
teacher that every kid wants to impress
while growing up I’m Jennifer honey I’m
utilities teacher in a school with a
sadistic dictator like principal Miss
Honey is Agatha trench bulls exact
opposite what are those my pigtails are
you a pink Amanda no it was trench bull
she encourages students to find their
voices support one another and use their
brains in unorthodox ways pretty soon
you’ll be able to do any multiplication
whether it’s two times seven for me very
good or 13 times 379 4927 and you can’t
forget how she encourages Matilda to
keep on reading
despite the disapproval of her parents
if you think watching some rotten TV
show is more important than your
daughter then maybe you shouldn’t be a
parent things work out even better when
Miss Honey is able to become the
school’s principal and change it for the
better
not 7 years old anymore and Trunchbull
number two mark Thackeray to serve with
love I don’t know how much you know so
we’ll start from scratch
inspired by the semi-autobiographical
book by er brathwaite this
Nome is one of the shining moments for
Sidney Poitier oh I’m sorry
bloody things don’t sleep the name is
Thackeray and they’re not bloody things
they were a pile of books after he loses
his job as an engineer he applies for a
job as a high school teacher in a rough
East End London school
my name is Thackeray I’m a new teacher
instead of giving up on his less than
enthusiastic students he engages them as
adults and gives them the opportunity to
be in charge of their own schooling next
we are all going to observe certain
courtesies in this classroom you will
call me sir or mr. Thackeray the young
ladies will be addressed as Miss the
boys by their surname he’s tough and
real with the students in a way that’s
fresh and captivating and that’s what
makes him so unforgettable so when
you’re principal interest will be girls
you will be much more attractive to them
with clean clothes clean shoes hands
face
teeth etc now any any questions before
we unveil our number one pick here are a
few honorable mentions so what are we
supposed to do without you when if I
read one more paper from one of your
classmates who talks about how hot she
is
in the bathtub her fake British accent
or is she still married to Ashton
Kutcher I’m gonna kill myself
hi oh I’m Roberto Gaspard dimitra’s
Dennis Roche our music teacher and
program coordinator is he I’ve never had
children
this your own
homes of George heaven number 1 John
Keating Dead Poets Society mr. Keating
should be the standard for all English
teachers both fictional and real Oh
captain my captain as a teacher at a
fictional all-boys prep school Dead
Poets Society sees mr. Keating using
poetry to get us students to not only do
better academically but also to think of
their lives in a new way we don’t read
and write poetry because it’s cute we
read and write poetry because we are
members of the human race and the human
race is filled with passion he’s
passionate and knows exactly how to
bring words to life
hasten point one particularly iconic
scene in which he gets the students to
stand on their desks and recite Oh
captain my captain Oh captain my captain
there’s no Street I won’t you sit down
go with a script based on the
screenwriters real-life school
experiences this drama truly felt
authentic and Robin Williams played John
Keating with subtlety and grace and he
bores
thank you do you agree with our list
which movie teacher do you wish you had
for more educational top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
all right chlamydia kick em
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