Lions for Lambs

When I saw the previews for Lions for Lambs, I thought the movie would be all about war policy. This didn't make me want to pay big bucks to see it in the theater and the film slipped out of my mind. So, I was glad that we were going to watch it in class, but I didn't really know how the film would relate to education, since it was not advirtised itself as that kind of film. Anyways, I could really tell that there were educational themes throughout the movie, also. To me, it seems like the film portayed the main role of education to be that it gives a person the ability to decide for themselves what is best for them to do in life.

When asked by Doug to write what we think "good teaching" is, I wrote this:
Good teaching is educating while keeping natural curiosity alive.
I really do believe that this is true and that so often students lose the innate wonderment they have if they are taught in a way that doesn't stimulate that curiosity.

I also really liked Doug saying that a past student had said that teaching is about providing students a mirror so they can really look at who they are. I think that it means so much to help somebody delve more deeply into themselves than they had ever gone before.