Comments on: To Sir Sidney With Love: Lessons For The Educational Idiocracy https://barelyablog.com/to-sir-sidney-with-love-lessons-for-the-educational-idiocracy/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nicholas https://barelyablog.com/to-sir-sidney-with-love-lessons-for-the-educational-idiocracy/comment-page-1/#comment-29424 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 03:12:47 +0000 https://barelyablog.com/?p=156905#comment-29424 They just don’t make ’em like they used to—neither teachers nor their charges. And it’s the rare actor who commands such class and respectability as the likes of Sidney Poitier, Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck, and others. But of course that was different human material…

For my favourite entry in the inspirational teacher subgenre I should recommend ‘Goodbye, Mr. Chips’ (1939), which, albeit sentimental by modern tastes, offers a charming portrait of an English boarding school and the lifelong affections which develop between the students and their esteemed teacher.

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