![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This blog post, The Martian: A Science Movie Review in Physics Today, has a couple of fantastic paragraphs about farming on Mars (in case anyone’s interested) and musings on body heat.Įnglish Bracing ourselves for Robin Williams, ‘Oh Captain!, My captain!’ and quite a lot of sadness we were surprised to find Educating Rita on the English department list. ![]() Based on the book The Martian, the film The Martian features some interesting elements of science and biology. Luckily, they came up with the less-controversial biological topic of – well – staying alive. If nothing else, it might be a decent list for the chilly North Yorkshire nights that are in store.īiology We will be honest here, with biology teachers looking into subject-specialist motion pictures, we were getting a little bit concerned. It may not help you in your studies but you could perhaps score some brownie points by striking up an ‘interesting’ conversation about ‘this film’ you happened to watch last night. If you are struggling with a particular subject, it may be useful to know which film your teacher believes is good to watch. If you look beyond the usual suspects, you might find a little inspiration for a Netflix playlist. This would not be an interesting blog post if we didn’t have a couple of surprises up our sleeves. It may not come as a surprise that many staff opted to gloss over this last question. In true educational style, we also asked them for the reasons why. With so many weird, wonderful, wacky and wise role models, we thought it might be a nice idea to ask our teaching staff for a little bit of educational movie advice and to challenge them to come up with their favourite film that is somehow connected to the subject that they teach. They are likely to know the origins of the phrase, ‘You’re a slacker’ and tell you exactly who said it and to whom. From Pretty in Pink to The Breakfast Club and from Degrassi Junior High to arguably the most famous postcode in the world and West Beverly High many teaching staff today will raised on a diet of Principal Belding and Edward R. (I was so relieved it didn’t end up like a Hollywood mawkish rom-com with artificial happy ending.Anyone growing up in the 80s of Flock of Seagulls and the 90s of the Macarena will undoubtedly also have grown up with the phenomenon of the High School movie, followed by the High School series. At the same time, it is a brilliant two-hander, Frank’s life orbit also veers dramatically since the two form a thoroughly cordial friendship. So it is a story of Rita’s transformation from a low-class commoner to a mature woman who realises her self-worth and does embrace to the life she is really pining for. Frank Bryant (Caine), a middle-age divorcé and drunkard. Rita, aka Susan White (Walters) is a 26-year-old hairdresser, married to an ordinary electrician for 6 years, she never goes to college, but finds herself as a thirsty bookworm, thus under the aim of completing her education and take the exam, she eagerly takes an open university tutorial from a college literature professor Dr. Rita, aka Susan White (Walters) is a 26-year-old hairdresser, married to an It is not a British version of MY FAIR LADY (1964, 6/10), EDUCATING RITA goes a bit higher than that, it is about how literature can improve one’s listless life and transfigure one’s entire bearing from within. It is not a British version of MY FAIR LADY (1964, 6/10), EDUCATING RITA goes a bit higher than that, it is about how literature can improve one’s listless life and transfigure one’s entire bearing from within. ![]()
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